APCSP Unit 8 Cybersecurity

an access point installed on a network without the network owner's permission

"computationally hard" means it will take a computer an unreasonable amount of time to compute.

What is not a type of malware?

information about an individual that identifies, links, relates, to them is Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

pairing a public key for encryption and a private key for decryption

a computing innovation includes a computer or program code as an integral part of its functionality.

a trusted entity that issues Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate

involves one key for both encryption and decryption. (Caesar cipher)

text files with small pieces of data like a username and password that can identify you on a computer network

knowledge (something they know), possession (something they have), and inherence (something they are) is an example of

a technique that attempts to trick a user into providing personal info. that can be used to access bank accounts