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COMPUTER ABUSE [2 records]

Record 1 2021-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

A willful or negligent unauthorized activity that affects or involves the computer security of a data processing system.

CONT

Some definitions of computer abuse consider computer crime to be a type of computer abuse. Other definitions consider the two to be completely distinct, calling computer abuse something dishonest or unethical and computer crime something illegal.

OBS

computer abuse: designation and definition standardized by ISO in collaboration with the International Electrotechnical Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Action non autorisée, délibérée ou due à la négligence, et qui affecte ou met en cause la sécurité informatique d'un système informatique.

OBS

malveillance informatique : désignation et définition normalisées par l'ISO en collaboration avec la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2006-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
08.05.01 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

willful or negligent unauthorized activity that affects or involves the computer security of a data processing system

OBS

computer abuse: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-8:1998].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
08.05.01 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

action non autorisée, délibérée ou due à la négligence, et qui affecte ou met en cause la sécurité informatique d'un système informatique

OBS

malveillance informatique : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-8:1998].

Spanish

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