Monitoring & Diagnosing Networks Terms (Ch. 2)

Question 1

A network segment between two firewalls. One is outward facing, connected to the outside world, the other inward facing, connected to the internal network.

Answer 1

demilitarized zone (DMZ)

Question 2

A fake system designed to divert attackers from your real systems. It is often replete with logging and tracking to gather evidence.

Answer 2

honeypot

Question 3

A broad term that applies to a wide range of systems used to manage information security.

Answer 3

information security management system (ISMS)

Question 4

A system that monitors the network for possible intrusions and logs that activity.

Answer 4

intrusion detection system (IDS)

Question 5

A system that monitors the network for possible intrusions and logs that activity and then blocks the traffic that is suspected of being an attack.

Answer 5

intrusion prevention system (IPS)

Question 6

Any information that could identify a particular individual.

Answer 6

personally identifiable information (PII)

Question 7

The entire network, including all security devices, is virtualized.

Answer 7

software-defined network (SDN)

Question 8

A firewall that not only examines each packet but also remembers the recent previous packets.

Answer 8

stateful packet inspection (SPI)