Chapter 4: Data, Prevention and Resistance

Question 1

Privilege Escalation

Answer 1

A network intrusion attack that takes advantage of programming errors or design flaws to grant the attacker elevated access to the network and its associated data and applications.

Question 2

Encryption

Answer 2

Scrambles information into an alternative form that requires a key or password to decrypt.

Question 3

Certificate Authority

Answer 3

A trusted third party that validates user identities by means of digital certificates.

Question 4

Firewall

Answer 4

Hardware and/or software that guard a private network by analyzing incoming and outgoing information for the correct markings.

A gatekeeper that protects computer networks from intrusion by providing a filter and safe transfer points for access to and from the internet.

Question 5

Antivirus Software

Answer 5

Scans and searches hard drives to prevent, detect, and remove known viruses.