network security,chapter 1

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introduction to security


 
  
Created Jun 16, 2011
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dalleighton

 

 
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asset
 
an entity that has value
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availability
 
ensures that data is accessible to authorized users
3
California Database Security Breach Act
 
state act that requires disclosure to California residents if a breach of personal information...
4
COPPA (Children online Privacy Protection Act)
 
US federal act that requires operators of online services or Web sites directed at children...
5
confidentiality
 
ensures that only  authorized parties can view the information
6
cybercrime
 
targeted attacks against financial networks, unauthorized access to information, and the theft...
7
cybercriminals
 
loose knit network of attackers, identity thieves and financial fraudsters that are more highly...
8
cyberterrorism
 
attacks launched by cyberterrorists that could cripple a nation's electronic and commercial...
9
cyberterrorist
 
attacker motivated by ideology to attck computers or infrastructure networks
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exploit
 
to take advantage of a vulnerability
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GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley act)
 
us federal act that requires private data to be protected by banks and other financial institutions
12
hacker
 
anyone who illegally breaks into or attempts to break into a computer  system or a person...
13
Identity theft
 
using someone's personal information , such as social security number to establish bank or...
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 IA (information assurance)
 
super-set of information security including security issues that do not involve computers
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information security
 
task of guarding information that is in a digital format. More specifically, that which protects...

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