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SECURITY ALERT LEVELS [2 records]

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Record 1 2022-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Security
OBS

security alert level; SAL : The plural forms of these designations(security alert levels; SAL) are officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • security alert levels

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
OBS

niveau d'alerte en matière de sécurité; NAS : Les désignations au pluriel (niveaux d'alerte en matière de sécurité; NAS) sont uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Key term(s)
  • niveaux d'alerte en matière de sécurité

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

In access control, an enhanced form of smart card with an inbuilt keypad and display. The supersmart card is more secure than a conventional smart card, which must rely upon the keypad and display on the smart card reader.

CONT

An authentication technique that is becoming increasingly popular is the use of intelligent tokens, challenge/response calculators, or "smart cards". The increased use of these tokens is the result of a Computer Emergency Response Team(CERT) alert that unauthorized network access from password gathering had reached alarming levels. An advisory issued by CERT warned of a group of unidentified intruders that had compromised some service providers and used network packet-sniffers to gather passwords and login IDs for thousands of systems across the Internet. These intruders went undetected from September of 1993 until 1996. The recommended solution for eliminating this security hazard was to eliminate the transmission of reusable passwords in clear text over the network.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Concentrateur anneau à jeton intelligent IBM 8230.

Spanish

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