e saftey L3 Flashcards
1
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Phishing
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Is a form of Internet fraud where criminals aim to steal valuable information such as credit cards, social security numbers, user IDs and passwords for bank accounts.
2
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Hacking
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Is the act of intruding into a system by unauthorised means. This is also in breach of the UK Computer Misuse Act
3
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Biometrics
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Various technologies used to measure some feature of a person in order to identify them within a security system
4
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Encryption
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To scramble a message in such a way that only the people who are meant to read it can do so
5
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Virus
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Is a piece of program code that makes copies of itself by attaching itself to another program. The virus can waste the host’s resources, and sometimes destroy or change files.
