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22 Cards in this Set
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Hardware theft
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the act of stealing computer equipment
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hardware vandalism
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the act of defaceing or destroying computer equipment
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software theft
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stealing of software media intentially exams program copies a program or illigally registers a program
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lecense agreement
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the right to use the software buth the individual doesn't own the purse
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Encription
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the process of converting readable data into unreadable charaters to prevent unauthorized acess
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decrypt
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to decipher into a readable form of data
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incryption algorithm
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set of stees that can convert readable plaintext into unreadable ciphertext
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encryption key
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programed formula that the orgionator of the data uses to encrypt the plaintext
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plaintext
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readable data on a computer/ readable text
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ciphertext
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unreadable text on a computer/ unreadable data
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digital signiture
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encripted code that a person website organization attaches to an electronic message to verify its idenity
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digital certificate
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a notice that generates a user or a website is lagitamate
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certificate authority (CA)
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authentic person or a company that issues and vertifies digital certificates
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system failure
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prolonged malufuntion of a computer can cause loss of hardware and software
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surge protector
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uses specific electrical conponents to provide a stable current flow to the computer and other electrical equipment
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UPS
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mintextuptile power supply is a device that contains surge protection circuits and one or more batteries
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back up
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duplicate of a file that can be used if the origional is lost
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Restore
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copying the backed up files to their origional location on the computer
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WAP
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wireless acess point intruders connect to this
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War Driving
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individuals attempt to detect wireless network via their notebook computer
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WPA
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wifi procted acess is a security standard that improves on older security standards
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802.IIi or WPAD2
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most recent network security standard costome the governments security standards and uses sophisticated encripted techniques
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