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Final Exam Terms - Plug-In B6
MANGT 366 - Bill Borth
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Business
Undergraduate 3
12/05/2011

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Information Security
Definition
encompasses the protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization
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Authentication
Definition
a method for confirming users' identities
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Authorization
Definition
the process of giving someone permission to do or have something
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Identity Theft
Definition
forging of someone's identity for the purpose of fraud
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Phishing
Definition
a technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, usually by means of fraudulent email
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Biometrics
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the identification of a user based on a physical characteristics; such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting
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Encryption
Definition
scrambles information into an alternative form that requires a key or password to decrypt the information
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Firewall
Definition
hardware and/or software that guards a private network by analyzing the information leaving and entering the network
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White-hat Hackers
Definition
work at the request of the system owners to find system vulnerabilities and plug the holes
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Black-hat Hackers
Definition
break into other people's computer systems and may just look around or may steal and destroy information
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Script Kiddies
Definition
find hacking code on the internet and click-and-point their way into systems to cause damage or spread viruses
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Cracker
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a hacker with criminal intent
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Virus
Definition
software written with malicious intent to cause annoyance or damage
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Worm
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a type of virus that spreads itself, not only from file to file, but also from computer to computer
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Trojan-horse Virus
Definition
hides inside other software, usually as an attachment or a downloadable file
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Backdoor Programs
Definition
viruses that open a way into the network for future attacks
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Social Engineering
Definition
using one's social skills to trick people into revealing access credentials or other information valuable to the attacker
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Hoaxes
Definition
attack computer systems by transmitting a virus hoax, with a real virus attached
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Malicious Code
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includes a variety of threats such as viruses, worms, and trojan horses
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Spoofing
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the forging of the return address on an email so that the email message appears to come from someone other than the actual sender
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Spyware
Definition
software that comes hidden in free downloadable software and tracks online movements, mines the information stored on a computer, or uses a computer's CPU and storage for some task the user knows nothing about
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Sniffer
Definition
a program or device that can monitor data traveling over a network
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