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Information Security

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. Related to the perception - thought process - and understanding of the user.






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






5. Scrambles information into an alternative form that requires a key or password to decrypt the information






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






7. An attacker slips through a secure area following a legitimate employee.






8. 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 ____.






9. An operating system that has been reengineered so that it is designed to be secure from the ground up is known as a ____.






10. The breadth of your back-up (what types of files you will back up-media - documents - OS - etc)






11. Legitimate users who purposely or accidentally misuse their access to the environment and cause some kind of business-affecting incident <tell people passwords - etc>






12. How many past backups you keep - what you did on your machine etc.






13. Can create entries in a log for all queries that are received.






14. A technique for crashing by sending too much data to the buffer in a comuter's memory






15. Attack computer systems by transmitting a virus hoax - with a real virus attached. By masking the attack in a seemingly legitimate message - unsuspecting users more readily distribute the message and send the attack on to their co-workers and friends






16. A ____ can block malicious content in "real time" as it appears without first knowing the URL of a dangerous site.






17. ____ is a software program that delivers advertising content in a manner that is unexpected and unwanted by the user.






18. A feature of Windows that is intended to provide users with control of their digital identities while helping them to manage privacy.






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






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






21. Magnetic tape drives - hard drives - optical media (CD or DVD) - solid-state media (flash drives or SD)






22. A hacker who exposes security flaws in applications and operating systems so manufacturers can fix them before they become widespread problems.






23. The Chinese government uses _____ to prevent Internet content that it considers unfavorable from reaching its citizenry.






24. A ____ is a set of software tools used by an attacker to hide the actions or presence of other types of malicious software - such as Trojans - viruses - or worms.






25. Viruses and worms are said to be self-____.






26. A person who uses his knowledge of operating systems and utilities to intentionally damage or destroy data or systems.






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






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






29. These accounts are user accounts that remain active after an employee has left an organization.






30. ____ involves horizontally separating words - although it is still readable by the human eye.






31. Using a single authentication credential that is shared across multiple networks.






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






33. The time it takes for a key to be pressed and then released.






34. Securing a restricted area by erecting a barrier is called ____.






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






36. Permits users to share resources stored on one site with a second site without forwarding their authentication credentials to the other site.






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






38. A form of filtering that blocks only sites specified as harmful.






39. Software that can guess passwords






40. Broadcast storms can be prevented with ____.






41. Often used for managing user access to one or more systems.






42. ____ is an image spam that is divided into multiple images.






43. Holds the promise of reducing the number of usernames and passwords that users must memorize.






44. When DNS servers exchange information among themselves it is known as a ____.






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






46. Content filtering - encryption - firewalls






47. A key encryption technique for wireless networks that uses keys both to authenticate network clients and to encrypt data in transit.






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






49. A private key and public key






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







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