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Comptia Security +: Vocab

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1. An attempt to trick the system into believing that something false is real






2. A form of binary to text encoding that originated as a Unix program for encoding binary data for transmission over the uucp mail system. The name 'uuencode' is derived from 'Unix-to-Unix encoding'. Since uucp converted characters between various comp






3. The attacker sends a SYN request to the victims machine and the victim machine allocates resources for that request and sends a SYN/ACK back. The attacking machine doesn't respond however - but instead sends another SYN and continues to do so until t






4. In cryptography - encryption is the process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge.






5. In a computer system (or cryptosystem or algorithm) these are methods of bypassing normal authentication or securing remote access to a computer - while attempting to remain hidden from casual inspection.






6. Virtual memory is an area of 'memory' that is not in physical memory (RAM) but on the disk system to allow for extra 'memory' processing area above what is available through RAM. This is the pagefile.sys file on a Windows system. Many Windows OSs req






7. An audit trail is a chronological sequence of audit records - each of which contains evidence directly pertaining to and resulting from the execution of a business process or system function. Audit records typically result from activities such as tra






8. Network device that operates at layer 1. Concentrator.






9. This is an attack in which an attacker is able to read - insert and modify at will - messages between two parties without either party knowing that the link between them has been compromised. The attacker must be able to observe and intercept message






10. When one key of a two-key pair has more encryption pattern than the other






11. A site that has some equipment in place - and can be up within days






12. Provides a means to obtain passwords or encryption keys and thus bypass other security measures. This can be accomplished through hardware or software means.






13. Methodical process of finding and reducing the number of bugs - or defects - in a computer program or a piece of electronic hardware thus making it behave as expected






14. Grabs an image of the finger which is then stored in a database and then works in a one-to-many database






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






16. Non-repudiation is the concept of ensuring that a contract - especially one agreed to via the Internet - cannot later be denied by one of the parties involved.






17. 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






18. An agreement that you make with another company to be able to use their facilities in the event of a disaster. The least expensive - and not usually enforceable.






19. The real cost of acquiring/maintaining/developing a system






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






21. These can be used to verify that public keys belong to certain individuals.






22. Technical are IT implemented. Administrative items are things that HR implements. Physical things are things that are tangible.






23. A little piece of information that is put on your computer to allow communications with the server and that also allow some servers to track everything you go to on the Internet






24. Common Object Request Broker Architecture.






25. Signal degradation as it moves farther from its source






26. 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.






27. In a distributed attack - the attacking computer hosts are often zombie computers with broadband connections to the Internet that have been compromised by viruses or Trojan horse programs that allow the perpetrator to remotely control the machine and






28. This factor represents a measure of the magnitude of loss or impact on the value of an asset.






29. Setting up the user to access the honeypot for reasons other than the intent to harm.






30. A name given to a system implemented by the FBI that is analogous to wiretapping except in this case - e-mail and other communications are being tapped instead of telephone conversations. Carnivore was essentially a customizable packet sniffer that c






31. A method of encrypting text to produce cipher text in which a cryptographic key and algorithm are applied to a block of data as a group instead of one bit at a time






32. Trusted Computing Base. Comprised of the hardware - software - and firmware of the system.






33. Entails planning and system actions to ensure that a project is following good quality management practices






34. Being able to control access to individuals very specifically - instead of lower in the OSI model where you cant set it so specifically






35. Systems that use a knowledge base - an inference engine - and general methods for searching problem solutions.






36. A person able to exploit a system or gain unauthorized access through skill and tactics. This usually refers to a black hat hacker. There are also white hats (ethical hackers) - and grey hats.






37. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.






38. In the context of computer software - a Trojan horse is a malicious program that is disguised as or embedded within legitimate software.






39. Refers to the formal acceptance by organization executive management that they accept the residual risk associated with using a formally certified information system.






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






41. A collection of updates - fixes and/or enhancements to a software program delivered in the form of a single installable package.






42. Confidentiality - Integrity - and Availability






43. Communications that don't take the natural course of email (when you don't want eavesdropping to happen)






44. Chief Information Officer






45. A remote authentication protocol that is used to communicate with an authentication server commonly used in UNIX networks. TACACS allows a remote access server to communicate with an authentication server in order to determine if the user has access






46. A site that is ready physically but has no hardware in place - all it has is HVAC






47. Reasonable doubt






48. Assuming someone's session who is unaware of what you are doing






49. Defines the objects and their attributes that exist in a database.






50. Distributed Component Object Model. Microsoft's implementation of CORBA.