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Day 8 The myth of cyber-security

Day 8 The myth of cyber-security

作者: 潘慧_06b3 | 来源:发表于2017-04-17 12:55 被阅读16次

    Phrases

    1. look to

    to hope that sb will provide sth for you

    To manage the risks, look to economics rarher than technology.

    They looked to the government for additional support.

    2. bake into 把……加入到……

    The arrival of the " Internet of Things" will see computers baked into everything.

    3. of all stripes/ of every stripe

    of all types

    Companies of all stripes should embrace initiatives like " bug bounty" programmes.

    Governments of every stripe (= of all political opinions) have a bad habit of interfering in state broadcasting.

    4. be compounded by

    to make a problem or a difficult situation worse

    Such weaknesses are compounded by the history of the internet, in which security was an afterthought.

    His financial problems were compounded when he unexpectedly lost his job.

    be compounded with

    Most tyres are made of rubber compounded with other chemicals and materials.

    4. refrain from克制,抑制

    5. spark calls for

    Terrorist attacks often spark calls for encryption to be weakened.

    6. be served by 对最有利的是...

    Computer security is best served by encryption that is strong for everyone.

    Rather than support America, European "allies" increasingly see their national interests best served by distancing themselves from the US as much as possible.

    This suggests that small, open economies may be best served by fixed exchange rates.

    7. in force

    ( of laws, rules, or systems) existing and being used

    Reporting laws, already in force in some American states, can oblige companies to disclose when they or their products are hacked.

    New driving regulations are going to come into force this year.

    in large numbers

    Photographers were out in force at the palace today.

    8. butt up against

    As computers spread to products covered by established liability arrangements, the industry's disclaimers will increasingly butt up against existing laws.

    9. draw comparisons to

    the fact of considering sth similar or of equal quality to sth else (similarity)

    Many computer-security experts draw comparisons to the American car industry in the 1960s, which had ignored safety for decades.

    She drew a comparison between life in the army and life in prison.

    bear/ stand comparison with

    He's a good writer but he doesn't bear/ stand comparison with Shakespeare.(= he is not nearly as good as Shakespeare.)

    make a comparison

    the act of comparing two or more people or things (difference)

    They made a comparison of different countries' eating habits.

    by/ in comparison with

    By/ In comparison with the French, the British eat far Less fish.

    10. come down hard with

    The following year the government came down hard with rules on seatbelts, headrests and the like.

    17. go bankrupt 破产 SYN: insolvent; go into liquidation; go into receivership

    A firm that takes reasonable steps to make things safe will have recourse to an insurance payout that will stop it from going bankrupt.

    18. free rein

    the freedom to do, say, or feel what you want

    Silicon Valley's fruitful " go fast and break things" style of innovation is possible only if firms have relatively free rein to put out New products while they still need perfecting.

    The young film-maker was given free rein to experiment with themes and techniques.

    Words

    1. takeover (n) 收购 SYN: merger and acquisition 收购兼并

    a situation in which a company gets control of another company by buying enough of its share

    the $4.8bn takeover of Yahoo, an internet firm, by Verizon, a telecoms firm

    There were involved in a takeover last year.

    make a takeover bid for sth

    to try to get control of sth

    The company made a takeover bid for a rival firm.

    2. derail

    to prevent a plan or process from succeeding

    The takeover of Yahoo was nearly derailed by two enormous data breaches.

    Renewed fighting threatens to derail the peace talks.

    3. interfere

    to involve yourself in a situation when your involvement is not wanted or is not helpful

    Russian hackers interfered in the American presidential election.

    interfere with sth

    to prevent sth from working effectively or from developing successfully

    Even a law level of noise interferes with my concentration.

    4. extort (v)

    to get sth by force or threat, or with difficulty

    He had been extorting money from the old lady for years.

    Police have not so far been able to extort a confession from the people accused of the bombing.

    extortion

    Away from the headlines, a black market in computerised extortion, hacking-for-hire and stolen digital goods is booming.

    He was found guilty of obtaining the money by extortion.(= by forceful methods)

    5. prosthetics 假体 insulin pump 胰岛素泵 pacemaker (心脏)起搏器

    6. gadget SYN: gizmo 小玩意儿

    a small device or machine with a particular purpose

    There is little evidence that these gadgets will be any more trustworthy than their desktop counterparts.

