CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY OF MONTENEGRO 2018-2021
Data breach
The unauthorised movement or disclosure of
information on a network to a party who is not
authorised to have access to, or see, the information.
Internet
A global computer network, providing a variety
of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardised communication protocols.
Domain
A domain name locates an organisation or other
entity on the Internet with unique name registered in authorised institutions, so-called domain
registries.
Internet of Things
The totality of devices (vehicles, buildings, television sets, cameras...) and other items embedded
with electronics, software and sensors that communicate and exchange data over the Internet
and have IP address.
Domain Name System (DNS)
A system of mapping numeric IP addresses on
domain.
Malware
Malicious software, or code. Malware includes
viruses, worms, Trojans and spyware.
E-commerce
Electronic commerce. Trade conducted, or facilitated by, the Internet.
Network (computer)
A collection of host computers, together with the
sub-network or inter-network, through which
they can exchange data.
Encryption
Cryptographic transformation of data (called
“plaintext”) into a form (called “cipher text”) that
conceals the data’s original meaning, to prevent
it from being known or used.
Patching
Patching is the process of updating software to
fix bugs and vulnerabilities.
Incident management
The management and coordination of activities
to investigate, and remediate, an actual or potential occurrence of an adverse cyber event
that may compromise or cause harm to a system or network.
Incident response
The activities that address the short-term, direct effects of an incident, and may also support
short-term recovery.
Industrial Control System (ICS)
An information system used to control industrial
processes, such as manufacturing, product handling, production and distribution, or to control
infrastructure assets.
Penetration testing
Activities designed to test the resilience of a network or facility against hacking, which are authorised or sponsored by the organisation being
tested.
Ransomware
Malicious software that denies the user access to
their files by encrypting them. A ransom is paid
for the return of files.
Reconnaissance
The phase of an attack where an attacker gathers information on, and maps networks, as well
as probing them for exploitable vulnerabilities in
order to hack them.
Risk
The potential that a given cyber threat will exploit the vulnerabilities of an information system
and cause harm.
Insider
Someone who has trusted access to the data
and information systems of an organisation and
can pose cyber threat.
Router
Devices that interconnect logical networks by
forwarding information to other networks based
upon IP addresses.
Integrity of information
The property that information has not been
changed accidentally, or deliberately, and is accurate and complete.
SMS spoofing
A technique which masks the origin of an SMS
text message by replacing the originating mobile
number (Sender ID) with alphanumeric text. It
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