Types of Policies
What is a Policy?
A course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual.
What is Hacking?
The act of identifying and then exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network, usually to gain unauthorized access to personal or organizational data.
What is a Scam?
Fraud or deceptive act or operation.
What is Network Security?
Any activity designed to protect the usability and integrity of your network and data.
What is Identity Theft?
When someone steals your personal information to commit fraud such as applying for credit, filing taxes, or obtaining medical services
What is a Privacy Policy?
A policy that indicates what kind of information a website will take from you and what they intend to do with it.
What is a "Black Hat Hacker"?
A computer hacker who violates laws or ethical standards for nefarious purposes, such as cybercrime, cyberwarfare, or malice.
What is the "Unexpected Winnings" Scam?
Trick you into giving money upfront or your personal information to receive a prize from a lottery or competition that you never entered which includes prize and lottery.
What is Authentication?
The process of validating the identity of an individual to the system
What is Forgery?
An item that is falsely made or copied in order to deceive people.
What are the "Terms Of Service"?
The legal agreements between a service provider and a person who wants to use that service.
What is a "White Hat Hacker"?
An ethical hacker that tests systems and networks by trying to break into them.
What is the "Fake Charities" Scam?
This is when Scammers collect money by pretending for a legitimate cause or charity, or a false one that was created.
What is an Algorithm(s).
A rule or mechanism used to encrypt data.
What is an Imposter?
Someone pretending to be another person.
What is a Privacy Policy?
A thorough explanation of how you plan to use any personal information that you collect through your mobile app or website.
What is an Attacker?
A person with malicious intent?
What is a Romance Scam?
This is when scammers target people based on a desire to form romantic relationships with others.
What is Access Control?
A method for determining and assigning privileges to resources.
What is Fraud?
The crime of using dishonest methods to take something valuable from another person
True or False?: A Privacy Policy is the legal agreement between a service provider and a person who wants to use that service.
False
What is a "Gray Hat Hacker"
A computer hacker or computer security expert who may sometimes violate laws or typical ethical standards, but usually does not have the malicious intent typical of a black hat hacker.
What are some clues that you can use to determine if someone is trying to scam you?
Some clues could include a Sense of urgency, Spelling and grammar errors, Alert! Alert!, "Friend" in trouble, Shortened URL, Too good to be true, and Generic or missing greeting.
What is Authorization?
The process of determining the level of access that is going to be granted to a user based on their identity.
What is Dumpster Diving?
Going through a person's trash for documents that can be used for identity theft.