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business environment
The combination of social, legal, economic, physical, and political factors in which businessesconduct their operations.
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business-information technology alignment
The tight integration of the IT function with the strategy, mission, and goals of the organization.
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business process
A collection of related activities that produce a product or a service of value to the organization, its business partners, and/or its customer
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primary activities
Those business activities related to the production and distribution of the firm's products and services, thus creating value.
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support activities
Business activities that do not add value directly to a firm's product or service under consideration but support the primary activities that do add value.
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digital dossier
An electronic description of an individual and his or her habits.
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opt-in model
A model of informed consent in which a business is prohibited from collecting any personal information unless the customer specifically authorizes it.
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profiling
The process of forming a digital dossier.
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alien software
Clandestine software that is installed on your computer through duplicitous methods.
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certificate authority
A third party that acts as a trusted intermediary between computers (and companies) by issuing digital certificates and verifying the worth and integrity of the certificates.
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cold site
A backup location that provides only rudimentary services and facilities.
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secure socket layer (SSL)(also known as transport layer security)
An encryption standard used for secure transactions such as credit card purchases and online banking.
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least privilege
A principle that users be granted the privilege for some activity only if there is a justifiable need to grant this authorization.
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privilege
A collection of related computer system operations that can be performed by users of the system.
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public-key encryption(also called asymmetric encryption)
A type of encryption that uses two different keys, a public key and a private key.
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tunneling
A process that encrypts each data packet to be sent and places each encrypted packet inside another packet.
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virtual private network (VPN)
A private network that uses a public network (usually the Internet) to securely connect users by using encryption.
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warm site
A site that provides many of the same services and options of the hot site, but does not include the company's applications
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