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1
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Identity theft is a crime where criminals

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impersonate individuals, usually for financial gain. Thief’s can use it to commit fraud

2
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A keylogger is a type of

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surveillance software that has the capability to record every keystroke you make to a log file. This allows the keylogger a record of any details you type

3
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Online fraud is the use of

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the internet to defraud victims or to otherwise take advantage of them

4
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Denial of Service Attacks are when a

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network is flooded with useless traffic usually emails. This causes the network to stop working

5
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With user IDs and Passwords, when a user logs on

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the computer system checks their IDs and passwords, and tries to match them with those on file.

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Encryption is the

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encoding of data held on the system.

7
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If data is encrypted and the network is hacked into it means the data

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is meaningless to the hacker because they do not have the security key to unlock or decipher the encrypted data.

8
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Biometric security involves storing data about

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fingerprints, voices or people’s eyes on special smart cards.

9
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Biometric security is widely used on

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passport control areas in European and US airports

10
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Security protocols is a way of making

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access to a website more secure.

11
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Security protocols are commonly used as a way of making

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online payments (HTTP) secure.