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Digital Currency
Currency that exists in electronic form only; it has no physical form and is essentially data
on a database.
It is a method of payment, but rather than exchanging physical coins and bank notes, the
payment is made electronically.
A central bank is needed to act as the "middleman"
Decentralisation - Cryptocurrency
• Traditional digital currencies are regulated by central banks and governments. This
means all transactions and exchange rates are determined by these two bodies.
• Cryptocurrency has no state control and all the rules are set by the cryptocurrency
community itself.
• The cryptocurrency system works by being within a blockchain network which means
it is much more secure.
Blockchain
A technology that sits behind all cryptocurrency transactions. It makes all sorts of
cryptocurrency safe to use.
Cyber Security
Cyber Security Solutions & Prevention
Access Level
• User will be assigned different levels of access depending on the role they have. It
ensures that users' behaviour can be controlled while they use a computer on a
network.
• When using databases, levels of access are important to determine who has the right to
read, write and delete data.
Anti Malware
Anti Virus
• Anti-virus software are constantly scanning documents, files and also incoming data
from the internet.
• They are designed to detect suspisious activity and files before they are opened or
stored / warn the user against opening the files.
Anti Spyware
Spyware is software that gathers information by monitoring a user’s activities carried out
on their computer.
Authentication
Authentication refers to the ability of a user to prove who they are.
• Password and user names
• Biometrics Authentication
• Two-step verification
• Credit Card & Hotel Card