CSP I - Unit 8 Vocabulary

Can be physical (self-driving car), non-physical computing software (picture editing software), or non-physical computing concepts (e-commerce).

• Personally Identifiable Information

• Phishing

• Computing Innovation

• Public Key Encryption

Information about an individual that identifies, links, relates, or describes them.

• Personally Identifiable Information

• Phishing

• Computing Innovation

• Public Key Encryption

A technique that attempts to trick a user into providing personal information. That personal information can then be used to access sensitive online resources, such as bank accounts and emails

• Malware

• Phishing

• Keylogging

• Encryption

The use of a program to record every keystroke made by a computer user in order to gain fraudulent access to passwords and other confidential information.

• Malware

• Phishing

• Keylogging

• Encryption

Software intended to damage a computing system or to take partial control over its operation.

• Malware

• Phishing

• Keylogging

• Encryption

A wireless access point that gives unauthorized access to secure networks.

• Malware

• Rogue Access Point

• Keylogging

• Encryption

A process of encoding messages to keep them secret, so only "authorized" parties can read it.

• Decryption

• Multi-factor Authentication

• Computer Virus Scanning Software

• Encryption

A process that reverses encryption, taking a secret message and reproducing the original plain

text.

• Decryption

• Multi-factor Authentication

• Computer Virus Scanning Software

• Encryption

Used by Julius Caesar around 58 BC, is a substitution cipher that shifts letters in a message to make it unreadable if intercepted.

• Decryption

• Multi-factor Authentication

• Caesar Cipher

• Encryption

Protects a computing system against infection.

• Decryption

• Multi-factor Authentication

• Caesar Cipher

• Computer Virus Scanning Software