Units 10-11 Vocabulary
Across
- 3. Process of securing systems by reducing surface vulnerability.
- 5. Fundamental security practice that restricts system access to authorized personnel and devices.
- 8. Process of securing a computer system by reducing its surface of vulnerability.
- 9. Malicious software that takes hold of a victims data and demands payment to restore access to the victim.
- 12. Systematic evaluation of an organization's IT infrastructure.
- 13. Program designed to disrupt or damage computer systems and data.
- 14. Protects data from physical actions and events.
- 16. Dividing large networks into smaller sub-networks.
- 17. Process of scouring infrastructures by reducing vulnerabilities and strengthening defenses against threats.
Down
- 1. Detects, prevents, and removes malicious software.
- 2. Malware that self-replicates and spreads across networks without using a host file.
- 4. Malicious program that attaches to files and spreads through computers through shared files or email.
- 6. Monitoring networks, devices, and user behavior.
- 7. Malware that infects devices to steal sensitive data.
- 10. Detects, prevents, and removes viruses.
- 11. Process of securing a database management system by reducing its attack surface.
- 12. Process of strengthening software against security threats.
- 15. Software that displays or downloads ads to generate revenue.