Chapter 5 Digital Safety and Security – Flashcards

Someone who demands payment to stop an attack on an organization's technology infrastructure.

A program placed on a computer or mobile device without the user's knowledge that secretly collects information about the user and then communicates the information it collects to some outside source while the user is online.

An employee using an organization's computer to send personal email messages might be an example of ____.

A private combination of words, often containing mixed capitalization and punctuation, associated with a user name that allows access to certain computer resources.

A(n) ____ encryption algorithm inserts characters between existing characters.

A set of characters that the originator of the data uses to encrypt the plaintext and the recipient of the data uses to decrypt the ciphertext.

A(n) _____ backup method is the only real-time backup, providing very fast recovery of data.

Online shopping websites generally use a ____ to keep track of items in a user's shopping cart.

Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer or mobile device hardware, software, data, information, or processing capability.

A program that performs a repetitive task on a network.

A compromised computer or device whose owner is unaware the computer or device is being controlled remotely by an outsider.

An assault whose purpose is to disrupt computer access to an Internet service such as the web or email.

A technique intruders use to make their network or Internet transmissions appear legitimate to a victim computer or network.

A program or set of instructions in a program that allows users to bypass security controls when accessing a program, computer, or network.

A security measure that defines who can access a computer, device, or network, when they can access it, and what actions they can take while accessing it.

The discovery, collection, and analysis of evidence found on computers and networks.

A notice that guarantees a user or a website is legitimate.

A strategy designed to prevent illegal distribution of movies, music, and other digital content.

A cybercrime attack whose goal ranges from disabling a government's computer network to crippling a country.