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| Word/Term |
Definition |
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| Least Privilege |
The
concept of Least Privilege ensures that individual employees
have only the required level of access needed in order to complete
their duties. |
| Legacy File Management |
Legacy File Management is the methodology of storing
digital data in a format or with a process that makes it easily retrievable even as technology continues to
change. |
| Light
Emitting Diode |
A Light
Emitting Diode (i.e., LED) is usually used as a troubleshooting
or a status indicator on a computer. |
| Litigation |
Litigation is a legal term and refers to the
process whereby the guilt or innocence of an individual is proven or disproven in a court of law. |
| Locard's Exchange Principle |
Locard's Exchange Principle was devised by Edmond Locard
who lived from 1877 to 1966. His principle generically states that when any two objects come into contact with
one another, there is an exchange of materials between them. This can be likened to that of a crime scene where
a criminal entering a crime scene may leave a hair or a finger print behind, yet take a carpet fiber or an animal
hair away with him. Even in the field of digital forensics, hackers and cyber criminals may leave traces of
themselves across the servers that the compromise in the form of logged entry, software/tool footprints, etc. |
| Logic Bomb |
A Logic
Bomb is a type of malicious code that features a built-in time
delay before it activates. |
| Lossless Compression |
Lossless Compression is preferred to lossy compression
as the data is compacted in such a way that it can be uncompacted back into its original form. |
| Lossy Compression |
Lossy Compression is the process whereby digital data
is irreversibly lost and cannot be retrieved. |
| Low
Watermark Mandatory Access Control |
Low
Watermark Mandatory Access Control (i.e., LOMAC) is a security
enhancement for Linux. |
