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Third-party Mail Relay
A mail relay that configured in a manner that people from third-party, who are
not local users, can send email through this email server.
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Threat
A potential violation of security that may cause harm to an organisation and its
assets.
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Time Bomb
A logic bomb activated at a certain time or date.
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Timestamp
A time mark or notation that indicates the date and the time of an action /
event.
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The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS)
The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) is a standard
developed by PCI Standards Council to enhance payment account data security.
The standard consists of 12 core requirements, which include security
management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and
other critical measures.
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Trojan Horse
A software which pretends to provide legitimate function, but actually carries
malicious function exploiting legitimate authorisations of a person who invokes
the program.
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Trusted Third Party
An independent third party that contributes to the trustworthiness of
computer-based information transfers.
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Two-factor Authentication
Two-factor authentication is an access control mechanism in which a successful
authentication would require the user to provide two of the following factors:
(a) something you know (e.g. password), (b) something you have (e.g. a smart
card), and (c) something you are (e.g. fingerprint).
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