See Also: password, personally identifiable informa tion PII personal identification number PIN A unique identifier used together with a personal iden� tification device PID.. Overvi
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Marketplace
A number of vendors offer PIDs of various kinds; some
of the popular ones are Digipass Go from Mertek Sys�
tems, IDDisk from Immtec Inc., SKV from Secure Sys�
tems, and DigiPass Pro from Vasco
See Also: password, personally identifiable informa
tion (PII)
personal identification
number (PIN)
A unique identifier used together with a personal iden�
tification device (PID)
Overview
Personal identification numbers (PINs) are used to pro�
tect the security of PIDs by providing added proof that
the person trying to use the PID is in fact the authorized
owner PINs are known only to the person who owns the
PID and should never be divulged to anyone PINs are
typically numbers with four or more digits; the length
of the number often is a characteristic of the type of PID
being used PINs help ensure that an individual’s per�
sonally identifiable information (PII) stored on the PID
remains private and does not fall into the hands of unau�
thorized parties
See Also: personally identifiable information (PII),
privacy
personal information
Another name for personally identifiable information
(PII), information regarding the identity of a person
See: personally identifiable information (PII)
personally identifiable
information (PII)
Information regarding the identity of a person
Overview
Personally identifiable information (PII) is a term used
in government, finance, and advertising to refer to
personal information collected from individuals stored and for verifying their identity later For example, an e-commerce Web site typically collects PII the first time a consumer purchases something from the site, and then stores this information in a database so the con�
sumer won’t have to reenter it every time he or she returns PII can include such things as name, country, street address, e-mail address, credit card number, Social Security number, government ID number, Inter-net Protocol (IP) address, or any other unique identifier associated with the individual Fair Information Prac�
tices (FIP), a set of standards governing collection and use of personal data that dates back to the U.S Privacy Act of 1974, help protect the privacy of PII collected from individuals by industry and government
See Also: Fair Information Practices (FIP), identity
theft, privacy
PFS
Stands for perfect forward secrecy, a property of an encryption scheme that makes it difficult to compromise
See: perfect forward secrecy (PFS)
PGP
Stands for Pretty Good Privacy, a popular e-mail encryption technology
See: Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
phishing
Conning someone into telling you his or her password
or other sensitive information
Overview
While password cracking is an entirely technical approach to trying to obtain a user’s password, social-engineering approaches often are faster, easier, and have a higher rate of success One organization per-formed a study and found that four out of five individu�
als working for a company would tell you their password if you asked them in the right way; for
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Marketplace
A number of vendors offer PIDs of various kinds; some
of the popular ones are Digipass Go from Mertek Sys�
tems, IDDisk from Immtec Inc., SKV from Secure Sys�
tems, and DigiPass Pro from Vasco
See Also: password, personally identifiable informa
tion (PII)
personal identification
number (PIN)
A unique identifier used together with a personal iden�
tification device (PID)
Overview
Personal identification numbers (PINs) are used to pro�
tect the security of PIDs by providing added proof that
the person trying to use the PID is in fact the authorized
owner PINs are known only to the person who owns the
PID and should never be divulged to anyone PINs are
typically numbers with four or more digits; the length
of the number often is a characteristic of the type of PID
being used PINs help ensure that an individual’s per�
sonally identifiable information (PII) stored on the PID
remains private and does not fall into the hands of unau�
thorized parties
See Also: personally identifiable information (PII),
privacy
personal information
Another name for personally identifiable information
(PII), information regarding the identity of a person
See: personally identifiable information (PII)
personally identifiable
information (PII)
Information regarding the identity of a person
Overview
Personally identifiable information (PII) is a term used
in government, finance, and advertising to refer to
personal information collected from individuals stored and for verifying their identity later For example, an e-commerce Web site typically collects PII the first time a consumer purchases something from the site, and then stores this information in a database so the con�
sumer won’t have to reenter it every time he or she returns PII can include such things as name, country, street address, e-mail address, credit card number, Social Security number, government ID number, Inter-net Protocol (IP) address, or any other unique identifier associated with the individual Fair Information Prac�
tices (FIP), a set of standards governing collection and use of personal data that dates back to the U.S Privacy Act of 1974, help protect the privacy of PII collected from individuals by industry and government
See Also: Fair Information Practices (FIP), identity
theft, privacy
PFS
Stands for perfect forward secrecy, a property of an encryption scheme that makes it difficult to compromise
See: perfect forward secrecy (PFS)
PGP
Stands for Pretty Good Privacy, a popular e-mail encryption technology
See: Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
phishing
Conning someone into telling you his or her password
or other sensitive information
Overview
While password cracking is an entirely technical approach to trying to obtain a user’s password, social-engineering approaches often are faster, easier, and have a higher rate of success One organization per-formed a study and found that four out of five individu�
als working for a company would tell you their password if you asked them in the right way; for
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