Definition of Terms Flashcards
(16 cards)
Refers to the instruction, connunication with, storing data in, retrieving data from or otherwise making use of any resources of a computer system or communication network
Access
refers to the modification or change, in form or substance, of an existing computer data or program
Alteration
refers to the transmission of information through ICT media, including voice, video and other forms of data
Communication
refers to an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical or data processing or communicaitons device, or grouping of such devices, capable of performing logical, arithmetic, routing or storage functions
Computer
Refers to any representation of facts, information, or concepts in a form suitable for processing in a computer system including a program suitable to cause a computer system to perform a function and includes electronic documents and/or electronic data messages whether stored in local computer
Computer data
Refers to a set of instuctions executed by the computer to achieve intended results
Computer program
Refers to any device or group of interconnected or related devices, one or more of which, pursuant to a program, performs automated processing of data
Computer system
refers to either:
* conduct undertaken without or in excess of authority
* conduct not covered by established legal defenses, excuses, court orders, justifications, or relevant principles under the law
Without right
refers to a computer or a computer network, the electronic medium in which onlice communcation takes place
Cyber
Refers to the computer systems, and/or networks, whether physical or virtual, and/or the computer programs, computer data and/or traffic data so vital to this country that the incapacity or destruction of or interference with such system and assests would have a debilitating impact on security, national or economic security, national public heath and safety, or any combination of those matters
Critical infrastucture
refers to the collections of tools, policies, risk managements approaches, actions, training, best practices, assurance and technologies that can be used to protect the cyber enviroment and organization and user’s assests
Cybersecurity
Refers to a representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts, or instructions which are being prepared, processed or stored or have been prepared, processed or stored in a formalized manner and which are intended for use in a computer system
Database
refers to listening to, recording, monitoring or surveillance of the content of communications, including procuring of the content of data, either directly, through access and use of a computer system or indirectly, through the use of electronic eaves dropping or tapping devices, at the same time that the communication is occurring
Interception
Refers to either:
* Any public or private entity that provides to users of its service the ability to communicate by means of a computer system
* Any other entity that processes or stores computer data on behalf of such communication service or users of such service
Service provider
Refers to any information contained in the form of computer data or any other form that is held by a service provider, relating to subscribters of its services other than traffic or content data and by which identity can be established
Subcriber’s informations
refers to any computer data other than the content of communication including, but not limited to, the communuication’s origin, destination, route, time, date, size duration or type of underlying service
Traffic data
