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Information Security

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This attack is where every possible combination of letters - numbers - and characters is used to create encrypted passwords.






2. These access points are serious threats to network security because they allow attackers to intercept the RF signal and bypass network security to attack the network or capture sensitive data.






3. 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.






4. Altering the contents of packets as they travel over the Internet or altering data on computer disks after penetrating a network. For example - an attacker might place a tap on a network line to intercept packets as they leave the computer. The attac






5. Password and BioMetric






6. A ____ is a computer program or a part of a program that lies dormant until it is triggered by a specific logical event.






7. Type of software attack where an attacker captures network traffic and stores it for retransmission at a later time to gain unauthorized access to a network.






8. A security analysis of the transaction within its approved context.






9. A user accessing a computer system must present credentials or ____ when logging on to the system.






10. Can use fingerprints or other unique characteristics of a person's face - hands - or eyes (irises and retinas) to authenticate a user.






11. A password-protected and encrypted file that holds an individual's identification information - including a public key and a private key. The individual's public key is used to verify the sender's digital signature - and the private key allows the in






12. An attack where the goal is to extract personal - financial or confidential information from the victim by using services such as the telephone or VOIP.






13. Windows Live ID was originally designed as a ____ system that would be used by a wide variety of Web servers.






14. 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.






15. The set of letters - symbols - and characters that make up the password are known as a ____ set.






16. A commonly used technique by pornography sites where a user gets "locked" in a web site.






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






18. 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 ____.






19. There are almost ____ different Microsoft Windows file extensions that could contain a virus.






20. Has limited technical knowledge and is motivated by a desire to gain and display technical skills.






21. Set of rules that allow or deny traffic






22. The unique data block that results when an original piece of data (such as text) is encrypted (for example - by using a key.)






23. Sending high volumes of UDP requests to a target.






24. A database - organized as a hierarchy or tree - of the name of each site on the Internet and its corresponding IP number.






25. A private key and public key






26. The ____ attack will slightly alter dictionary words by adding numbers to the end of the password - spelling words backward - slightly misspelling words - or including special characters such as @ - $ - ! - or %.






27. 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.






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






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






30. Broadcast storms can be prevented with ____.






31. A user under Role Based Access Control can be assigned only one ____.






32. Using video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific and limited set of receivers is called ____.






33. Content filtering - encryption - firewalls






34. The most common protocol suite used today for local area networks (LANs) as well as the Internet is ____.






35. A feature that controls a device's tolerance for unanswered service requests and helps to prevent a DoS attack.






36. Software attack using special monitoring software to gain access to private communications on the network wire or across a wireless network. (aka sniffing attack)






37. Fingerprints and patterns






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






39. A group of piconets in which connections exist between different piconets is called a ____.






40. A firewall capable of monitoring a data stream from end to end.






41. It is able to code and decode data






42. An authentication service commonly used on UNIX devices that communicates by forwarding user authentication information to a centralized server.






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






44. A ____ encrypts all data that is transmitted between the remote device and the network.






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






46. The most restrictive access control model is ____.






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






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






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






50. An attack that targets a computer's physical components and peripherals. (ie. hard disk - motherboard - cabling - etc.)







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