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SECURITY+ EXTRAS

Privilege Creep If you forget to revoke the old privileges, the user may have access to more information than they need. Over time, this can result in a situation know as privilege creep. The user may acquire administrative privileges to the system by accident.

Computer Viruses Computer viruses are applications that carry out malicious actions.

CIA Of Security Topology Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability.

Spoofing Tricks something or someone into thinking something legitimate is occurring.

Phishing It is a form of social engineering where you simply ask someone for a piece of information that you are missing by making it look as if it is a legitimate request.

War Driving Is when you drive around town with a laptop looking for wireless access points that can be communicated with.

Phreaker Someone who abuses phone systems, as opposed to data systems.

Platform Hardening Is the process of making a workstation and server more secure.

Thin Clients Systems that don’t provide any disk storage or removable media on their workstations. Thin clients download applications, data and any other information they need in order to run from dedicated servers.

Honey Pot Is a computer that has been designated as a target for computer attacks, it is designed to be broken and gather information.

Gap In The WAP If the interconnection between the WAP server and the Internet isn’t encrypted, packets between the devices may be intercepted.

Site Survey Involves listening in on an existing wireless network using commercially available technologies. It’s the primary method used to gather data about wireless networks.

Footprinting The process of systematically identifying the network and its security posture.

View Ports For Well Known Network Operations This file contains port numbers for well-known services defined by IANA. All you have to do to access it is navigate to the following file and open it with notepad. %WinDir%\system32\drivers\etc\services

TCP Wrappers They are low-level logging packages designed for Unix systems which provide additional detailed logging on activity using a specific protocol.

Tailgating A method of gaining entry to electronically locked systems by following someone through the door they just unlocked.

Chip Creep Unsoldered chips over time work their way out of the sockets that they are in.

PASS Method The recommended method to use a fire extinguisher is Pull, Aim, Squeeze, and Sweep.

Collusion It’s an agreement between two or more parties established for the purpose of committing deception or fraud.

Three A’s Of Forensics Acquire the evidence, Authenticate the evidence, and Analyze the evidence.

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