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Keylogging Ontology

Concepts

Concepts include ideas, abstractions of topics, and units of thought or knowledge. These topics contain mainly non-proprietary information that is relevant to MobileTrust.

Scope: Endpoint Security, Malware

• Authentication

  Authentication is the process of identifying a user during login.

• Authorization

  Authorization verifies what the user is authorized to do after logging into a website, network, or cloud service.

• Encryption

  Encryption is the transformation of data, so that a key is required to decrypt and restore the original data.

• Encryption Key

  An Encryption Key is a random set of keyboard characters generated specifically to encrypt and un-encrypt data.

• End-to-End Encryption

  End-to-End Encryption ensures that data that travels over a network or the internet is securely encrypted from the point of data entry to the point of destination.

• Keylogger

  A Keylogger is hidden software that records all keystrokes including passwords.

• Keylogger Types

  There are two main types of keyloggers:
  Software-based.
  Hardware-based.
  The topic/theme is software-based keyloggers and their typology.

• Keystroke Encryption

  Keystroke Encryption uses a custom keyboard driver to pass keystrokes directly to the browser in an encrypted format.

• Out-of-Band Authentication (OOBA)

  Out-Of-Band Authentication involves using a second channel for communication of passwords or codes, that is not linked to the original communication channel used to access a website, network, or cloud service.

• Single Sign-On (SSO)

  Single Sign-On Authentication.

• Strong Password

  Password strength can be measured by the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing and brute-force attacks.

• Token-Based Authentication

  Token-Based Authentication users log into to a website, network, or cloud service, using a security token provided by the server.

• Two-Factor Authentication

  Two-Factor Authentication requires the use of two of three authentication factors. These factors are identified in the Standards and Regulations for access to U.S. Federal Government systems.

Related Information:
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