Domain 5 - Security Operations Flashcards
What is a Spartan Scytale?
A message written lengthwise on thin parchment.
What is a Caesar cipher?
It is done by switching letters by a number of spots.
What is cryptology?
The science of securing communications
What is cryptography?
The creating of a message where the meaning is hidden
What is Cryptanalysis?
The science of breaking encrypted communication.
What is a cipher?
A cryptographic algorithm.
What is cipher text?
An encrypted message
What is hybrid encryption?
Uses Asymmetric encryption to share a symmetric key
What is key stretching?
A delay to offset brute force attacks
What is a side channel attack?
Attackers use physical data to break into crypto systems
Does sanitization of data eliminate the risk?
No, it just makes it infeasible
What is degaussing?
Magnetic destruction
