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BTE 210 Final Exam Questions And Correct Answerssecurity - ANSWER The level of protection from crime, harm, injury and/or loss
information security - ANSWER Protecting organization's information-related resources
against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction
threat - ANSWER any potential danger to which a system may be exposed
exposure - ANSWER the potential harm, loss or damage that could result if a threat
exploits that resource
vulnerability - ANSWER the possibility that the system will suffer harm by a threat
unintentional threats to IS - ANSWER - human errors
- social engineering
human errors - ANSWER higher level employees + greater access = greater threat
human error areas - ANSWER - human resources
- information systems
- contract labor, consultants, janitors, and guards
,social engineering - ANSWER attack where perpetrator uses social skills to trick or
manipulate employees for confidential information
Espionage - ANSWER individual attempts to gain illegal access to organizational
information
Information extortion - ANSWER attacker demands money for
- not stealing info
- giving back info
- not to disclose stolen info
sabotage - ANSWER intruder maliciously alters a web page by inserting or substituting
provocative and frequently offending data
theft - ANSWER smaller equipment are easier to steal
larger storage means more information lost
dumpster diving-ANSWER rummaging through trash in search of discarded information
identity theft-ANSWER assuming the identity of another person in order to access
financial information, or to frame a person of a crime
phishing-ANSWER masquerading as a trusted organization in an electronic
communication
,intellectual property-ANSWER property made by an individual or corporation
trade secret-ANSWER secret of a company, not public information
patent-ANSWER protect an invention or process for 20 years
copyright - ANSWER protects ownership of the property for the life of the creator
user action - ANSWER - virus
- worm
- phishing attack
- spear phishing attack
without user action - ANSWER - denial of service
- distrubuted DoS attack
attack by programmers - ANSWER - trojan horse
- back door
- logic bomb
virus - ANSWER attack by a host computer
worm - ANSWER can spread by itself
spear phishing - ANSWER phishing attack on a specific target
Dos - ANSWER Bombard and crash a target computer with bogus requests
, distributed dos attack - ANSWER Using the hacked computers to perform Dos-attack
trojan horse - ANSWER Disguised as an innocent program
back door - ANSWER A secret entrance that allows for unauthorized access to the
program or system bypassing all security
logic bomb - ANSWER Dormant and only activates at a specified date and time
Alien software - ANSWER programs that are installed on a computer without the
knowledge or consent of user.
alien software - ANSWER
adware
spyware
spamware
cookies
adware - ANSWER pop-up advertisements appear across computer screens.
spyware - ANSWER it keeps track of users' personal information sans latter's
knowledge or permission.
spamware - ANSWER A launchpad is created from which spam emails are sent out.
cookies - ANSWER Small files stored in a computer with detailed information regarding
visited websites
scada (supervisor control and data acquisition) - ANSWER systems control chemical,
physical, or transport processes
cyberterrorism - ANSWER attack via the internet to use a target's computer systems to
cause physical, real world harm
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