Computer Security Terms

This page provides links to computer security terms and their definitions.

Access Control	Adware	Asymmetric Cryptography
Attack	Authentication	Authorization
Availability	Backdoor	BHO
Browser Hijacking	Brute Force Attack	Buffer Overflow
CHAP	Cipher	Ciphertext
Confidentiality	Cookies	Cryptoanalysis
Cryptography	Cryptology	DDOS Attack
Decipher	Decryption	Denial of Service
Dialers	Dictionary Attack	Digital Certificate
Digital Key	Digital Signature	Digital Snooping
Disaster Recovery	DMZ	DNS Cache Poisoning
DOS	Dynamic Packet Filtering	Easter Egg
Eavesdropping	Egress Filtering	Encipher
Encryption	Firewall	Firewall Rules
Fraggle Attack	Hack	Hacker
Hacker Tool	Hardening	Honey Pot
Impersonalization	Incident	Incident Handling
Ingress Filtering	Integrity	Intrusion Detection
Intrusion Prevention	IPSec	Keylogger
Land Attack	Least Privilege	Logic Bomb
Malware	Masquerade	Network Sniffer
Parasite	Password Cracking	Penetration Testing
Ping of Death	Plaintext	Port Scanner
Port Scanning	Rabbit	Replay Attack
Risk Assessment	Salting	Scanning
Script Kiddie	Security Associations	Session Hijacking
Shoulder Snooping	Smurf Attack	Snooping
SPAM	Spoofing	Spyware
SQL Injection	Static Packet Filtering	Symmetric Cryptography
SYN Attack	Teardrop Attack	Threat
Time Bomb	Traffic Filtering	Trojan
Tunneling	User Responsibilities	User Rights
Virus	VPN	Vulnerability
Wardialing	Wardriving	Worm