Dictionary of Information Security

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safeguard any protective measure or control that is pre-

scribed to meet the security requirements specified

for a system. Safeguards may include but are not

necessarily limited to hardware and software security

features, operating procedures, accountability proce-

dures, access and distribution controls, management

constraints, personnel security, and physical structures,

areas, and devices.Also sometimes specifically called

security safeguards. See also countermeasure and

control.

salami a story of a program that takes advantage of very

active systems to make incremental changes.The

usual tale is of a banking system that siphons frac-

tions of a penny at a time into the programmer’s

account. In spite of the lack of evidence for the

existence of attacks ...