Techno Vandalism is a term used to describe a hacker or cracker who breaks into a computer system with the sole intent of defacing and or destroying its contents. Techno Vandals can deploy 'sniffers' on the Internet to locate soft (insecure) targets and then execute a range of commands using a variety of protocols towards a range of por [..]

  The process by which data is temporarily re-arranged into an unreadable or unintelligible form for confidentiality, transmission, or other security purposes. *** The Information Security Glossary ***

  A piece of software performing some function on behalf of its user; usually independently, remotely, and unattended. See Crawler. *** The Information Security Glossary ***

  An area of data storage set aside for non-current (old, or historical) records in which the information can be retained under a restricted access regime until no longer required by law or organisation record retention policies. This is a field in which computers have a distinct advantage over older paper files, in that computer files can be ' [..]