컴포터 및 네트워크 보안 관련 기초 용어

Blacklist - Used to refer to a list of banned IP addresses, applications or users.

Whitelist - The exact opposite of a blacklist

Cat fishing - The process of creating a fake online profile in order to trick people into believing they are someone else for financial gain.
Authentication - The process of proving an individual is who they claim to be.

Data Mining - The activity of analyzing and/or searching through data in order to find items of relevance, significance or value

Threat - This generally refers to anything that has the potential to cause our data, systems and networks harm.

Exploit - A clearly defined way to breach the security of a system.

Vulnerabilities - These are weaknesses within a system or network that can be exploited to cause us harm.

Risk - This refers to the likelihood of something bad happening. A risk requires both a threat and a vulnerability to exist.

Zero Day - This is used to describe a threat that is unknown to security specialists and has not been addressed.

Hack Value - This describes a target that may attract an above average level of attention from an attacker.

Non-Repudiation - This is the concept that once an action is carried out by a party it cannot be denied by that same party.

Logic Bomb - A malicious code that is only triggered when a set of conditions are met.

Obfuscation - A term used to describe the tactic of making code unclear so that humans or programs like an antivirus cannot understand it.

Honey Pot - A decoy or trap for hackers

Spoof - The act of falsifying the identity of the source of a communication or interaction