Security risks and precautions
Across
- 3. A person seeking to gain unauthorised access to a computer system or network.
- 5. A security system which monitors outgoing and incoming network traffic.
- 7. Text which has been encrypted.
- 9. cipher An old method of encryption.
- 10. Changing cipher text back to plain text.
- 11. A number or code which is used to encrypt or decrypt data.
- 13. A type of computer program which self-replicates and causes damage to a computer system.
Down
- 1. A type of computer program which disguises itself as a harmless file.
- 2. A term used to describe harmful software.
- 4. Text which has not yet been encrypted.
- 6. A computer program which self-replicates and spreads across a computer network.
- 8. A method of protecting data by changing it into a code so unauthorised users cannot read it.
- 12. Changing plain text to cipher text.