Terms starting with “C”

The employment of cyberspace capabilities where the primary purpose is to achieve objectives in or through cyberspace. Source: DoD JP 3-0

The degree of dominance in cyberspace by one force that permits the secure, reliable conduct of operations by that force, and its related land, air, maritime, and space forces at a...

refers to anything that has the potential to cause serious harm to a computer system

typically defined as a set of actions by a nation or organization to attack countries or institutions' computer network systems with the intention of disrupting, damaging, or destr...

an individual who participates in cyberwarfare, motivated either by personal, patriotic, or religious reasons, but not due to professional requirement

A quantity that is computed to determine whether a record or file has been altered, corrupted or transmitted erroneously. Abbreviated CRC.

A type of checksum algorithm that is not a cryptographic hash but is used to implement data integrity service where accidental changes to data are expected. Source: IETF RFC 4949 V...

(CRC) A method to ensure data has not been altered after being sent through a communication channel. (SP 800-72) (NISTIR) Error checking mechanism that verifies data integrity by c...