Security beginner's guide: Top 10 security definitions

By Michele Hope, Editor 07 Feb 2002 | SearchStorage

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If you're new to the troubling world of IT hackers and security vulnerabilities, here's our pick of 10 terms and definitions that will let you hold your own on the subject for at least a minute at any IT social or mixer.

1. Anna Kournikova virus
2. Anti-virus software
3. Authentication
4. Certificate authority
5. Cipher
6. Cryptography
7. DDoS attack
8. Decryption
9. Denial of service
10. Digital signature

Believe it or not, there are many more terms where these came from. To see the complete list, go to the compendium of IT knowledge, our sister site, Whatis.com.

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