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NETWORKS

By : Nicolas Pottier

Electronic security

Establishing techniques that allow users to prove and protect their Identity from unauthorised personnel using computers.

Example : BiometricsExample : Password

Licences

When users are authorised to use technology legally according to the Operator’s terms and conditions. Example : Concurrent licensing(Purchased by one user but can be given to third parties.)

Example : Single user licensing(Purchased by one user and can only be used by that person.)

Physical security

Physical barriers and controls that protect resources from any accidental or deliberate threats.

Example : VaultsExample : Locks

Monitoring

Keeping surveillance on and/or recording the emissions of a user in order to maintain security or for system improvements.

Example : Keystroke monitoring Example : system performance

Network policiesSets of conditions, constraints, and settings that indicate to users how they can or cannot manipulate the network.

Example : Disaster recovery(Recovering resources from a critical state due to human or natural disasters.)

Example : Archiving data

Codes of ethics and professional conduct

Guidelines written by an organization to workers, helping them conduct their actions in accordance with its primary values and ethical standards.

Example : The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Data centres

A facility used to house computer systems and other component systems.

Example : Google server

Energy usage

The energy consumption when the technology is at a full potential and working efficiently, day in and day out.

Example : Uninterruptible power supply(capability of switching to a back up generator in the circumstance that there is a power cut, therefore no power interruption)

Back- up generator

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