Cybersecurity Vocabulary 2022

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These are efforts by bad actors to profit from their malicious attacks.

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Cybercrime

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A software exploit which in turns involves a combination of attacks against different vulnerabilities

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blended threats

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It acts as a barrier between a trusted system or network and outside connections, such as the Internet.

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firewall

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A _________ is an automated program that runs over the Internet

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bot

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A feature or defect of a computer system that allows surreptitious unauthorized access to data

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back doors

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Self replicating virus that does not alter files but resides in active memory and duplicates itself

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worm

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A planned event during which an organization simulates a cyber disruption to develop or test capabilities

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cyber exercise

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Is global system of interconnected computer networks

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internet

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A network point that acts as an entrance to another network

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gateway

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Designed to detect and destroy computer virus

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antivirus software