Exam 12: Information Security Management

Damages caused by natural disasters are minimal when compared to the damages due to human errors.

Activity log analyses constitute an important ________ function.

The creation of a backup copy of all database content of an organization is a technical safeguard.

Which of the following occurs when millions of bogus service requests flood a Web server and prevent it from servicing legitimate requests?

Technical safeguards include encryption and the usage of passwords.

Email spoofing is a synonym for phishing.

With asymmetric encryption,two different keys are used for encoding and decoding a message.

A ________ pretends to be a legitimate company and sends emails requesting confidential data.

________ includes viruses,worms,Trojan horses,spyware,and adware.

A threat is a person or an organization that seeks to obtain or alter data illegally,without the owner's permission or knowledge.

Perimeter firewalls are the simplest type of firewall.

A(n)________ includes how employees should react to security problems,whom they should contact,the reports they should make,and steps they can take to reduce further loss.

Malware definitions are patterns that exist in malware code.