Security Concerns Flashcards
Confidentiality
information should only be known to authorized users
Availability
information is accessible to authorized users
Integrity
information is stored or transferred as intended
snooping
Confidentiality concern
getting access to confidential data at rest
sniffing
Confidentiality concern
listening to conversations or getting data in transit
social engineering
Confidentiality concern
tricking a person to give you confidential information
Dumpster Diving
Confidentiality concern
searching the trash for confidential documents
Man in the middle
Integrity Concern
A host sits between 2 other hosts and is able to change the messages exchanged between a sender and receiver without them realizing
Replay attack
integrity concern
a host captures another host’s response to some server and replays that response
Impersonation
Integrity concern
Pretending to be someone else to get information.
Denial of service
Availability Concern
a bunch of computers attack 1 single computer to make it slow for normal users
power outage
availability concern
When power goes out
hardware failure
availability concern
when the computer hardware stops working because its old or some other problem
destruction
availability concern
earthquake, fire, tornado
in the movies where they microwave the hard drives
service outage
availability concern
When a service stops working for any reason.
