Glossary

An organisational policy allowing employees and students to use their personal electronic devices (PEDs) for work and educational purposes. These devices connect to and use the agency’s network, data and resources, usually with conditions of information and communications technology (ICT) security on the device having to be in place before doing so.

Wide bandwidth data transmission which transports multiple signals and traffic types. In the context of internet access, broadband is used to mean any high speed internet access that is always on.

The distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum.

Software used primarily to access websites and web content.

Occurs when a victim’s browser settings are changed without their knowledge or consent and the browser may persistently redirect to malicious or unwanted websites.

The list of web pages a user has visited, and associated data such as page title and time of visit, which is recorded by web browser software as standard for a certain period of time.

An exhaustive process to try and determine a cryptographic key, password or other secret credential by systematically trying all candidates or combinations until the correct one is discovered.

A flaw or error in a software program.

A loosely-defined set of planning, preparatory and related activities which are intended to ensure that an organisation's critical business functions will either continue to operate despite serious incidents or disasters that might otherwise have interrupted them, or will be recovered to an operational state within a reasonably short period.

Attacks that are a form of cybercrime which use email fraud to target business, government and non-profit organisations to achieve a specific outcome which negatively impacts the target organisation.