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Information Security Flashcards

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The practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks.

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INFORMATION SECURITY

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A part of information risk management.

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INFORMATION SECURITY

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Collection of data that has a meaning.

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Information

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Processed and organized data

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Information

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Collecting, storing, and processing data for providing information, knowledge, and digital products

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Information

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Protection against unauthorized modification or destruction of information.

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SECURITY

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Free from unauthorized manipulation of the system; intentional or accidental.

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SECURITY

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Protecting something; digital(VPN, Firewall, Router)/ physical(building).

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SECURITY

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The quality or state of being secure—to be free from danger.

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SECURITY

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10
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Raw and unprocessed data

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Data

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11
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Character of information

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Data

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12
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Lowest point / form

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Data

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13
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A must 100% security but not 100% at all because of users

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Assurance

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14
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Reducing or lessening the attack of malwares

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Assurance

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15
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Isolate or minimize the damage

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Assurance

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The practice of assuring information and managing risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information.

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Information Assurance

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17
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It includes protection of the integriry, availability, authenticity, non-repudation and confidentiality of user data

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information Assurance

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18
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It encompasses not only digital protections but also physical techniques. These protections apply to data in transit, both physical and electronic forms, as well as data at rest

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Information Assurance

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19
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It is best thought of a superset of information security (i.e umbrella term), and as the business outcome of information risk management.

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Information Assurance

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20
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How factual./real, how true or accurate, something reliable

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INTEGRITY

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The Quantity or state of being whole, complete, and uncorrupted. The integiry of information is exposed to corruption, damage, destruction, or other disruption of its authentic state

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INTEGRITY

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22
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Adding something

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Integrate

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23
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Proving your identity by using passwords

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Authentication

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(Authenticity)The Quality of being genuine or original, rather than a reproduction or fabrication. Information is authentic when it is the information that was originally created, placed, stored, transferred.

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Authentication

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25
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Verify if the person accessing is the owner.

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Authentication

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Restricting access by keeping private

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Confidentiality

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Privacy or secrecy, private info guarding

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Confidentiality

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Preventing disclosure or exposure to unauthorized individuals or systems.

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Confidentiality

29
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The quality or state of preventing disclosure or exposure to unauthorized individuals or systems.

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Confidentiality

30
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It is addressed and sensitive data is protected by using a debit card with a PIN code. This PIN code makes sure that only authorized individuals will have access to financial account information.

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CONFIDENTIALITY

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 The access of restricted data
 Providing something with proof
 Ex. In the given system, changing the info in the system. They can trace who changed it by the student user ID.

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NON-REPUDIATION

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Keeping records of all ATM transfer and withdrawals in a user’s bank account; helps ensure that information is accurate and up-to-date.

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integrity

33
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Available for public use and accessible at all times. This provides convenience and flexibility for users.

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Availability

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CIA

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Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability

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IA

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Information Assurance

36
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ATM

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Automated Teller Machine

37
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PIN

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Personal Identification Number

38
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API

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Application Programming Interface

39
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CISO

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Chief Information Security Officer

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CTO

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Chief Technology Officer

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CRO

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Chief Risk Officer

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CSO

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Chief Security Officer

43
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  • No hard fast rules nor many universally accepted complete solutions.
  • No manual for implementing security through entire system.
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AS AN ART

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  • Dealing with technology designed to operate at high levels of performance.
  • Specific conditions cause virtually all actions that occur in computer systems.
  • Nearly every fault, security hole, and system malfunction are a result of interaction of specific hardware and software.
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AS SCIENCE

45
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  • Social science examines the behavior of individuals interactions with systems.
  • Security begins and ends with the people that interact with the system.
  • Security administrators can greatly reduce levels of risk caused by end users, and create more acceptable and supportable security profiles.
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AS SOCIAL SCIENCE

46
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Assigned for overall responsibility for information security

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Executive Management

47
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Responsible for design, implementation, management, and review of the organizations security policies.

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INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY PROFESSIONALS

48
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 System owners who have budgetary authority.

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Data Owners

49
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 Function that has “custody” of the system.

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Data Custodians

50
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Protect physical items

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Physical Security

51
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protect indicidual / group

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Personal Security

52
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protect the details of a parituclar operation

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Operations Security

53
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protect an organiztations communication, media technology and content

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Communications Security

54
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 The concept that individuals should have the right to own and have control over their data.
 It emphasized the importance of autonomy over one’s information rather than leaving it in the hands of corporation or third parties.

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Data Ownership

55
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Individuals decide who can access their data and revoke access whenever they want.

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Control

56
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Having the right to know how your data is used.

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Transparency

57
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Shared data, corresponds to a reward for its value.

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Compensation

58
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  • One of which is Cyder, empower users to take control their data.
  • Cyder is a browser extension that protects your privacy, blocking trackers, cookies, and ads.
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Privacy Tools

59
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  • As technology advances, so does the need for better privacy laws, implementing privacy legislation sets standards and holds entities accountable for their privacy practices.
  • It must
    a. Set strict guidelines for data collection
    b. Give individuals greater control over their privacy, and
    c. Impose heavy fines on organizations that do not comply.
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Privacy Legislation

60
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  • Decentralized – Shared information from one to another devices
  • Secured – Having uniqueness
  • Transparent – It is open for public use
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Blockchain Technology

Information Assurance Midterms (2 decks)

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