Developments in technology Flashcards
What three ways can businesses use to protect digital assets?
Encoding
Encryption
Watermarks
What does distributed ledger technology do?
It allows people or organisations that don’t know each other to trust a shared record of events
What is blockchain used for?
It ensures only valid information is recorded in distributed ledger systems
What is obsolescence risk?
Technology goes out of date quickly so the competitive advantage may be short lived
What is inexplicability risk?
Technology becomes too complex for humans to understand
What is the name for the use of specialist software to gain unauthorised access to systems?
Hacking
What is the name for bogus emails that ask for personal or security information?
Phishing
What is it called when the user’s files are hijacked and held to ransom?
Malicious software
What is a distributed denial of service attack?
When websites are overwhelmed with internet traffic that is designed to crash the system
