Any software application that displays advertising banners while the program is running. Adware often includes code that tracks a user’s personal information and passes it on to third parties without [..]

Advanced persistent threat (APT) usually refers to a group, such as a foreign government, with both the capability and the intent to persistently and effectively target a specific entity. The term is [..]

Software designed to detect and potentially eliminate viruses before they have had a chance to wreak havoc within the system. Anti-virus software can also repair or quarantine files that have already [..]

Software that performs automated functions for a user, such as word processing, spreadsheets, graphics, presentations and databases—as opposed to operating system (OS) software.

A file that has been added to an email—often an image or document. It could be something useful to you or something harmful to your computer. See also Virus.

Confirming the correctness of the claimed identity of an individual user, machine, software component or any other entity.

The approval, permission or empowerment for someone or something to do something.

Hidden software or hardware mechanism used to circumvent security controls.

File copies that are saved as protection against loss, damage or unavailability of the primary data. Saving methods include high-capacity tape, separate disk sub-systems or on the Internet. Off-site b [..]

See Malware, Adware and Spyware.