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Network Security Basics
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 32 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. (n.) something of value; a resource; an advantage
asset
Malware
Computer Forensics
threat agent
2. A person or thing that has the power to carry a threat
exploiting
availability
threat agent
sarbox
3. Very knowledgeable about computers who use their knowledge to invade other people's computers
hackers
Phishing
Computer Forensics
Macros
4. A technology that uses multiple hard disk drives for increased reliability and performance
Phishing
hipaa
threat
RAID
5. A computer system (or an application program) that intercepts internal user requests and then processes that request on behalf of the user.
glba
Proxy Server
exploiting
Computer Forensics
6. Laws to ensure that there is honesty. 1. require the owners to sign the auditors note 2. penalties have become more severe 3. if you are on the board you are held accountable for what's going on in the company 4. limited CPA to only certain types of
Spybot
Firewalls
sarbox
RAID
7. Planning - recording - and analyzing and interpreting financial information.
hipaa
threat
glba
accounting
8. A loose-knit network of attackers - identity thieves - and financial fraudsters that are highly motivated - less risk-adverse - better funded - and more tenacious than hackers
availability
cybercriminals
RAID
Malware
9. A process used by hackers to steal usernames and passwords online.
glba
Spoofing
accounting
hackers
10. Taking advantage of
Decryption
Smart Card
Malware
exploiting
11. A technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft - usually by means of fraudulent e-mail
Spoofing
Phishing
Spybot
Computer Forensics
12. The activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
Spybot
Macros
Proxy Server
Decryption
13. Is a branch of digital forensic science pertaining to legal evidence found in computers and digital storage media. The goal of computer forensics is to examine digital media in a forensically sound manner with the aim of identifying - preserving - re
Computer Forensics
cyberterrorist
cyberterrorism
Trojan
14. A plastic card containing a microprocessor that enables the holder to perform operations requiring data that is stored in the microprocessor
Smart Card
sarbox
Macros
Spoofing
15. Ensures that the information is correct and no unauthorized person or malicious software has altered that data
Phishing
accounting
Spybot
integrity
16. Premeditated - politically motivated attacks against computers and networks - affecting non-combatant targets - by sub-national groups or clandestine agents
cyberterrorism
Spybot
hackers
Phishing
17. A program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful
threat agent
threat
Trojan
Firewalls
18. Hardware - software - or both designed to prevent unauthorized persons from accessing electronic information
script kiddies
Trojan
glba
Firewalls
19. A weakness that allows a threat agent to btpass security
vulnerability
Decryption
Macros
threat agent
20. Software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the user's informed consent
Phishing
Decryption
asset
Malware
21. A warning that one may do harm
glba
Macros
hackers
threat
22. Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
exploiting
Spoofing
Smart Card
glba
23. Ensures that data is available to authorized users
script kiddies
availability
Trojan
cyberterrorism
24. Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act includes provisions to protect consumers personal financial information held by financial institutions
glba
Malware
confidentiality
Phishing
25. Are tools that allow a user to program repetitive tasks into the computer's memory so that they can be quickly accomplished with the touch of a couple of keys that the user has selected
threat agent
Spoofing
Macros
Trojan
26. People very knowledgeable about computers who use their knowledge to invade other people's computers.
hipaa
RAID
Malware
Hackers
27. Ensures that only authorized parties can view the information
confidentiality
Spybot
Decryption
threat
28. The statistical analysis of biological data; the measurement and analysis of unique physical or behavioral characteristics to verify the identity of a person
Biometrics
Proxy Server
cyberterrorism
availability
29. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Hackers
glba
hipaa
availability
30. Gathers information and communicates this information to an outsider via the Internet; can monitor your activity online
Spybot
Firewalls
integrity
RAID
31. An attacker motivated by the ideology to attack computer or infrastructure networks
cyberterrorist
Malware
Hackers
Biometrics
32. Unskilled users who want to break into computers to create damage. Download automated hacking software (scripts) from Web sites and use it to break into computers. They are sometimes considered more dangerous than hackers due to unlimited amounts of
RAID
script kiddies
asset
Proxy Server