Access control lists (ACLs, pronounced ak-els): Permissions with respect to files and programs allocated to computer users, for example, read, write execute; may be listed for individual users or groups of users, where groups are designated by membership lists or attributes of a user record designated as a role.
Account hijacking: Using credentials for a computer that belongs to someone else without their knowledge.
Advanced persistent threat (APT): An adversary who is continually actively engaged in reconnaissance to collect information for purposes of cyber espionage and/or cyber attack.
Anti-malware: Software designed to detect and minimize the damaging impact of malicious software.
Antivirus: Software designed to detect and minimize the damaging impact of malicious self-replicating software.
Availability: A system security attribute that refers to the delivery of functional capability when required.
Badness-ometer: A scale on which every reading indicates security is bad.
Bandwidth: A measure of the amount of data that can simultaneously traverse through a telecommunications line.
Bit: An electronic representation of a 1 or a 0, typically combined with other bits to represent information in binary message formats.
Black hats: Cyber criminals. The origin of the term is old Western movies where the bad guy typically wore black while the good guy wore white.
Blacklist: In the context of the Internet, a list of sites to avoid due to evidence of malice by site operators (e.g., the sites deliver malware) or due to organization determination of inappropriate use of organizational computing resources (e.g., gambling sites).
Bluetooth: A network protocol for close range wireless communication.
Bogon: Short for bogus networks, this term refers to packet on the Internet that identifies its source as unallocated address space.
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP): A network communications protocol used to send data between Internet sites.
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Cyber Security A to Z [Step by Step Short Question and Answer for Cyber Security]
