2 Fundamentals of Security: Accounting

Question 1

A security measure that ensures all user activities during a communication or transaction are properly tracked and recorded

Answer 1

Accounting

Question 2

Provides a chronological record of all user activities that can be used to trace changes, unauthorized access or anomalies back to a source or point in time

Answer 2

audit trail

Question 3

maintains a comprehensive record of all user’s activities

Answer 3

regulatory compliance

Question 4

Uses detailed accounting and event logs that can help cyber security experts understand what happened how it happened and how to prevent similar incidents from occuring again

Answer 4

forensic analysis

Question 5

organizations can optimize system performance and minimize costs by tracking resource utilization and allocation decisions

Answer 5

resource optimization

Question 6

thorough accounting systems ensures user’s actions are monitored and logged deterring potential misuse and promoting adherence to the organization’s policies and procedures

Answer 6

accountability

Question 7

How to perform accounting

Answer 7

syslog servers
network analysis tools
security information and event management systems SIEM

Question 8

Used to aggregate logs from various network devices and systems so that system administrators can analyze them to detect patterns or anomolies in the organization’s system

Answer 8

syslog servers

Question 9

USed to capture and analyze network traffic

Answer 9

network analysis tools

Question 10

provides us with real time analysis of security alerts generated by various hardware and software infrastructure in an organization

Answer 10

SIEM systems security information and event management