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An example of a physical security measure: a metal lock on the back of a personal computer to prevent hardware tampering. Computer security, cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from attacks by malicious actors that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, theft of, or damage to hardware ...
Internet safety, also known as online safety, cyber safety and electronic safety ( e-safety ), refers to the policies, practices and processes that reduce the harms to people that are enabled by the (mis)use of information technology. As the number of internet users continues to grow worldwide, [1] internets, governments, and organizations have ...
A cyberattack can be defined as any attempt by an individual or organization "using one or more computers and computer systems to steal, expose, change, disable or eliminate information, or to breach computer information systems, computer networks, and computer infrastructures". [1] Definitions differ as to the type of compromise required - for ...
Cyberspace is an interconnected digital environment. It is a type of virtual world popularized with the rise of the Internet. The term entered popular culture from science fiction and the arts but is now used by technology strategists, security professionals, governments, military and industry leaders and entrepreneurs to describe the domain of the global technology environment, commonly ...
Cybercrime encompasses a wide range of criminal activities that are carried out using digital devices and/or networks. These crimes involve the use of technology to commit fraud, identity theft, data breaches, computer viruses, scams, and expanded upon in other malicious acts. Cybercriminals exploit vulnerabilities in computer systems and ...
Capture the Flag (CTF) is a cybersecurity competition that is used to test and develop computer security skills. It was first developed in 1996 at DEF CON, the largest cybersecurity conference in the United States which is hosted annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. [2] The conference hosts a weekend of cybersecurity competitions, including their ...
In a Carnegie Mellon report prepared for the U.K. Department of Defense in 2000, script kiddies are defined as. The more immature but unfortunately often just as dangerous exploiter of security lapses on the Internet. The typical script kiddy uses existing and frequently well known and easy-to-find techniques and programs or scripts to search ...
The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) is established in response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. 2002. January: Bill Gates decrees that Microsoft will secure its products and services, and kicks off a massive internal training and quality control campaign.