IDSC quiz 7

  1. Data Trail - An electronic record of the transactions or activities of a particular person, organization, etc. Especially with reference to a person's financial transactions,  cell phone and internet usage

  2. Function Creep - the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended, especially when this leads to potential invasion of privacy.

  3. Fusion Center - (in the United States), are state-owned and operated centers that serve as focal points in states and major urban areas for the receipt, analysis, gathering and sharing of threat-related information between State, Local,  federal and private sector partners.

  4. Government Intervention - is regulatory action taken by government that seek to change the decisions made by individuals, groups and organizations about technology, social and economic matters.

  5. National Security Agency (NSA) - is a federal government intelligence agency that is part of the United States Department of Defense. NSA is in the Intelligence-gathering business, to protect national communications systems integrity and to collect and process information about foreign adversaries' secret communications in support of national security and foreign policy.

  6. Slippery Slope - a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended consequences

  7. Social Credit Score - China’s social credit system is a set of databases and initiatives that monitor and assess the trustworthiness of individuals. A good rating could offer priority health care or deposit-free renting of public housing, while a negative rating could see individuals banned from flights and trains.

  8. Surveillance - is the monitoring of behavior, activities, or data for the purpose of information gathering. This can include observation from a distance by means of electronic equipment, such as closed-circuit television, or interception of electronically transmitted information like Internet traffic or phone calls.

  9. Business Innovation - an enterprise’s culture and process for introducing new services or products.

  10. Divergence - looking at a problem, issues or questions from a different perspective.

  11. Disruptive - new technology or business model that changes existing market. 

  12. Ideation - the process of forming ideas from conception to implementation, most often in a business setting.

  13. Incremental - gradual, continuous improvement on existing products or services. 

  14. Innovation - process of translating an idea into a good or service that creates value for which customers will pay.

  15. Radical - breakthrough that transforms an industry and /or creates new market.

  16. Sustaining - significant improvement to maintain existing market share