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Facility

A physical space where business is performed. For example, a facility can be a building, a floor of a building or a designated space on the floor of a building.

Fake email

Sending counterfeit email by using a legitimate sender's address without their knowledge.

Fake trader

A trader that is in not legitimate.

Fake website

Websites that are not legitimate.

Fax machine

A device that allows copies of documents to be sent over a telephone network.

Fibre

A particularly lightweight thread of execution. Like threads, fibres share address space. However, fibres use cooperative multitasking while threads use pre-emptive multitasking.

FIPS

Federal Information Processing Standard

Firewall

A network device that filters incoming and outgoing network data based on a series of rules.

Firmware

Software embedded in IT equipment or OT equipment.

Five-Eyes (FVEY)

An intelligence sharing partnership between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Flash memory media

A specific type of electrically erasable programmable read-only memory.

Flash Player

Computer software for using content created with Adobe Flash, including viewing multimedia content, executing rich internet applications, and streaming audio and video.

Flaw

A defect, fault or imperfection, especially one that is hidden or unknown.

Fly lead

A lead that connects IT equipment to the fixed infrastructure of a facility. For example, the lead that connects a workstation to a network wall socket.

Foreign national

A person who is not an Australian citizen.

Foreign system

A system that is not managed by, or on behalf of, the Australian Government.

Fraud

Intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right.

Fuzzing

Fuzzing (or fuzz testing) is a method used to discover errors or potential vulnerabilities in software.