Deck 4: Information Security

Question 1

Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems require human data input.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Trojan horses are software programs that hide in other computer programs and reveal their designed behavior only when they are activated.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

In most cases, cookies track your path through Web sites and are therefore invasions of your privacy.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Voice recognition is an example of "something a user does" authentication.

Question 5

Zero-day attacks use deceptive e-mails to acquire sensitive personal information.

Question 6

IT security is the responsibility of everyone in the organization.

Question 7

The area located between two firewalls within an organization is called the demilitarized zone.

Question 8

Cyberterrorism and cyberwarfare can attack supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems to cause widespread physical damage.

Question 9

The higher the level of an employee in organization, the greater the threat that he or she poses to the organization.

Question 10

Public-key encryption uses two different keys, one public and one private.

Question 11

The security of each computer on the Internet is independent of the security of all other computers on the Internet.

Question 12

A password refers to "something the user is."

Question 13

The computing skills necessary to be a hacker are decreasing.

Question 14

Having one backup of your business data is sufficient for security purposes.

Question 15

Organizations use authentication to establish privileges to systems operations.

Question 16

Risk analysis involves determining whether security programs are working.

Question 17

Dumpster diving is always illegal because it involves trespassing on private property.

Question 18

Cyberterrorism is usually carried out by nations.

Question 19

Software can be copyrighted.

Question 20

Organizations utilize layers of controls because they face so many diverse threats to information security.

Question 21

Employees in which functional areas of the organization pose particularly grave threats to information security?

A) human resources, finance
B) human resources, management information systems
C) finance, marketing
D) operations management, management information systems
E) finance, management information systems

Question 22

Cybercriminals can obtain the information they need in order to assume another person's identity by:

A) Infiltrating an organization that stores large amounts of personal information.
B) Phishing.
C) Hacking into a corporate database.
D) Stealing mail.
E) All of the above are strategies to obtain information to assume another person's identity.

Question 23

A VPN is a network within the organization.

Question 24

The computing skills necessary to be a hacker are decreasing for which of the following reasons?

A) More information systems and computer science departments are teaching courses on hacking so that their graduates can recognize attacks on information assets.
B) Computer attack programs, called scripts, are available for download from the Internet.
C) International organized crime is training hackers.
D) Cybercrime is much more lucrative than regular white-collar crime.
E) Almost anyone can buy or access a computer today.

Question 25

A _____ is any danger to which an information resource may be exposed.

A) vulnerability
B) risk
C) control
D) threat
E) compromise

Question 26

_____ are segments of computer code that attach to existing computer programs and perform malicious acts.

A) Viruses
B) Worms
C) Trojan horses
D) Back doors
E) Logic bombs

Question 27

A URL that begins with https rather than http indicates that the site transmits using an extra layer of security called transport layer security.

Question 28

Rank the following in terms of dollar value of the crime, from highest to lowest.

A) robbery - white collar crime - cybercrime
B) white collar crime - extortion - robbery
C) cybercrime - white collar crime - robbery
D) cybercrime - robbery - white collar crime
E) white collar crime - burglary - robbery

Question 29

The most overlooked people in information security are:

A) consultants and temporary hires.
B) secretaries and consultants.
C) contract laborers and executive assistants.
D) janitors and guards.
E) executives and executive secretaries.

Question 30

_____ are software programs that hide in other computer programs and reveal their designed behavior only when they are activated.

A) Viruses
B) Worms
C) Trojan horses
D) Back doors
E) Logic bombs

Question 31

Dumpster diving is:

A) always illegal because it is considered trespassing.
B) never illegal because it is not considered trespassing.
C) typically committed for the purpose of identity theft.
D) always illegal because individuals own the material in the dumpster.
E) always legal because the dumpster is not owned by private citizens.

Question 32

Which of the following factors is not increasing the threats to information security?

A) smaller computing devices
B) downstream liability
C) the Internet
D) limited storage capacity on portable devices
E) due diligence

Question 33

A _____ is intellectual work that is known only to a company and is not based on public information.

A) copyright
B) patent
C) trade secret
D) knowledge base
E) private property

Question 34

A _____ is a document that grants the holder exclusive rights on an invention for 20 years.

