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Computer insecurity
Many current computer
systems have only limited
security precautions in
place. Serious financial
damage has been caused by
computer security breaches,
but reliably estimating
costs is quite difficult.
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Security engineering
Security engineering is the
field of engineering dealing
with the security and
integrity of real-world
systems. It is similar to
systems engineering in that
its motivation is to make a
system meet requirements,
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Computer security
Computer security is a field
of computer science
concerned with the control
of risks related to computer
use.
The means traditionally
taken to realize this
objective is to attempt to
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Cryptography
Cryptography is the field
concerned with linguistic
and mathematical techniques
for securing information,
particularly in
communications. The study of
how to circumvent the use of
cryptography is called
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Computer virus
A computer virus is a self-replicating computer program written to alter the way a computer operates, without the permission or knowledge of the user. Though the term is commonly used to refer to a ... > more -
Cyber security standards
Cyber security standards are security standards which enable organizations to practice safe security techniques in order to minimize the number of successful cyber security ... > more -
Identity theft
Identity theft (or identity fraud) is the deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to their finances or frame them for a ... > more -
Quantum computer
A quantum computer is any device for computation that makes direct use of distinctively quantum mechanical phenomena, such as superposition and entanglement, to perform operations on data. In a ... > more -
Computer software
Software is a program that enables a computer to perform a specific task, as opposed to the physical components of the system (hardware). This includes application software such as a word processor, ... > more -
HTTP cookie
An HTTP cookie is a packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser and then sent back by the browser each time it accesses that server. Cookies have been of concern for Internet ... > more -
Hash function
A hash function or hash algorithm is a function for examining the input data and producing an output hash value. The process of computing such a value is known as ... > more
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