Exam 4: Information Security

________ discovered a unique cryptographic key that triggered an unlock command for Onity hotel locks; ________ used computer code to rob hotel guests around the United States.

A ______ attack is a targeted attempt to steal sensitive information from a company, such as financial data or personal details about employees.

Why are employees the biggest threats to an organization? What can you do to protect your future company's assets?

What are the six basic guidelines for creating strong passwords? Without divulging your passwords, how do your passwords "add up" and why? HINT: You should specifically address each of the six guidelines for your passwords. Now suppose you are a manager and you know employees won't have strong passwords, how do you address this issue?

A ___ is the probability that a threat will impact an information resource.

_________ is the process of converting an original message into a form that cannot be read by anyone except the intended receiver.

An employee at ABC Inc. downloaded an email and opened the attachment contained within the message. Shortly afterwards all employees were blocked from accessing files on the company's servers and the criminals told ABC Inc. they would have to pay a large amount of Bitcoin to regain access to their files. ABC Inc. was a victim of ____________.

An intranet is a trusted network.

People are not liable for fraudulent use of their credit cards.

Dyn is a cloud-based internet performance management company that provides DNS services for internet websites. It was attacked with _________ in 2016.

Identity theft is a deliberate threat to information systems and is one of the largest concerns of consumers and businesses today. What are the four techniques the book mentions for illegally obtaining information? How can you protect yourself from each of these threats?

Blacklisting allows everything to run unless it is on the list.

Hackers would use a botnet to perform a _________.

You purchased a copy of Microsoft Office and give a copy to a friend so he/she doesn't have to buy it too. This is _________ and is _________.

Equifax's CIO, CTO, and CEO lost their jobs due to the 2017 data breach.

A _________ is an official document that grants the holder exclusive rights on an invention or a process for a specified period of time.

_________ is a remote attack requiring user action.

Triple Z Travelsite allows customers to reserve discount hotel rooms and airline tickets with certain companies they have relationships with. In order to secure the credit card information used by customers, which of the following controls would you recommend Triple Z use?

_________ is a communications control.

A ___ is an official document that grants the holder exclusive rights on an invention or a process for a specified period of time.