Computer Security Law and Legal Definition
Computer security is the process of preventing and detecting unauthorized use of personal computer. It is a collective processes and mechanisms by which sensitive and valuable information and services are protected from publication, tampering or collapse by unauthorized activities or untrustworthy individuals and unplanned events respectively. Computer security aims the protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to remain accessible and productive to its intended users.
Legal Definition list
- Computer Repair Agreement
- Computer Program
- Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988
- Computer Matching
- Computer Integrated Courtroom
- Computer Security
- Computer Software
- Computer Software Documentation
- Computer Software Protection Act of 1984
- Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1990
- Computer System
Related Legal Terms
- Abandoned Security Property [Agriculture]
- Access Control List [National Security]
- Access Control Mechanism [National Security]
- Access to Computer
- Accessible Space [National Security]
- Adverse Claim on Security
- Agricultural Biosecurity
- Alternate COMSEC Custodian [National Security]
- Alternative Security Program
- American Society of Industrial Security [ASIS]
