English for ICT - Unit 11

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beneficial
(adj) able to help or improve something
'Big Brother'
(adj) relating to a society being watched and a lack of privacy
black hat hacker
(n) hackers that break the law and access systems unethically
botnet
(n) a system of computers that have been accessed secretly by hackers
bulletin board
(n) a system where a group of users can access services such as message boards and news
censorship
(n) the official removal of particular things from communications and culture by an authority
civil law
(n) rules controlling non-criminal actions
client consent
(n) the knowledge or agreement of a customer for the actions of a hacker when testing security
cognitive
(adj) to do with thinking and reasoning
confidentiality
(n) the agreement to keep something private
conflict
(n) disagreement between people with different ideas or feelings
copyright
(n) the laws controlling ownership of work and ideas
convention
(n) a meeting of people and companies in the same industry
criminal law
(n) laws that make specific actions illegal
cybercrime
(n) crime that is is committed via computers and the internet
data protection
(n) steps taken to make sure people's personal information is not stolen
denial of service
(n) the hacking of a computer in order to block the rightful user from accessing it
digital rights management (DRM)
(n) the control of copyright and distribution of digital content
disciplinary action
(n) steps taken to control negative or undesirable behaviour
ethical
(adj) having a moral reason
faulty
(adj) broken or not fully working
forgery
(n) the act of creating fake documents
fraud
(n) dishonest actions for personal gain
grey hat hacker
(n) a person that will break into a system illegally (without being asked) and request payment after
hacker
(n) a person with the ability to get around computers' security systems
harmful
(adj) able to cause damage
identity theft
(n) the illegal usage of another person's personal information
illegal activities
(n) actions that are against the law
intellectual property (IP)
(n) the ideas and mental work done by a person that belong to them by law
key logger
(n) a piece of code that allows another person to record everything that is keyed into a computer
malware
(n) code that can be secretly placed on a computer for illegal purposes such as stealing information
negligence
(n) failure to take reasonable care
obligation
(n) responsibility to do something
penetration testing
(n) attempting to gain access to a system or building in order to test its security
phishing
(n) the act of sending misleading emails in order to trick individuals into revealing passwords or credit card numbers
privacy legislation
(n) laws controlling how companies can process people's personal information
reputation
(n) the image or impression that society has of a person or organization
responsible
(adj) having control over something as part of one's role
reverse engineering
(n) working backwards to discover how something was made
social engineering
(n) a type of fraud where a person pretends to be someone within a company that is being targeted
successful outcome
(n) a positive result
surveillance
(n) the observation of a place or a system for security
target system
(n) the system that a hacker attacks
theft
(n) the illegal taking of something
Trojan
(n) a form of online fraud that tricks people by appearing to be normal and safe
unpatched exploit
(n) a problem in the coding of a system that a hacker could use that has not been fixed
white hat hacker
(n) a hacker that works with companies to identify problems in their security
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