2. Computers have come a long way,from a 6ft tall machine
to palm size micro computers promising to turn every
atom in a glass of water into a computer capable of
performing a billion operations per second.
Cyber crimes pose a serious threat to every stakeholder
today no matter you are an indivisual, a company, a
software developer or as in my case a blogger. In today's
era where we wake up with technology and then finally we
go to bed with technology, it is of utmost importance to
understand cyber security and few basic techniques
through which one can secure his/her living.
3.
A smart card,chip card or integrated circuit
card(ICC) is a pocket sized plastic card with
embedded integrated circuits.A hologram
may be embedded in the card to
prevent counterfeiting.Smart cards may also
provide strong security authentication for
single sign on within large organisations or
mid sized firms.Smart cards can be used for
authentication,identification,data storage and
application processing.
4. Biometrics is a combination of two Greek
words "bio" which means life and "metric"
which means to measure.It is a technology
used to measure and analyse a person;s
unique characteristics.
5. Most of us know in general what a password
means and why is it used? Almost everyone of
us has some or the other social account,or
some bank account etc which we can access
through passwords.
"A password is a secret word or string of
characters that is used for authentication,to
prove identity or to gain access to a resource"