Chapter 7 Key Terms

Question 1

Antispyware

Answer 1

A program designed to prevent spyware from being installed on a computer

Question 2

Badge

Answer 2

A card with a magnetic strip or chip that identifies the person assigned to the card

Question 3

Biometric Scanner

Answer 3

A device used to identify a person based on biological data

Question 4

Data Encryption Standard (DES)

Answer 4

An outdated block cipher that uses a 64-bit cipher block and a 56-bit key

Question 5

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) unit

Answer 5

Equipment designed to regulate temperature and humidity

Question 6

Intermediate Distribution Frame (IDF)

Answer 6

A cable rack that connects and manages wiring used for telecommunicating between MDF and devices such as computers or network printers. IDFs are usually found on each floor of a building in a data closet

Question 7

Key Fob

Answer 7

A device synched with a network authentication service that provides a code used to log in to a network or other system

Question 8

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)

Answer 8

A fully encrypted tunneling protocol used to create a VPN connection

Question 9

Main Distribution Frame (MDF)

Answer 9

A cable rack that connects and manages wiring used for telecommunication between a service provider and intermediate distribution frames (IDFs). The MDF connects private or public lines coming into a facility with the networking devices in the facility

Question 10

Malicious Software

Answer 10

Any program unknowingly transmitted to a computer or network designed to cause damage, also called malware

Question 11

Malware

Answer 11

Any program unknowingly transmitted to a computer or network designed to cause damage

Question 12

Media Access Control (MAC) Filtering

Answer 12

The method to secure a network by limiting which devices are allowed to connect to a network based on a list of MAC addresses kept by the wireless access points

Question 13

Network Attached Storage (NAS)

Answer 13

A storage device connected directly to the network

Question 14

Phishing

Answer 14

A form of social engineering in which an attacker tricks or manipulates a user to giving out sensitive data or into allowing unauthorized programs onto the computer or network

Question 15

Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)

Answer 15

An encryption method designed for signing and encrypting e-mail, which uses both symmetric and asymmetric encryption

Question 16

Remote Desktop Connection (RDP)

Answer 16

A remote connection used to view another computer’s desktop in a window. RDC was created by Microsoft

Question 17

Secure Shell (SSH)

Answer 17

An encrypted tunneling protocol used by clients/server applications to connect a remote client to a sever. The protocol is designed to ensure confidentiality and integrity of data over an unsecured network

Question 18

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)

Answer 18

A malicious attack using social directed at a person who has access to sensitive data

Question 19

Social Engineering

Answer 19

A malicious attack using social directed at a person who has access to sensitive data

Question 20

Spam

Answer 20

Unsolicited contact that you did not ask for and don’t want and might come from an attacker

Question 21

Spyware

Answer 21

A type of malware designed to secretly collect information on a computer or network

Question 22

Storage Area Network (SAN)

Answer 22

An independent network separate from the normal LAN designed for data storage

Question 23

Terminal Emulator

Answer 23

A connection to a mainframe computer that holds all the data being accessed. A terminal emulator typically looks like a command prompt window

Question 24

Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES)

Answer 24

An encryption similar to DES but uses a key that can be three times the size, at a 168-bit key