Exam 12: Managing Information Security and Privacy

Drive-by sniffers simply take computers with ________ connections through an area and search for unprotected networks.

________ is a technique for intercepting computer communications.

________ safeguards involve the people and procedure components of information systems.

Drive-by sniffers take computers with wireless connections through an area and search for unprotected wireless networks.

Pretexting is the same as ________ in the world of malicious computer activities.

Malware protection is an example of a technical safeguard.

When someone calls and pretends to be from a credit card company in order to check the validity of your credit card number, they are most likely engaging in ________.

Malware is used in denial-of-service attacks.

________ is one of the fastest-growing crimes in Canada because it is relatively easy to do.

A(n) ________ is an operation or person that spoofs legitimate companies in an attempt to illegally capture credit card or bank account numbers.

Encryption is one of several technical safeguards.

________ to (for) the physical computers that run the DBMS and all devices that store database data should be carefully controlled.

When an employee notices a virus on his machine, the ________ plan should specify what to do.