Security Vocabulary
Across
- 2. – the most recent version of a file.
- 3. is a technique of tricking Web users into revealing confidential information or taking control of their computer while clicking on seemingly innocuous Web pages.
- 8. filtering- is the use of a program to screen that excludes access or availability to Web pages or e-mail adresses
- 10. - is a watchdog group dedicated to fighting software piracy, and teaching computer users about software copyrights and cyber-security
- 11. a computer program that performs the same operation many times in a row
- 14. access to a computer program that bypasses all security.
- 16. is the use of Internet based attacks in terrorist activities
- 17. is encrypted text
- 18. is a number of Internet computers that have been set up to forward transmissions to other computers on the Internet.
- 19. is any method of encrypting text
Down
- 1. signal that identifies user
- 2. a crime involving an attack against an enterprise, with a demand for money to stop the attack
- 4. is someone who breaks into someone else's computer system
- 5. payment of royalties on the Internet
- 6. -is an incident in which a user or is deprived of the services of a resource they would normally expect to have
- 7. a unique code assigned to a buyer to verify transactions
- 9. is a point of sale technology that uses biometric authentication to identify the user and authorize the deduction of funds from a bank account.
- 10. it is technology that measures the biological part of the computer.
- 12. test designed to differentiate humans from automated programs.
- 13. are programs that Web sites put on your hard disk.
- 15. is any computer program designed to facilitate illegal activity online.
- 20. A group of people in an organization who coordinate their response to breaches of security or other computer emergencies such as breakdowns and disasters.