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Information Security

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Lock - conduit - card key - video equipment - secured guard






2. Suitable for what are called "high-volume service control applications" such as dial-in access to a corporate network.






3. Set of rules that allow or deny traffic






4. A variety of threats such as viruses - worms - and Trojan horses






5. A set of permissions that are attached to an object.






6. The X.500 standard defines a protocol for a client application to access an X.500 directory called ____.






7. An independently rotating large cups affixed to the top of a fence prevent the hands of intruders from gripping the top of a fence to climb over it.






8. ____ attacks are responsible for half of all malware delivered by Web advertising.






9. An attack that accesses unauthorized information from a wireless device through a Bluetooth connection - often between cell phones and laptop computers.






10. A ____ tester has an in-depth knowledge of the network and systems being tested - including network diagrams - IP addresses - and even the source code of custom applications.






11. It accepts spoken words for input as if they had been typed on the keyboard.






12. Malicious or accidental threats by employees. (ex. door to secure building left propped open.)






13. Considered a more "real world" access control than the other models because the access is based on a user's job function within an organization.






14. Hides inside other software - usually as an attachment or a downloadable file






15. Forwards packets across computer networks.






16. Forging of the return address on an e-mail so that the e-mail message appears to come from someone other than the actual sender. This is not a virus but rather a way by which virus authors conceal their identities as they send out viruses.






17. An attacker motivated by the ideology to attack computer or infrastructure networks.






18. A threat that originates from outside the company. (ex. power failure.)






19. ____ involves stealing another person's personal information - such as a Social Security number - and then using the information to impersonate the victim - generally for financial gain.






20. Countless requests for a TCP connection sent to an FTP server - web server - or system attached to the internet.






21. A ____ is a computer typically located in an area with limited security and loaded with software and data files that appear to be authentic - yet they are actually imitations of real data files.






22. These attacks may allow an attacker to construct LDAP statements based on user input statements.






23. ____ IP addresses are IP addresses that are not assigned to any specific user or organization.






24. Allows a single access point to service different types of users.






25. Email attack that targets only specific users and has familiar information in it - making it more tempting to click the links in the message.






26. The ____ model is the least restrictive.






27. A program or device that can monitor data traveling over a network. Sniffers can show - all the data being transmitted over a network - including passwords and sensitive information - tends to be a favorite weapon in the hacker's arsenal






28. Keeps a record of the state of a connection between an internal computer and an external device and then makes decisions based on the connection as well as the conditions.






29. In a ____ infection - a virus injects itself into the program's executable code instead of at the end of the file.






30. Software written with malicious intent to cause annoyance or damage - need to attach to something (such as an executable file)






31. The geographical storage of your backups-safest place is a different place from where you keep your actual data






32. ____ can be prewired for electrical power as well as wired network connections.






33. An attack that forces a user to unintentionally click a link.






34. Peering over the shoulder of someone to see the contents on that person's computer or cell phone screen.






35. A ____ is a series of instructions that can be grouped together as a single command and are often used to automate a complex set of tasks or a repeated series of tasks.






36. In a ____ attack - attackers can attackers use hundreds or thousands of computers in an attack against a single computer or network.






37. During RADIUS authentication the AP - serving as the authenticator that will accept or reject the wireless device - creates a data packet from this information called the ____.






38. Indicates when an account is no longer active.






39. Hurricanes - tornadoes - flooding and earthquakes are all examples of this.






40. An authentication protocol that operates over PPP and that requires the authenticator to take the first step by offering the other computer a challenge. The requestor responds by combining the challenge with its password - encrypting the new string o






41. ____ uses "speckling" and different colors so that no two spam e-mails appear to be the same.






42. The signal from an ID badge is detected as the owner moves near a ____ - which receives the signal.






43. Sifting through a company's garbage to find information to help break into their computers






44. Hardware and/or software that guards a private network by analyzing the information leaving and entering the network






45. Requires mutual authentication used for WLAN encryption using Cisco client software.






46. Four interrelated aspects to _________:Access - data - infrastructure - computers






47. A means of managing and presenting computer resources by function without regard to their physical layout or location.






48. A firewall capable only of examining packets individually. Stateless firewalls perform more quickly than stateful firewalls - but are not as sophisticated.






49. Below 40% or above 50%






50. Sending high volumes of ICMP (usually ping) packets to a target.







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