Security terms starting with W

10 terms

1. Warez A term widely used by hackers to denote illegally copied and distributed commercial software from which all copy protection has been removed.
2. Warm Site An alternative facility that has the equipment and resources available to recover business functions in the event of a disaster See also cold site and hot…
3. Watchlist A term sometimes referred to as open-set identification that describes one of the three tasks that biometric systems perform.
4. Wavelet Scalar Quantization (WSQ) An FBI-specified compression standard algorithm that is used for the exchange of fingerprints within the criminal justice community.
5. Web Bug Tiny images, invisible to a user, placed on web sites in such a way that they allow third parties to track use of web servers and collect information…
6. Whorl A fingerprint pattern in which the ridges are circular or nearly circular.... The pattern will contain 2 or more detals.
7. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) Wired Equivalent Privacy, a security protocol for wireless local area networks (WLANs) defined in the 802.11b standard.
8. Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) A standard for providing cellular telephones, pagers, and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages
9. WORM See write once read many (WORM).
10. Write-Blocker A device that allows investigators to examine media while preventing data writes from occurring on the subject media.