M Mnemonic - A symbol or expression that can help someone remember something. For example, the name is Bill. I'm 9 years help an individual remember a phrase “Hello! My old.” might secure 10-character password of “H!MniBI9yo.” N Network Administrator - The individual responsible for the installation, management, and control of a network. P Passwords - A secret sequence of characters that is used as a means of authentication. Patching - Software code that replaces or updates other code. Frequently patches are used to correct security flaws. Penetration Test - The process of using approved, qualified personnel to conduct real-world attacks against a system so as to identify and correct security weaknesses before they are discovered and exploited by others. Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) - A pocket-sized, special-purpose personal computer that lacks a conventional keyboard. Phishing - A digital form of social engineering that uses authentic-looking but bogus — — to request information from users or direct them to fake Web sites that request information. PKI - Abbreviation for key The use of public key cryptog-raphy in which “public infrastructure.” each customer has a key pair (i.e., a unique electronic value called a public key and a mathematically-related private key). The private key is used to encrypt (sign) a message that can only be decrypted by the cor-responding public key or to decrypt a message previously encrypted with the public key. The public key is used to decrypt a message previously encrypted (signed) using an individual's private key or to encrypt a message so that it can only be decrypted (read) using the intended private key. See "Encryption". recipient’s Pop-Up Box - A dialog box that automatically appears when a person accesses a webpage. Private Key - See "PKI". Proxy Server - An Internet server that controls access to the Internet. Using a client computers’ proxy server, a company can stop employees from accessing undesirable websites, improve performance by storing webpages locally, and hide the internal network's identity so monitoring is difficult for external users. Public Key - See "PKI". R
M Mnemonic - A symbol or expression that can help someone remember something. For example, the phrase “Hello! My name is Bill. I'm 9 years old.” might help an individual remember a secure 10-character password of “H!MniBI9yo.” N Network Administrator - The individual responsible for the installation, management, and control of a network. P Passwords - A secret sequence of characters that is used as a means of authentication. Patching - Software code that replaces or updates other code. Frequently patches are used to correct security flaws. Penetration Test - The process of using approved, qualified personnel to conduct real-world attacks against a system so as to identify and correct security weaknesses before they are discovered and exploited by others. Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) - A pocket-sized, special-purpose personal computer that lacks a conventional keyboard. Phishing - A digital form of social engineering that uses authentic-looking — but bogus — to request information from users or direct them to fake Web sites that request information. PKI - Abbreviation for “public key infrastructure.” The use of public key cryptog-raphy in which each customer has a key pair (i.e., a unique electronic value called a public key and a mathematically-related private key). The private key is used to encrypt (sign) a message that can only be decrypted by the cor-responding public key or to decrypt a message previously encrypted with the public key. The public key is used to decrypt a message previously encrypted (signed) using an individual's private key or to encrypt a message so that it can only be decrypted (read) using the intended recipient’s private key. See "Encryption". Pop-Up Box - A dialog box that automatically appears when a person accesses a webpage. Private Key - See "PKI". Proxy Server - An Internet server that controls client computers’ access to the Internet. Using a proxy server, a company can stop employees from accessing undesirable websites, improve performance by storing webpages locally, and hide the internal network's identity so monitoring is difficult for external users. Public Key - See "PKI". R
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