Cybersecurity EOC Vocab Pt 1

A lot of the detail of a system or a process is hidden, allowing the user to focus on the details that are important for the task at hand.

• abstraction
• log file
• cyberteam
• environment variable

The selective process of allowing or restricting the availability of a resource.

• access control
• Linux
• cryptography
• encryption key

Advertising software that can automatically download files or link to websites. It is often unasked-for and can contain malware.

• adware
• Least Significant Bit (LSB)
• cryptocurrency
• encryption

A set of steps to accomplish a task.

• algorithm
• LAN
• cross-site scripting
• email source

Software that runs on your computer, looking for many different types of malware from many different sources.

• antivirus
• ipconfig
• crack
• ecommerce

An input value to a command.

• argument
• IP address
• cookie
• DoS/DDoS attack

Used to determine a device's physical address (usually a MAC address) and map it to an IP address.

• ARP
• integrity (in CIA triad)
• container
• domain name

An attack where a malicious user changes and corrupts the MAC-IP address information on a target computer.

• ARP positioning
• information system
• confidentiality (in CIA triad)
• digital forensic teams

A standard that computers use to represent letters , numbers, and symbols.

• ASCII
• information architecture
• concatenate
• digital footprint

An encryption method that uses two keys, a public key and a private key, belonging to one owner.

• asymmetric encryption
• incident response report
• compromise
• dictionary attack