Cyber criminal
Botnet
Hacktivist
Denial of service
Inside
Access management
Phisher
Anti-malware
Hacking
Mitigate
To lessen an impact, for example, the impact of a cyber security incident or a risk.
An individual that attempts to acquire personal information, often for malicious reasons, such as fraud, by pretending to be a known and trusted individual or organisation.
An individual working inside an organisation, a trusted employee, who performs an illegal action, such as hacking.
An attempt to disrupt a network/business/organisation by issuing more requests than a system is able to cope with, it can be performed with malicious intent or as a protest.
An individual who commits illegal activities using computers and the Internet.
Software designed to prevent, detect and eradicate malicious software, such as a virus or a worm.
A network of computers infected with malicious software and controlled without the owners’ knowledge, for example, to send spam or hoax emails.
An individual who gains unauthorised access to computer system/network for social or political purposes.
A method of gaining unauthorised access to a computer system/network.
Managing the access to a computer system/network. It includes procedures such as account administration, account maintenance, account monitoring and the revocation of an account.
