Security

Question 1

To protect ourselves from threats, computer ______ needs to protect our information, hardware, and software from unauthorized use, as well as preventing or limiting damage from intrusions, sabotage, and natural disasters.

Answer 1

security

Question 2

_________ or ________ is any criminal offense that involves a computer and a network. Often in news _________ which is a politically motivated cybercrime.

Answer 2

• cybercrime
• computer crime
• cyberterrorism

Question 3

_______ is the illegal assumption of someone’s identity for the purposes of economic gain.

Answer 3

Identity theft

Question 4

________ scams using the Internet. Have created financial and legal problems for many thousands of people.

Answer 4

Internet scams

Question 5

______ is the unauthorized access of a computer network and copying files to or from the server.

Answer 5

Data manipulation

Question 6

_________ is a malicious software that encrypts your computers data and ransoms the password to the user.

Answer 6

Ransomware

Question 7

_________ attempt to slow down or stop a computer system or network by flooding a computer or network with requests for information and data.

Answer 7

Denial of Service (DoS) attacks

Question 8

Widely used today is a variation known as _________, which coordinates several computers making repeated requests for service

Answer 8

distributed denial of service (DDoS)

Question 9

_________ is the practice of manipulation people to divulge private data.

Answer 9

social engineering

Question 10

One of the most common social engineering techniques is _______. Attempts to trick Internet users into thinking a fake but official-looking website or e-mail is legitimate.

Answer 10

phishing

Question 11

A _______ is a computer criminal who creates and distributes malicious programs or _____, which is short for _______.

Answer 11

• cracker
• malware
• malicious software

Question 12

Three most common types of malware are:

Answer 12

1. Viruses
2. Worms
3. Trojan Horses

Question 13

________ are programs that migrate through networks and operating systems, and mostly attach themselves to other programs and databases.

Answer 13

Viruses

Question 14

______ are programs that simply replicate themselves over and over again.

Answer 14

Worms

Question 15

_______ are programs that appear to be harmless but contain malicious programs. Not viruses but can be carriers of viruses.

Answer 15

trojan horses

Question 16

______ are computers infected by a virus, worm , or trojan horse that allows them to be remotely controlled for malicious purposes. Collection of zombie computers is known as ______ or _______.

Answer 16

• Zombies
• botnet
• robot network

Question 17

_______ imitate free Wi-Fi networks. They operate close to the legitimate free hotspots and typically provide stronger signals that many users unsuspectingly connect to.

Answer 17

Rogue Wi-Fi hotspots

Question 18

_________ contain viruses and other malicious software. Are typically left in public spaces in hope others will find and plug them in.

Answer 18

Infected USB flash drives

Question 19

_________ makes it a crime for unauthorized persons even to view- let alone copy or damage - data using any computer across state lines.

Answer 19

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Question 20

___________ security experts are constantly devising ways to protect computer systems from access by unauthorized persons. Most common way to restrict access is with _________.

Answer 20

• Restricting Access
• passwords

Question 21

A ________ uses software to try thousands of common words sequentially to gain unauthorized access to a users account.

Answer 21

dictionary attack

Question 22

___________ accepts a series of gestures over a picture of the users choice to gain access. other times _______ such as fingerprint and iris scanner is used to restrict data. (ex: facial recognition)

Answer 22

• picture password
• biometric scanning

Question 23

_______ provide a collection of utility programs designed to protect your privacy and security while you are on the web.

Answer 23

security suites

Question 24

___________ act as a security buffer between a corporations private network and all external networks, including the internet.

Answer 24

Firewalls

Question 25

__________ help you create strong passwords.

Answer 25

Password managers

Question 26

__________ is the process of ensuring the identity of a user. ________ uses two types of data to verify your identity . _________ uses one type of authentication twice

Answer 26

• Authentication
• Two-factor authentication
• Two-step authentication

Question 27

__________ whenever information is sent over a network or stored on a computer system, the possibility of unauthorized access exits.

Answer 27

Encrypting data

Question 28

____________ process of coding information to make it unreadable except to those who have a special piece of information known as ________, or simply a _______.

Answer 28

• encryption
• encryption key
• key

Question 29

____________: protects e-mail messages as they move across the internet

Answer 29

e-mail encryption

Question 30

________: protects sensitive files by encrypting them before they are stored on a hard drive.

Answer 30

file encryption

Question 31

__________: secures web transactions, especially financial transactions

Answer 31

website encryption

Question 32

___________ is the most widely used internet protocol

Answer 32

https (hypertext transfer protocol secure)

Question 33

___________ encrypt connections between company networks and remote users such as workers connecting from home.

Answer 33

Virtual private networks (VPNs)

Question 34

____________: restricts access to authorized users on wireless networks. ___________ is the most widely used _________ for home wireless networks.

Answer 34

• Wireless network encryption
• WPA2 ( Wi-Fi Protected Access)
• wireless networks

Question 35

__________: Companies ( and even individuals) should prepare themselves for disasters.

Answer 35

Anticipating disasters

Question 36

__________ is concerned with protecting hardware from possible human and natural disasters.

Answer 36

physical security

Question 37

_________ is concerned with protecting software and data from unauthorized tampering or damage

Answer 37

data security

Question 38

Most large organization have __________ describing ways to continue operating until normal computer operations can be restored

Answer 38

disaster recovery plans

Question 39

________: routinely copy data and store it at a remote location

Answer 39

preventing data loss