2 Fundamentals of Security:Fundamentals

Question 1

Protecting data and information from unauthorized access, modification, disruption, disclosure and destruction

Answer 1

Information Security

Question 2

Protecting systems that hold and process critical data

Answer 2

Information Systems Security

Question 3

CIA Triad

Answer 3

Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability

Question 4

Ensures information is accessible only th authorized personnel

Answer 4

confidentiality

Question 5

Ensures data remains accurate and unaltered

Answer 5

Integrity

Question 6

Ensures information and resources are accessible when needed

Answer 6

availability

Question 7

What word comes to mind when you think of confidentiality

Answer 7

encryption

Question 8

What word comes to mind when you think of integrity

Answer 8

checksums

Question 9

What word comes to mind when you think of availability

Answer 9

redundancy

Question 10

Guarantees that an action or event cannot be denied by the involved parties

Answer 10

non-repudiation

Question 11

What word comes to mind when you think of non-repudiation?

Answer 11

digital signatures

Question 12

What are the two extensions of the CIA Triad and are referred as the CIANA Pentagon

Answer 12

non-repudiation and authenticaion

Question 13

Triple A’s of security

Answer 13

authentication, authorization and accounting

Question 14

Verifying the identity of a user system

Answer 14

authentication

Question 15

Determining actions or resources an authenticated user can access

Answer 15

authorization

Question 16

Tracking user activities and resource usage for audit or billing purposes

Answer 16

accounting

Question 17

What word comes to mind when you think of authentication?

Answer 17

password checks

Question 18

What word comes to mind when you think of authorization?

Answer 18

permissions