Difference between revisions of "Sensor"

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According to the [[CyBOK (version 1)]],
 
According to the [[CyBOK (version 1)]],
 
:[[Sensor]]. A device that perceives certain characteristics of the real world and transfers them into a digital representation.
 
:[[Sensor]]. A device that perceives certain characteristics of the real world and transfers them into a digital representation.
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According to the [[CyBOK (version 1)]],
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:[[Sensor]]. Equipment (software and/or hardware) aimed at detecting and alerting  cyberattacks, also referred to as the Intrusion Detection System (IDS).
  
 
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[[Category: Cyber-security]]
 
[[Category: Cyber-security]]

Latest revision as of 20:05, 18 July 2020

Sensor is a specialized detecting device or measurement tool designed to recognize the presence and intensity of certain phenomena and to convert this sense knowledge into information.

Definition

According to Juran's Quality Handbook by Defeo (7th edition),

Sensor. A specialized detecting device or measurement tool designed to recognize the presence and intensity of certain phenomena and to convert this sense knowledge into information.

According to the CyBOK (version 1),

Sensor. A device that perceives certain characteristics of the real world and transfers them into a digital representation.

According to the CyBOK (version 1),

Sensor. Equipment (software and/or hardware) aimed at detecting and alerting cyberattacks, also referred to as the Intrusion Detection System (IDS).