This is my personal glossary about my preparation for obtain CISSP Certification and understand all Security keywords.  Here all keywords  beginning by letter F.

 

 

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Fail closed: A control failure that result in all accesses being blocked.

Fail Open: A control failure that results in all accesses being permitted.

Failover: A failure mode in which the system automatically transfers processing to a hot backup component, such as a clustered server, if a hardware or software failure is detected.

Fail-Safe: A failure mode in which program execution is terminated, and the system is protected from compromise, if a hardware or software failure os detected.

Fail-soft (or resilient): A failure mode in which certain, noncritical processing is terminated, and the computer or the network continues to function in a degraded mode, if a hardware or software failure is detected.

False Accept Rate (FAR; or type II Error): In biometric access control systems, the percentage of unauthorized users who are incorrectly granted access. See also CER, FRR).

False Reject Rate (FRR or Type I Error):In biometric access control systems, the percentage of unauthorized users who are incorrectly denied access. See also CER, FAR).

Fault: Momentary loss of electric power.

Fault-Tolerant: A system that continues to operate after the failure of a computer or network component.

Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI): A star topology, token-passing, network transport protocol.

FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standard. Standards and guidelines published by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Firewall: A device or program that control traffic flow between networks.

Firmware: A program or code that’s stored in ROM memory.

Forensics (or computer forensics): The science of conducting a computer crime investigation in order to determine what’s happened and who’s responsible for what’s happened. One major component of computer forensics involves collecting legally admissible evidence for use in a computer crime case.

Frame injection: An attack when the attacker is attempting to load arbitrary code into a browser in order to steal data from other frames in the browser session.

Frame Relay (FR): A packet-switched network protocol used to transport WAN communication.

Fraud: Any deceptive or misrepresented activity that result in illicit personal gain.

Fuzzy logic: An artificial intelligence method that’s used to address uncertain situations to determine whether a given condition is true or false.