Exam 12: Security and Privacy in an Electronic Age

____________ theft involves someone using someone's private information to assume his or her identity.

________________ includes attempts to protect computer systems and the privacy of computerized data.

_______________ is the scrambling of data so that it does NOT make sense.

The _______________ Act expands and centralizes the data gathering allowed under the USA PATRIOT Act.

____________ may display unwanted pop-up advertisements on your monitor;it may be related to the sites you search on the Web or even the content of your e-mail.

The _______________ is composed of 470 insurance companies.Its database contains the health information on 15 million people.

Privacy includes the right to _____________________.

The __________________ gives law enforcement agencies greater power to monitor electronic and other communications,with fewer checks.

____________________ is the unauthorized copying of software protected by copyright.

_______________ has many aspects.Among them is the ability to control personal information and the right to keep it from misuse.

A ______________ is a program that attaches itself to another program and replicates itself.

____________involves sending fraudulent messages via email or instant message that purport to be from a legitimate source such as a social network or IT administrator.The user is directed to a fake website and asked to enter information.

The unauthorized copying of software protected by copyright is a crime called _______________.

A _______________ is a program that attaches itself to another program and replicates itself.It may do damage to your hardware or destroy your data.

The first federal legislation protecting the privacy of medical records is _______________.

The _______________ Act gives lawenforcement agencies greater power to monitor electronic and other communications,with fewer checks.

A ___________ can connect the user with numbers without the user's knowledge;the dialer may connect the user's computer to an expensive 900 number.

_______________ of restricting access to computer systems includes fingerprints,handprints,retina or iris scans,lip prints,and facial thermography.

The _______________ has been interpreted to allow employers access to employees' e-mail.

Electronic blocks (called __________________)can be used to limit access to networks.