Week 1 Flashcards
This person reports directly to the chief information
officer (CIO)
Chief information security officer (CISO)
The ____ reports to the CISO and supervises technicians, administrators, and security staff.
Security manager
The ____ has both technical knowledge and managerial skills
Security administrator.
This position is generally an entry-level position for a person who has the necessary technical skills
Security technician
it is the goal to be free from danger as well as the process that achieves that freedom
Security
____ is intended to protect information that provides value to people and organizations
Information security
There are three protections that must be extended over information: ___, ___, –or CIA. -
Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
It is important that only approved individuals are able to access important information
Confidentiality
____ ensures that the information is correct and no unauthorized person or malicious software has altered the data
Integrity
____ ensures that data is accessible to authorized users
Availability
In addition to the CIA, another set of protections must be implemented to secure information. These are ____, ____, ____ —or AAA
authentication, authorization, and accounting
_ is defined as an item that has value
asset
A type of action that has the potential to cause harm
threat
A ____is a person or element that has the power to carry out a threat
threat agent
____ is a flaw or weakness that allows a threat agent to bypass security
vulnerability
