LO2: Issues Surrounding Cyber security

Question 1

What is a vulnerability?

Answer 1

This is a weakness within a computer system which ha spotnetial to be exploited

Question 2

What is an intentional vulnerability?

Answer 2

This is something which was done on purpose to cause harm

Question 3

What is an accidental vulnerability?

Answer 3

This is something which has happened by chance

Question 4

What is a natural phenemonom?

Answer 4

This is something which is happened due to mankind such as flooding

Question 5

What isa. system attack?

Answer 5

This is something which has been in attempt to attack, expose,destroy or gain unauthorised access to a computer system

Question 6

What is the system attack a denial of service attack?

Answer 6

This is when a perpetrator attempts to make a system unavailable to it’s intended users

Question 7

What is meant by a botnet attack?

Answer 7

This is a program which stays on a computer system that steals data or flood a system

Question 8

What is aaa botnet attack?

Answer 8

this is a program which is used to gain unauthorised access to a network which creates false users (bots0 to flood the network leading to denial of service or destroy data via Trojan horse

Question 9

What type of attack what is a social engineering attack?

Answer 9

-System
-This is attack which is the act of cohesion or persuasion to manipulate individuals into giving personal or financial information

Question 10

What is meant by malware and what type of attack?

Answer 10

-System
-Any software which is harmful to the computer

Question 11

What is a physical threat?

Answer 11

This is a threat which could potentially damage the computer

Question 12

What is stealing and what type of threat is this?

Answer 12

This is a physical threat which is the act of stealing an asset to destroy or for financial gain

Question 13

What can flooding cause and what type of threat is flooding?

Answer 13

Environmental
This causes water damage to computer systems

Question 14

What can natural disasters cause and what type of threat is ti?

Answer 14

-Environmental
-If there was an earthquake then this can lead to damage to the infrastructure around tg e building

Question 15

What are state sponsored crime?

Answer 15

This is when governments will hire business or private firms to investigate into other countries breaching the CIA triad

Question 16

What s spying?

Answer 16

This is checking up on a company or organisation to see what activities are going on, this can cause damage to countries

Question 17

What is meant by espionage?

Answer 17

tHIS IS PROCESS OF USING SPIES OR SPYING, TO OBTAIN POLITICAL OR MILITARY INFORMATION

Question 18

What is a hactivist and their characteristics?

Answer 18

-This is a person who gains unauthorised access to computer files in order to gain social or political gain.

-Likely to be part of high social group, trying to make wrongs right

Question 19

What is a cyber criminal and their characteristics?

Answer 19

-This is an individual or team who his to gain access to sensitive information or malicious activities to networks

-More likely to be a part of lower social group due to lower social groups doing this type of activities