    Have you seen this handy little gadget - it's separating egg yolks from whites.

    7. wizardry

    clever or surprising ways of doing things, esp with special machines

    It is tempting to believe that the security problem can be solved with yet more technical wizardry and a call for heightened vigilance.

    Using their high-tech wizardry, the police were able to locate the owners of the stolen property within hours of it being seized.

    8. vigilance

    more careful attention, esp in order to notice possible danger

    The police said that it was thanks to the vigilance of a neighbour that the fire was discovered before it could spread.

    9. cultivated

    describes sb who has had a good education and knows a lot about art, music, painting, etc.

    That requires a kind of cultivated paranoia(偏执狂) which does not come naturally to non-tech firms.

    10. illicit

    illegal or disapproved of by society

    The average program has 14 separate vulnerabilities, each of them a potential point of illicit entry.

    11. incentive

    sth which encourages a person to do sth

    But societies have developed ways of managing such risk- from government regulation to the use of legal liability and insurance to create incentives for safer behavior.

    There is little incentive for people to leave their cars at home when public transport remains so expensive.

    12. encrypt (v)

    (usually passive) to change electronic information or signals into a secret code

    Your financial information is fully encrypted and cannot be accessed.

    encryption (n)

    Terrorist attacks spark calls for encryption to be weakened so that the security services can better monitor what individuals are up to.

    13. hamper

    to prevent sb doing sth easily

    A lack of expertise will always hamper the ability of users of computers to protect themselves.

    Fierce storms have been hampering rescue efforts and there is now little chance of finding more survivors.

    14. fix

    something that solves a problem 解决方法

    They could insist that internet-connected gizmos be updated with fixes when flaws ars found.

    Robinson called the proposal a quick fix (= a temporary or easy solution ) of limited value. 权宜之计

    a stopgap measure 权宜之计

    political expediency 权宜之计

    be in a fix (be in a mess)陷入困境,麻烦

    to have a problem that is difficult to solve

    We’re going to be in a real fix if we miss that bus.

    That’s put us in a fix.

    15. default (n) 违约,未履行义务

    failure to do something that you are supposed to do according to the law or because it is your duty law

    They could force users to change default (默认)usernames and passwords.

    16. oblige

    to force sb to do sth

    Reporting laws can oblige companies to disclose when they or their products are hacked.

    oblige sb with sth

    to help sb by giving them sth

    Could you oblige me with a pen, please?

    17. infect

    to pass harmful programs from one computer to another

    Networks of computers are infected with malware.(恶意软件)(Trojan horse virus木马病毒)

    malicious恶意的

    A computer virus may lurk unseen in a computer's memory, calling up and infecting each of the machine's data files in turn.

    18. disclaim

    to say that you have no responsibility for, or knowledge of sth

    The software industry has for decades disclaimed liability for the harm when its products go wrong.

    disclaimer

    a formal statement

    As computers spread to products covered by established liability arrangements, the industry's disclaimers will increasingly butt up against existing laws.

    19. moot

    (adj) often discussed or argued about and having no real answer

    But this point will soon be moot.

    It's a moot point whether building more roads reduces traffic congestion.

    (v) to suggest sth for discussion

    The idea was first mooted as long ago as the 1840s.

    (n) a moot court 模拟法庭

    20. excoriate

    to write or say that a play, a book, a political action, etc is very bad

    A bestselling book exposed and excoriated the industry's lax (松懈的)attitude.

    The president excoriated the Western press for their biased views.

    His latest novel received excoriating reviews.

    21. clamour

    a loud complaint about sth or a demand for sth

    Now imagine the clamour for legislation after the first child fatality(死亡) involving self-driving cars.

    loud noise

    the clamour of the city

    22. premium 保险费

    insurance premiums

    23. prod

    to push, to encourage sb to take action, esp when they are being slow or unwilling

    A firm will find its premiums rising, prodding it to solve the problem.

    He gets things done, but only after I've prodded him into doing them.

    24. recourse (n)

    using sth or sb as a way of getting help, esp in a difficult or dangerous situation

    A firm that take reasonable steps to make things safe will have recourse to an insurance payout that will stop it from going bankrupt.

    without recourse to sth 不用借助....

    It is hoped that the dispute will be settled without recourse to litigation.(诉讼)

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