MTA Security Review Day 4

A type of malware that is installed on a computer to collect a user’s personal information or details about his or her browsing habits, often without the user’s knowledge.

• spyware

• virus

• worm

• rootkit

Junk email that is usually sent unsolicited.

• spam

• phishing

• pharming

• Trojan horse

An email validation system designed to prevent email spam that uses source address spoofing. This allows administrators to specify in DNS SPF records in the public DNS which hosts are allowed to send email from a given domain.

• Sender Policy Framework (SPF)

• Security Compliance Manager 4.0 (SCM 4.0)

• Microsoft Active Protection Service (MAPS)

• Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)

A virus that mutates, or changes its code, so that it cannot be as easily detected.

• polymorphic virus

• worm

• rootkit

• Trojan horse

The new Microsoft lightweight web browser with a layout engine built around web standards designed to replace Internet Explorer as the default web browser. It integrates with Cortana, annotation tools, Adobe Flash Player, a PDF reader, and a reading mode.

• Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app

• Microsoft Edge

• Microsoft IE 10

• Mozilla Firefox

A software tool released by Microsoft to determine the security state of a system by assessing missing security updates and less-secure security settings within Microsoft Windows components such as Internet Explorer, IIS web server, and products such as Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Office macro settings.

• Microsoft Active Protection Service (MAPS)

• Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC)

• Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)

• Security Compliance Manager 4.0 (SCM 4.0)

Previously called Windows Live ID, this is a unique account that is the combination of an email address and a password that you use to sign in to services like Outlook.com, MSN.com, Hotmail.com, OneDrive, Windows Phone, or Xbox Live.

• Microsoft account

• Domain account

• Local account

• Virtual account

These include apps that are critical to running the company business as well as apps that are unique to the company’s main business.

• Line of Business (LOB) app

• security template

• Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app

• security baseline

A piece of text stored by a user’s web browser. This file can be used for a wide range of purposes, including user identification, authentication, and storing site preferences and shopping cart contents.

• Bayesian filter

• cookie

• offline file

• pop-up window

Zones used to define and help manage security when visiting sites.

• content zone

• Microsoft Active Protection Service (MAPS)

• Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)

• security baseline