DATA SECURITY

2. A virtual barrier that keeps unauthorized users out of a computer network.
4. A secret word or phrase that grants you access to an account or device.
9. A small text file saved by a website to your computer that remembers information about you.
10. Harmful software that can copy itself and spread to other computers, often deleting or damaging data.
11. A set of rules for how you should behave and interact online.
14. The record of everything you do and post online; it stays forever!

1. A type of software designed to damage, disable, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system.
3. A crime where someone steals your personal information to pretend to be you.
5. This type of software protects your computer from viruses and other malicious programs.
6. The practice of protecting systems, networks, and data from digital attacks.
7. A fake message, often an email, trying to trick you into giving away private information.
8. A special way to scramble data so only authorized people can read it.
12. The general term for information, like facts, statistics, or files.
13. Using two different ways to prove you are who you say you are before logging in. (Abbreviation)