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| Acceptable use policy (AUP) |
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| Defines acceptable uses of the firm's information resources and computing equipment, including desktop and laptop computers, wireless devices, telephones, and the Internet, and specifies consequences for noncompliance. |
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| Software designed to detect, and often eliminate, computer viruses from an information system. |
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| Specific controls unique to each computerized application that ensure that only authorized data are completely and accurately processed by that application. |
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| The ability of each party in a transaction to ascertain the identity of the other party. |
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| Technology for authenticating system users that compares a person's unique characteristics such as fingerprints, face, or retinal image, against a stored set profile of these characteristics. |
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| A group of computers that have been infected with bot malware without users' knowledge, enabling a hacker to use the amassed resources of the computers to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks, phishing campaigns or spam. |
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| Software program code defects. |
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| Business continuity planning |
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| Planning that focuses on how the company can restore business operations after a disaster strikes. |
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| When an individual or computer program fraudulently clicks on an online ad without any intention of learning more about the advertiser or making a purchase. |
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| The commission of illegal acts through the use of a computer or against a computer system. |
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| The scientific collection, examination, authentication, preservation, and analysis of data held on or retrieved from computer storage media in such a way that the information can be used as evidence in a court of law. |
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| Rogue software program that attaches itself to other software programs or data files in order to be executed, often causing hardware and software malfunctions. |
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| All of the methods, policies, and procedures that ensure protection of the organization's assets, accuracy and reliability of its records, and operational adherence to management standards. |
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| Intentional disruption, defacement, or even destruction of a Web site or corporate information system. |
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| State-sponsored activity designed to cripple and defeat another state or nation by damaging or disrupting its computers or networks. |
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| Deep packet inspection (DPI) |
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| Technology for managing network traffic by examining data packets, sorting out low-priority data from higher priority business-critical data, and sending packets in order of priority. |
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| Denial-of-service attack(DoS) |
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| Flooding a network server or Web server with false communications or requests for services in order to crash the network. |
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| Attachments to an electronic message to verify the identity of the sender and to provide the receiver with the means to encode a reply. |
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| Disaster recovery planning |
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| Planning for the restoration of computing and communications services after they have been disrupted. |
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| Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack |
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| Uses numerous computers to inundate and overwhelm a network from numerous launch points. |
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| Period of time in which an information system in not operational. |
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| The coding and scrambling of messages to prevent their being read or accessed without authorization. |
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| Wireless networks that pretend to be legitimate Wi-Fi networks to entice participants to log on and reveal passwords or credit card numbers. |
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| Fault-tolerant computer systems |
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| Systems that contain extra hardware, software, and power supply components that can back a system up and keep it running to prevent system failure. |
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| Hardware and software placed between an organization's internal network and an external network to prevent outsiders from invading private networks. |
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| Overall control environment governing the design, security, and use of computer programs and the security of data files in general throughout the organization's information technology infrastructure. |
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| Requires financial institutions to ensure the security and confidentiality of customer data. |
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| A person who gains unauthorized access to a computer network for profit, criminal mischief, or personal pleasure. |
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| High-availability computing |
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| Tools and technologies, including backup hardware resources, to enable a system to recover quickly from a crash. |
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| Law outlining medical security and privacy rules nd procedures for simplifying the administration of healthcare billing and automating the transfer of healthcare data between healthcare providers, payers, and plans. |
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| Business Processes and software tools for identifying the valid users of a system and controlling their access to system resources. |
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| Theft of key pieces of personal information, such as credit card or Social Security numbers, in order to obtain merchandise and services in the name of the victim or to obtain false credentials. |
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| Intrusion detection system |
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| Tools to monitor the most vulnerable points in a network to detect and deter unauthorized intruders. |
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| Spyware that records every keystroke made on a computer. |
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| Malicious software programs such as computer viruses, worms and Trojan horses. |
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| Managed security service providers (MSSPs) |
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| Companies that provide security management services for subscribing clients. |
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| The study of information systems focusing on their use in business and management |
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| Online transaction processing |
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| Transaction processing mode in which transactions entered on-line are immediately processed by the computer. |
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| authentication known only to authorized user |
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| Small pieces of software that repair flaws in programs without disturbing the proper operation of the system. |
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| Phishing technique that redirects users to a bogus Web page, even when the individual types the correct Web page address into his or her browser. |
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| A form of spoofing involving setting up fake Web sites or sending e-mail messages that look like those of legitimate businesses to ask users for confidential personal data. |
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| Uses two keys one shared (or public) and one private. |
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| Public key infrastructure (PKI) |
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| System for creating public and private keys using a certificate authority (CA) and digital certificates for authentication. |
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| Recovery-oriented computing |
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| Computer systems designed to recover rapidly when mishaps occur. |
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| Determining the potential frequency of the occurrence of a problem and the potential damage if the problem were to occur. Used to determine the cost/benefit of a control. |
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| Law passed in 2002 that imposes responsibility on companies and their management to protect investors by safeguarding the accuracy and integrity of financial information that is used internally and released externally. |
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| Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP) |
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| Protocol used for encrypting data flowing over the Internet; limited to individual messages. |
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| Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) |
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| Enables client and server computers to manage encryption and decryption activities as they communicate with each other during a secure Web session. |
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| Policies, procedures and technical measures used to prevent unauthorized access, alteration, theft, or physical damage to information systems. |
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| statements ranking inforamtion risks, identifying acceptable security goals, and identifying the mechanisms for achieving these goals. |
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| A credit-card-sized plastic card that stores digital information and that can be used for electronic payments in place of cash. |
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| A type of eavesdropping program that monitors information traveling over a network. |
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| Tricking people into revealing their passwords by pretending to be legitimate users or members of a company in need of information. |
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| Misrepresenting one's identity on the Internet or redirecting a Web link to an address different from the intended one, with the site masquerading as the intended sit. |
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| Technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge. |
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| Attacks against a Web site that take advantage of vulnerabilities in poorly coded SQL (a standard and common database software application)applications in order to introduce malicious program code into a company's systems and network. |
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| physical device, similar to an identification card, that is designed to prove the identity of a single user. |
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| A software program that appears legitimate but contains a second hidden function that may cause damage. |
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| Unified threat management (UTM) |
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| Comprehensive security management tool that combines multiple security tools, including firewalls, virtual private networks, intrusion detection systems, and Web content filtering and anti-spam software, |
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| An eavesdropping technique in which eavesdroppers drive by buildings or park outside and try to intercept wireless network traffic. |
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| Independent software programs that propagate themselves to disrupt the operation of computer networks or destroy data and other programs. |
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