Principle of Information Security part 2

Question 1

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Are the three underlying principles of data protection.

Answer 1

CIA triad

Question 2

The condition of being private or secret is known as what in the CIA Triad

Answer 2

Confidentiality

Question 3

Having important information in the state of being complete or uncorrupted is known as

Answer 3

Integrity

Question 4

Having access to information when you need it is known as

Answer 4

Availability

Question 5

This term refers to the weakness of an Asset that can be Exploited by one or more attackers

Answer 5

Vulnerability

Question 6

Any event that has the potential to bring harm to an organization or individual.

Answer 6

Threat

Question 7

The potential or loss or damage when a threat exploits a vulnerability

Answer 7

Risk

Question 8

A computer code intentionally written to cause some form of harm.

Answer 8

Malware

Question 9

fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information or data by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication

Answer 9

Phishing

Question 10

a third party trying to gain access to your systems by cracking a user’s password.

Answer 10

Password Attack

Question 11

A cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to the Internet.

Answer 11

Denial-of-Service Attack DDoS:

Question 12

a type of malware from cryptovirology that threatens to publish the victim’s data or perpetually block access to it unless a ransom is paid.

Answer 12

Ransomware