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1. A SSO technology that extends Kerberos functionality and improve upon its weaknesses.






2. In computing - Secure Shell or SSH is a set of standards and an associated network protocol that allows establishing a secure channel between a local and a remote computer. It uses public-key cryptography to authenticate the remote computer and (opti






3. The practice of obtaining confidential information by manipulation of legitimate users.






4. Federal law with many aspects designed to curb terrorist activities; impacts real estate transactions because of disclosure requirements imposed on escrow agents regarding transfer of title and deposits of cash; imposes new disclosure and signature r






5. Network devices that operate at layer 3. This device separates broadcast domains.






6. Rolling command center with UPS - satellite - uplink - power - etc.






7. Scanning the airwaves for radio transmissions






8. A military standard defining controls for emanation protection






9. Common Object Request Broker Architecture.






10. The idea is that a computer program may be seen as comprising a collection of individual units - or objects - that act on each other - as opposed to a traditional view in which a program may be seen as a collection of functions - or simply as a list






11. Public Key Infrastructure






12. Chief Executive Officer






13. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.






14. A computer program that contains some of the subject-specific knowledge of one or more human experts. The most common form of expert systems is a program (like a wizard) made up of a set of rules that analyze information (usually supplied by the user






15. Making individuals accountable for their actions on a system typically through the use of auditing






16. Project initiation - functional design analysis and planning - system design specifications - software development - installation/implementation - operational/maintenance - disposal






17. Using ICMP to diagram a network






18. Affects the section of a floppy or hard disk that contains operating system and file information. Each time you start your PC with an infected floppy in the drive - the virus can spread.






19. The amount of users that the system can process in a given amount of time. A typical acceptable amount is 10/minute






20. The most popular computer language used to create - modify - retrieve and manipulate data from relational database management systems. The language has evolved beyond its original purpose to support object-relational database management systems. It i






21. In cryptography - a substitution cipher is a method of encryption by which units of plaintext are substituted with ciphertext according to a regular system; the 'units' may be single letters (the most common) - pairs of letters - triplets of letters






22. Hardware - software - and firmware elements of a TCB that implement the fundamental security procedures for controlling access to system resources






23. Component Object Model.






24. Also known as a tunnel)






25. The fraudulent appropriation by a person to his own use of property or money entrusted to that person's care but owned by someone else.






26. A compact disc that contains data only accessible by a computer. All modern CD-ROM drives can also read audio CDs. It is possible to produce composite CDs containing both data and audio with the latter capable of being played on a CD player - whilst






27. A technique to eliminate data redundancy.






28. If an employee is suspected of wrongdoing - sending them away from work for a while so that their actions can be audited.






29. A gas used in fire suppression. Not human safe. Chemical reaction.






30. A legal term used to describe an out-of-court statement offered to establish the truth of the facts asserted in that statement. Hearsay is generally not admissible in common law courts because it is of dubious value - but there are many exceptions to






31. Base 64 is a positional numeral system using a base of 64. It is the largest power of two base that can be represented using only printable ASCII characters. This has led to its use as a transfer encoding for e-mail among other things.






32. Good for distance - longer than 100M






33. Basic Input/Output System






34. Personal - Network - and Application






35. In classical cryptography - a transposition cipher changes one character from the plaintext to another (to decrypt the reverse is done). That is - the order of the characters is changed. Mathematically a bijective function is used on the characters'






36. The output of a hash function is a digest.






37. The illegal practice of stealing money repeatedly in extremely small quantities - usually by taking advantage of rounding to the nearest cent (or other monetary unit) in financial transactions. Salami slicing is most often performed by employees of t






38. The process of developing a planned approach to change in an organization. Typically the objective is to maximize the collective benefits for all people involved in the change and minimize the risk of failure of implementing the change.






39. A set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a person for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated - public disclosure of certain details of a device - method - process or composition of matter (substance) (known as an invention) which






40. This is the file on a UNIX system where usernames to password MD5 hash outputs are stored. The system uses this file to determine if the password entered for a given username is correct.






41. The 7 layer model defined by the ISO. Memorized by 'All People Seem To Need Data Processing' and 'Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away'. Actually - the layers are Application - Presentation - Session - Transport - Network - Data Link - Physical






42. White hat l0pht






43. A denial-of-service attack is an attack on a computer system or network that causes a loss of service to users - typically the loss of network connectivity and services by consuming the bandwidth of the victim network or overloading the computational






44. In computer terminology - a honeypot is a trap set to detect - deflect or in some manner counteract attempts at unauthorized use of information systems. Generally it consists of a computer - data or a network site that appears to be part of a network






45. Continuation of Operations Plan






46. A network that uses proprietary protocols






47. A form of redundancy check (a very simple measure for protecting the integrity of data by detecting errors in data that is sent through space or time.






48. Refers to any of the various programs by which a computer controls aspects of its operations - such as those for translating data from one form to another - as contrasted with hardware - which is the physical equipment comprising the installation.






49. Must be in place for you to use a biometric system






50. Network devices that operate at layer 2. Every port on a switch is a separate collision domain







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