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Term | Definition |
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Audit | Process by which an organization's accounts and records are verified |
Business Continuity | An organization's ability to function after a disaster |
Compliance | Fulfilling the requirements of the law |
consistency | Stability; regularity |
data | Facts and figures |
Data processing | Converting facts and figures into useful information |
Decision making | Choosing among alternatives |
Hack | Unauthorized access toa computer system |
Information | Knowledge, facts, or data presented in a useful form |
Information management | The process of accessing, processing, maintaing, evaluating, and diissminating knowledge, facts, or data for the purpose of assisting business decision making |
Information Overload | Communication that is too much and/or comes too fast to process at one time |
Management information system | An integrated technology that assists with an organization's information management needs |
Outsourcing | Acquiring assistance from outside organizations/consultants to obtain goods or services to accomplish business objectives or perform primary business activites |
Proprietary information | private information that belongs to an organization and cannot be released to the public |
Sarbanes-Oxley Act | A U.S. regulation mandating that public businesses comply with specific accounting requirements |
Spam | junk email that the recipient did not request; also known as unsolicited commericial email |
Trade secret | Undisclosed information within a particular business or industry |
Virus | A computer program that downloads to your computer or network without your permission |
Wireless network | A computer network connected without the use or wires or cables. |