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Business 4: Types of Info Systems and Tech Risks Flashcards

1
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What are the four main risks w/r/t systems?

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1) Strategic risk
2) Operating risk
3) Financial risk
4) Information risk

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What are the four main risks w/r/t systems?

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1) Strategic risk
2) Operating risk
3) Financial risk
4) Information risk

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What does strategic risk include w/r/t systems?

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Risk of choosing inappropriate technology

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What does operating risk include w/r/t systems?

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risk of doing the right things in the wrong way

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What does financial risk include w/r/t systems?

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risk of having financial resources lost, wasted, or stolen

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What does information risk include w/r/t systems?

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risk of loss of data integrity, incomplete transactions, or hackers

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What does information risk include w/r/t systems?

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risk of loss of data integrity, incomplete transactions, or hackers

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Can a virus run independently?

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No

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What is a virus?

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Piece of a computer program that inserts itself into some other program to propagate and cause harm to files and programs

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Can a worm run independently?

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Yes

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What do you call a program that can run independently and normally propagates itself over a network?

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Worm

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Can a worm attach itself to other programs?

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No

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13
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Can a worm attach itself to other programs?

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No

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Does a Trojan horse normally replicate itself?

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No

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What is a Trojan horse?

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Program that appears to have a useful f(x) but contains a hidden and unintended f(x) that presents a security risk

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What is a Trojan horse?

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Program that appears to have a useful f(x) but contains a hidden and unintended f(x) that presents a security risk

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What do you call it when one computer or group of computers bombard another computer with a flood of network traffic?

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Denial-of-Service Attack

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What do you call it when one computer or group of computers (zombies) bombard another computer with a flood of network traffic?

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Denial-of-Service Attack

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What do you call it when one computer or group of computers (zombies) bombard another computer with a flood of network traffic?

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Denial-of-Service Attack

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What is phishing?

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  • Sending of phony emails to try to lure people to phony websites
  • Where they are asked for info that will allow the phisher to impersonate the user
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What is phishing?

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  • Sending of phony emails to try to lure people to phony websites
  • Where they are asked for info that will allow the phisher to impersonate the user
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22
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Define risk

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Possibility of harm or loss

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Define threat.

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Any eventually that represents a danger to an asset or a capability linked to hostile intent

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What is the term for a characteristic of a design, implementation, or operation that renders the system susceptible to a threat?

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Vulnerability

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25
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Safeguards and controls are put in place to minimize what?

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Minimize vulnerabilities

26
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Safeguards and controls are put in place to minimize what?

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Minimize vulnerabilities

27
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Before risks can be managed, what must be done?

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They must be assessed

28
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Before risks can be managed, what must be done first?

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They must be assessed

29
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Before risks can be managed, what must be done first?

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They must be assessed

30
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Access controls come in what two basic types?

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1) Physical access

2) Electronic access

31
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Access controls come in what two basic types?

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1) Physical access

2) Electronic access

32
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Is data integrity risk a type of reporting risk that an accountant must recognize as a threat to the accuracy of reports?

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NO

33
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Is strategic risk a type of reporting risk that an accountant must recognize as a threat to the accuracy of reports?

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YES (includes risks such as choosing inappropriate technology)

34
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Is financial risk a type of reporting risk that an accountant must recognize as a threat to the accuracy of reports?

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YES (includes risks such as having financial resources lost, wasted, or stolen)

35
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Is information risk a type of reporting risk that an accountant must recognize as a threat to the accuracy of reports?

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YES (includes risks such as loss of data integrity, incomplete transactions, or hackers)

36
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Is information risk a type of reporting risk that an accountant must recognize as a threat to the accuracy of reports?

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YES (includes risks such as loss of data integrity, incomplete transactions, or hackers)

37
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What do you call the system of user identification and authentication that prevents unauthorized users from gaining access to network resources?

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Firewall

38
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What is used to identify a user?

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Login ID

39
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What is use to authenticate a user?

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Password

40
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What is use to authenticate a user?

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Password

41
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True or false.

A network server is a type of resource protected by a firewall.

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True

42
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True or false.

A network server is a type of resource protected by a firewall.

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True

43
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What do you call a firewall designed to protect specific application services from attack?

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Application firewalls

44
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Firewall methodologies can be divided into what three categories?

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1) Packet filtering
2) Circuit level gateways
3) Application level gateways

45
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What is packet filtering?

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Examines packets of data as they pass through the firewall according to rules that have been est. for the source of the data, the destination of the data, and the network ports the data was sent from

46
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What is the simplest type of firewall configuration?

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Packet filtering

47
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What is IP spoofing?

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Forging an acceptable address

48
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Packet filtering can be circumvented by what?

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IP spoofing

49
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What allows data into a network only when computers inside the network request the data?

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Circuit level gateways

50
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What examines data coming into the gateway in a more sophisticated fashion?

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Application level gateways

51
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What are application level gateways also known as?

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Proxies

52
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What is a disadvantage of a proxy?

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Slower

53
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What is a disadvantage of a proxy?

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Slower

54
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What do network firewalls do?

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Protect network as a whole

55
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True or false.

Firewalls deter but cannot completely prevent intrusion from outsiders.

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True

56
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Do firewalls prevent or protect against viruses?

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NO

57
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What do you call a system, often both hardware and software, of user identification and authentication that prevents unauthorized users from gaining access to network resources?

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Firewall

58
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What do file-level access attributes control?

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  • Control the privileges a particular user has to a file (e.g. “read only”)
59
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What do file attributes control?

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  • Set to restrict writing, reading, and/or directory privileges for a file
60
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What are common access controls?

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Assignment and maintenance of security levels

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