A) copyright
B) patent
C) trade secret
D) knowledge base
E) private property notice

Question 35

An information system's _____ is the possibility that the system will be harmed by a threat.

A) vulnerability
B) risk
C) control
D) danger
E) compromise

Question 36

Unintentional threats to information systems include all of the following except:

A) malicious software
B) tailgating
C) power outage
D) lack of user experience
E) tornados

Question 37

An organization's e-mail policy has the least impact on which of the following software attacks?

A) virus
B) worm
C) phishing
E) spear phishing
E) zero-day

Question 38

_____ involves building an inappropriate trust relationship with employees for the purpose of gaining sensitive information or unauthorized access privileges.

A) Tailgating
B) Hacking
C) Spoofing
D) Social engineering
E) Spamming

Question 39

A pharmaceutical company's research and development plan for a new class of drugs would be best described as which of the following?

A) Copyrighted material
B) Patented material
C) A trade secret
D) A knowledge base
E) Public property

Question 40

The cost of a stolen laptop includes all of the following except:

A) Loss of intellectual property
B) Loss of data
C) Backup costs
D) Loss of productivity
E) Replacement cost

Question 41

Bob is using public key encryption to send a message to Ted. Bob encrypts the message with Ted's _____ key, and Ted decrypts the message using his _____ key.

A) public, public
B) public, private
C) private, private
D) private, public
E) none of these

Question 42

_____ controls are concerned with user identification, and they restrict unauthorized individuals from using information resources.

A) Access
B) Physical
C) Data security
D) Administrative
E) Input

Question 43

In _____, the organization takes concrete actions against risks.

A) risk management
B) risk analysis
C) risk mitigation
D) risk acceptance
E) risk transference

Question 44

Which of the following is(are) designed to use your computer as a launch pad for sending unsolicited e-mail to other computers?

A) Spyware
B) Spamware
C) Adware
D) Viruses
E) Worms

Question 45

Which of the following is not a strategy for mitigating the risk of threats against information?

A) Continue operating with no controls and absorb any damages that occur
B) Transfer the risk by purchasing insurance.
C) Implement controls that minimize the impact of the threat
D) Install controls that block the risk.
E) All of the above are strategies for mitigating risk.

Question 46

Voice and signature recognition are examples of:

A) something the user is.
B) something the user wants.
C) something the user has.
D) something the user knows.
E) something the user does.

Question 47

_____ is the process in which an organization assesses the value of each asset being protected, estimates the probability that it will be compromised, and compares the probable costs of an attack with the costs of protecting the asset.

A) Risk management
B) Risk analysis
C) Risk mitigation
D) Risk acceptance
E) Risk transference

Question 48

Which of the following is not a characteristic of strong passwords?

A) They are difficult to guess.
B) They contain special characters.
C) They are not a recognizable word.
D) They are not a recognizable string of numbers
E) They tend to be short so they are easy to remember.

Question 49

The term _____ refers to clandestine software that is installed on your PC through duplicitous channels but is not particularly malicious.

A) Alien software
B) Virus
C) Worm
D) Back door
E) Logic bomb

Question 50

In _____, the organization purchases insurance as a means to compensate for any loss.

A) risk management
B) risk analysis
C) risk mitigation
D) risk acceptance
E) risk transference

Question 51

Which of the following statements concerning the difficulties in protecting information resources is not correct?

A) Computing resources are typically decentralized.
B) Computer crimes often remain undetected for a long period of time.
C) Rapid technological changes ensure that controls are effective for years.
D) Employees typically do not follow security procedures when the procedures are inconvenient.
E) Computer networks can be located outside the organization.

Question 52

_____ are segments of computer code embedded within an organization's existing computer programs that activate and perform a destructive action at a certain time or date.

A) Viruses
B) Worms
C) Trojan horses
D) Back doors
E) Logic bombs

Question 53

Which of the following statements is false?

A) Credit card companies usually block stolen credit cards rather than prosecute.
B) People tend to shortcut security procedures because the procedures are inconvenient.
C) It is easy to assess the value of a hypothetical attack.
D) The online commerce industry isn't willing to install safeguards on credit card transactions.
E) The cost of preventing computer crimes can be very high.

