Chapter 10 - Mobile And Embedded Device Security

Question 1

ANT

Answer 1

A proprietary wireless network technology that is used primarily by sensors for communicating data.

Question 2

Bring your own device (BYOD)

Answer 2

Allows users to use their own personal mobile devices for business purposes.

Question 3

Corporate owned, personally enabled (COPE)

Answer 3

Employees choose from a selection of company-approved devices.

Question 4

Choose your own device (CYOD)

Answer 4

Employees choose from a limited selection of approved devices but the employee pays the upfront cost of the device while the business owns the contract.

Question 5

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)

Answer 5

Stores sensitive applications and data on a remote server that is accessed through a smartphone.

Question 6

Corporate-owned

Answer 6

The device is purchased and owned by the enterprise.

Question 7

Geolocation

Answer 7

The process of identifying the geographical location of a device.

Question 8

GPS tagging

Answer 8

Adding geographical identification data to media such as digital photos taken in a mobile device.

Question 9

Quick response code (QR)

Answer 9

A matrix or two dimensional barcode which can be read by an imaging device such as a mobile devices camera.

Question 10

Jailbreaking

Answer 10

Circumventing the installed built-in limitations on Apple iOS devices.

Question 11

Rooting

Answer 11

Circumventing the installed built-in limitations on Android devices.

Question 12

Sideloading

Answer 12

Downloading unofficial apps.

Question 13

Carrier unlocking

Answer 13

Uncoupling a phone from a specific wireless provider.

Question 14

Short message service (SMS)

Answer 14

Text messages of a maximum of 160 characters.

Question 15

Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

Answer 15

Text messages in which pictures, video, or audio can be included.

Question 16

Storage segmentation

Answer 16

Separating business data from personal data on a mobile device.

Question 17

Containerization

Answer 17

Separating storage into separate business and personal “containers”.

Question 18

Mobile device management (MDM)

Answer 18

Allows a mobile device to be managed remotely by an organization and involves a server component, which sends out management commands to the mobile devices, and a client component, which runs on the mobile device to receive and implement the management commands

Question 19

Mobile application management (MAM)

Answer 19

He tools and services responsible for distributing and controlling access to apps.

Question 20

Mobile Content Management (MCM)

Answer 20

Tools used to support the creation and subsequent editing and modification of digital content by multiple employees.

Question 21

Application whitelisting

Answer 21

Ensures that only preapproved apps can run on the device.

Question 22

Geofencing

Answer 22

Using the mobile device’s GPS to define geographical boundaries where an app can be used.

Question 23

Embedded system

Answer 23

Computer hardware and software contained within a larger system that is designed for a specific function.

Question 24

Industrial control systems (ICS)

Answer 24

Systems that collect, monitor, and process real-time data to control machines locally or at remote sites.

Question 25

Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)

Answer 25

A system that controls multiple industrial control systems (ICS)

Question 26

System on a chip (SoC)

Answer 26

A single microprocessor chip on which all the necessary hardware components are contained.

Question 27

Real-time operating system (RTOS)

Answer 27

An operating system that is specifically designed for a system on a chip (SoC) in an embedded system.

Question 28

Internet of things (IoT)

Answer 28

Connecting any device to the internet for the purpose of sending and receiving data to be acted upon.