Types of Information Systems and Technology Risks Flashcards
What are the four main technology risks?
Strategic, Operating, Financial, and Information Risks
What are the threats in a computerized environment?
Virus, Worm, Trojan Horse, Denial-of-Service Attack, and Phishing
What are the steps in disaster recovery?
Assess the risks, identify mission-critical applications and data, develop a plan, determine the respoinsibilities of the personnel involved, and test the disaster recovery plan
What type of backup consists of an exact copy of the entire database?
Full backup
What type of backup consist of copying only the data items that have changed since the last backup?
Incremental backup
What type of backup consists of copying all changes made since the last full backup?
Differential backup
What type of site is an off-site location that has all the electronic connections andother physical requirements for data processing, but it does not have the actual equipment?
Cold site
What type of site is an off-site location that is equipped to take over the company’s data processing.
Hot Site
What type of site is a facility that is already stocked with all the hardware that it takes to create a reasonable facsimile of the primary data center?
Warm Site
What type of control limits access to program documentation, data files, programs, and computer hardware to those who require it in the performance of their job responsibilities.
Access controls
What type of control plan prevents, detects, and corrects transaction error and fraud and are application-specific, providing reasonable assurance?
Application Controls
Which control plan is design to prevent potential problems from occurring?
Preventive Control
What type of control plan is designed to fix problems that have occurred and that have been located by detective controls?
Corrective Controls
What type of control is designed to locate problems that have occurred so they can be fixed by corrective controls?
Detective Controls
What is the risk of choosing inappropriate technology?
Strategic Risks