Question 54

Passwords and passphrases are examples of:

A) something the user is.
B) something the user wants.
C) something the user has.
D) something the user knows.
E) something the user does.

Question 55

Access controls involve _____ before _____.

A) biometrics, signature recognition
B) authentication, authorization
C) iris scanning, voice recognition
D) strong passwords, biometrics
E) authorization, authentication

Question 56

When companies attempt to counter _____ by requiring users to accurately select characters in turn from a series of boxes, attackers respond by using _____.

A) keyloggers, screen scrapers
B) screen scrapers, uninstallers
C) keyloggers, spam
D) screen scrapers, keyloggers
E) spam, keyloggers

Question 57

Biometrics are an example of:

A) something the user is.
B) something the user wants.
C) something the user has.
D) something the user knows.
E) something the user does.

Question 58

Which of the following is not an example of a weak password?

A) IloveIT
B) 08141990
C) 9AmGt/*
D) Rainer
E) InformationSecurity

Question 59

In a _____ attack, a coordinated stream of requests is launched against a target system from many compromised computers at the same time.

A) phishing
B) zero-day
C) worm
D) back door
E) distributed denial-of-service

Question 60

A _____ attack uses deception to fraudulently acquire sensitive personal information by masquerading as an official e-mail.

A) Zero-day
B) Denial-of-service
C) Distributed denial-of-service
D) Phishing
E) Brute force dictionary

Question 61

Contrast unintentional and deliberate threats to an information resource. Provide examples of both.

Question 62

Describe public key encryption.

Question 63

Discuss the possible consequences of a terrorist attack on a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system.

Question 64

Which of the following statements concerning firewalls is not true?

A) Firewalls prevent unauthorized Internet users from accessing private networks.
B) Firewalls examine every message that enters or leaves an organization's network.
C) Firewalls filter network traffic according to categories of activities that are likely to cause problems.
D) Firewalls filter messages the same way as anti-malware systems do.
E) Firewalls are sometimes located inside an organization's private network.

Question 65

You start a dog-walking service, and you store your client's records on your cell phone. You don't need to worry about information security.

Question 66

Contrast the following types of attacks created by programmers: Trojan horse, back door, and logic bomb

Question 67

Your company's headquarters was just hit head on by a hurricane, and the building has lost power. The company sends you to their hot site to minimize downtime from the disaster. Which of the following statements is true?

A) The site will not have any servers.
B) The site will not have any workstations, so you need to bring your laptop.
C) The site is probably in the next town.
D) The site should be an almost exact replica of the IT configuration at headquarters.
E) The site will not have up-to-date data.

Question 68

Define identity theft, and explain the types of problems that it creates for the victims.

Question 69

Contrast spyware and spamware.

Question 70

In a process called _____, a company allows nothing to run unless it is approved, whereas in a process called _____, the company allows everything to run unless it is not approved.

A) whitelisting, blacklisting
B) whitelisting, encryption
C) encryption, whitelisting
D) encryption, blacklisting
E) blacklisting, whitelisting

Question 71

Compare trade secrets, patents, and copyrights as forms of intellectual property.

Question 72

Explain why anti-malware software is classified as reactive.

Question 73

Contrast the following types of remote attacks: virus, worm, phishing, and spear phishing.

Question 74

Identify and discuss the factors that are contributing to the increasing vulnerability of organizational information assets.

Question 75

Contrast risk acceptance, risk limitation, and risk transference.

Question 76

Compare a hot site, a warm site, and a cold site as strategies for business continuity.

Question 77

Contrast the four types of authentication.

Question 78

Describe how a digital certificate works.

Question 79

Define the principle of least privilege, and consider how an organization's senior executives might view the application of this principle.

Question 80

Organizations use hot sites, warm sites, and cold sites to insure business continuity. Which of the following statements is not true?

A) A cold site has no equipment.
B) A warm site has no user workstations.
C) A hot site needs to be located close to the organization's offices.
D) A hot site duplicates all of the organization's resources.
E) A warm site does not include actual applications.