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Unit 1 Info Security
info security and its terms i need to know
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| CIA triad | Confidentiality, integrity and availability |
| Security Triad | model designed to guide policies for information security |
| Confidentiality | the state of keeping or being kept secret or private |
| Integrity | quality of being honest |
| Availability | quality of being able to be used or obtained |
| Physical controls | safeguards or countermeasures to avoid, detect, counteract, or minimize security risks |
| Logical controls | tools and protocols used for identification, authentication, authorization, and accountability in computer information systems |
| Administrative controls | changes in work procedures |
| Client-Layer | architecture in which presentation, application processing, and data management functions are physically separated |
| Application Layer | consists of protocols that focus on process-to-process communication across an IP network |
| Data Layer | ensure maximum flexibility, portability, and ease of implementation |
| SDOS | Social,Decision, and Organizational Sciences |
| DDOS | Distributed Denial Of Services |
| SQL Injection | code injection technique that might destroy your database |
| XSS | attacks are a type of injection, in which malicious scripts are injected into otherwise benign and trusted web sites |
| CSRF | attack that forces an end user to execute unwanted actions on a web application -Cross-Site Request Forgery |
| Authentication | process or action of proving or showing |
| Authorization | action or fact of authorizing |
| Malware | software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems |
| Virus | a type of error in your system that can infect other systems |
| Trojan horse | program designed to breach the security of a computer system |
| Worm | self-replicating malware that duplicates itself to spread to uninfected computers |
| hoax | malicious deception |
| Root kit | collection of computer software mostly malicious |
| Session fixation | attack that permits an attacker to hijack a valid user session |
| AUP | document stipulating constraints and practices that a user must agree to for access to a corporate network - acceptable use policy |
| TOS | a field in the Internet Protocol version 4 |
| SPAM | types of hacking that try to get your info by making you click on links you don't need |
| Phishing | a scam hackers use to get your personal info by pretending they are you |
| SpearPhishing | email or electronic communications scam targeted towards a specific individual, organization or business |
| Eavesdropping | an over the shoulder attack |
| Man in the middle | attack where the attacker secretly relays and possibly alters the communication between two parties |
| Bluesnarfing | theft of information from a wireless device through a Bluetooth connection |
| War driving | act of searching for Wi-Fi wireless networks by a person in a moving vehicle, using a laptop or smartphone |
| Identity theft | fraudulent acquisition and use of a person's private identifying information, usually for financial gain |
| Social engineering | use of centralized planning in an attempt to manage social change and regulate the future development and behavior of a society |
| Firewall | part of a computer system or network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting outward communication |
| Cookies | a way information is stored into a computer in certain sites |
| Sniffer | a type of packet analyzer |
| Vpn | vitual private network - extends a private network across a public network |
| SSID | primary name associated with an 802.11 wireless local area network |
| MAC ID | fast way to unlock your Mac using just your fingerprint |
| PKI | public key infostructure - set of roles, policies, and procedures needed to create, manage, distribute, use, store, and revoke digital certificates and manage public-key encryption |
| Certificates | digital certificate is an electronic "passport" that allows a person, computer or organization to exchange information securely over the Internet |
| Thumbprint | a type of new bio metric scanning |
| Biometrics | technical term for body measurements and calculations |
| Libel | false and damaging statements made about another person |
| Copyright | legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution |
| Plagiarism | practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own |
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