Glossary Term: Cyber Security

The ability and means to communicate with or otherwise interact with a systemsystem. (1) (ANSIANSI. American National Standards Institute. More) People, machines, and methods organized … More, to use systemsystem. (1) (ANSIANSI. American National Standards Institute. More) People, machines, and methods organized … More resources to handle information, to gain knowledge of the information the systemsystem. (1) (ANSIANSI. American National Standards Institute. More) People, machines, and methods organized … More contains, or to …

AccessThe ability and means to communicate with or otherwise inter... More Read More »

The process of granting or denying specific requests for or attempts to: 1) obtain and use information and related information processing services; and 2) enter specific physical facilities.

SoftwareA set of programs that tell a computercomputer. (IEEE) (1) A functional unit that can perform sub... More to perform a task. Th… More that is able to automatically carry out or trigger actions without the explicit intervention of a useruser. (ANSIANSI. American National Standards Institute. More) Any person, organization, or functional unitunit. (IEEE) (1) A separately testable element specified in... More t… More.

 An adversary that possesses sophisticated levels of expertise and significant resources which allow it to create opportunities to achieve its objectives by using multiple attackAn attempt to gain unauthorized accessThe ability and means to communicate with or otherwise inter... More to systemsystem. (1) (ANSI) People, machines, and methods organized ... More services, r… More vectors (e.g., cyber, physical, and deception).

To physically separate or isolate a systemsystem. (1) (ANSIANSI. American National Standards Institute. More) People, machines, and methods organized … More from other systems or networks (verb). The physical separation or isolation of a systemsystem. (1) (ANSIANSI. American National Standards Institute. More) People, machines, and methods organized … More from other systems or networks (noun).

A notification that a specific attackAn attempt to gain unauthorized accessThe ability and means to communicate with or otherwise inter... More to systemsystem. (1) (ANSI) People, machines, and methods organized ... More services, r… More has been detected or directed at an organization’s information systems.

A programprogram. (1) (ISOISO. International Organization for Standardization. More) A sequence of instructions suitable for … More that specializes in detecting and blocking or removing forms of spywareA type of malware"Malware" is short for malicious software. It refers to a so... More that functions by spying on useruser. (ANSI) Any person, organization, or functional unit t... More activity … More.

 A programprogram. (1) (ISOISO. International Organization for Standardization. More) A sequence of instructions suitable for … More that monitors a computercomputer. (IEEEIEEE. Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. More) (1) A functional unitunit. (IEEE) (1) A separately testable element specified in... More that can perform sub… More or networkNetwork- Any time you connected 2 or more computers togethe… More to detect or identify major types of malicious codecode. See: programprogram. (1) (ISO) A sequence of instructions suitable for ... More, source codesource code. (1) (IEEE) Computer instructions and data defi... More. More and to prevent or contain malware”Malware” is …

Antivirus Software A program that monitors a computer or network to detect or... More Read More »

A person, structure, facility, information, and records, information technology systems and resources, material, process, relationships, or reputation that has value. Anything useful that contributes to the success of something, such as an organizational mission; assets are things of value or properties to which value can be assigned.

An attempt to gain unauthorized accessThe ability and means to communicate with or otherwise inter… More to systemsystem. (1) (ANSIANSI. American National Standards Institute. More) People, machines, and methods organized … More services, resources, or information, or an attempt to compromise systemsystem. (1) (ANSIANSI. American National Standards Institute. More) People, machines, and methods organized … More integrity. The intentional act of attempting to bypass one or more …

AttackAn attempt to gain unauthorized access to system services, r... More Read More »