computer security
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Definitions of computer security words
- abbreviation Technical meaning of COMPUTER SECURITY security 3
- noun Definition of computer security in Technology (security) Protection against unauthorized access to, or alteration of, information and system resources including CPUs, storage devices and programs. Security includes: * confidentiality - preventing unauthorized access; integrity - preventing or detecting unauthorized modification of information. * authentication - determining whether a user is who they claim to be. * access control - ensuring that users can access the resources, and only the resources, that they are authorised to. * nonrepudiation - proof that a message came from a certain source. * availability - ensuring that a system is operational and accessible to authorised users despite hardware or software failures or attack. * privacy - allowing people to know and control how information is collected about them and how it is used. Security can also be considered in the following terms: * physical security - who can touch the system to operate or modify it, protection against the physical environment - heat, earthquake, etc. * operational/procedural security - who is authorised to do or responsible for doing what and when, who can authorise others to do what and who has to report what to who. * personnel security - hiring employees, background screening, training, security briefings, monitoring and handling departures. * System security - User access and authentication controls, assignment of privilege, maintaining file and filesystem integrity, backup, monitoring processes, log-keeping, and auditing. * network security - protecting network and telecommunications equipment, protecting network servers and transmissions, combatting eavesdropping, controlling access from untrusted networks, firewalls, and intrusion detection. 1
- noun computer security A branch of information security applied to both theoretical and actual computer systems. 0
- noun computer security A branch of computer science that addresses enforcement of 'secure' behavior on the operation of computers. 0
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