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Neighborhood Instrument) and the Council of Europe. CyberSouth
aims to strengthen legislation and institutional capacities on
cybercrime and electronic evidence in the region of the Southern
Neighborhood in line with human rights and rule of law
requirements.
Project area: Southern Neighborhood region.
Initial priority areas: Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.
Cyber Space,
The notional environment in which communication over computer
Cyberspace
networks occurs. Cyberspace refers to the virtual computer world,
and more specifically, is an electronic medium used to form a global
computer network to facilitate online communication. It is a large
computer network made up of many worldwide computer networks
to aid in communication and data exchange activities.
Cyberspace's core feature is an interactive and virtual environment
for a broad range of participants.
Cyber Threat(s)
The possibility of a malicious attempt to damage or disrupt a
computer network or system.
Cyber Warfare
The use of computer technology to disrupt the activities of a state or
organization, especially the deliberate attacking of information
systems for strategic or military purposes.
Cyber-Insurance A cyber insurance policy, also referred to as cyber risk insurance or
cyber liability insurance coverage (CLIC), is designed to help an
organization mitigate risk exposure by offsetting costs involved with
recovery after a cyber-related security breach or similar event.
Cybernetics
The science of communications and automatic control systems in
both machines and living things.
Cyberpunk
A programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal
or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism.
Data Theft
Data theft is the act of stealing computer-based information from an
unknowing victim with the intent of compromising privacy or
obtaining confidential information.
Denial of Service, A denial-of-service (DoS) is any type of attack where the attackers
DoS
(hackers) attempt to prevent legitimate users from accessing the
service. In a DoS attack, the attacker usually sends excessive
messages asking the network or server to authenticate requests that
have invalid return addresses.
Distibuted Denial A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) is a DoS attack from multiple
of Service, DDoS sources.
Digital
It is the novel use of digital technology to solve traditional problems.
Transformation
These digital solutions enable inherently new types of innovation and
creativity, rather than simply enhance and support traditional
methods.
In a narrower sense, "digital transformation" may refer to the
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