Exam 13: Information Security Management

Most spyware is benign in that it does not perform malicious acts or steal data.

What is a denial of service security problem? How does this result from actions by the various sources of security threats?

It makes business sense for every company to have backup facilities because they are inexpensive.

Users often resist biometric identification because they feel it is ________.

Care must be taken when terminating employees because they may take harmful and malicious actions.

The Privacy Act of 1974 gives individuals the right to access health data.

Which of the following is a critical security function of senior-management involvement?

Faulty service can be caused by usurpation.

Which of the following is an example of of an intangible consequence?

What is a hot site? How is it different from a cold site?

Email spoofing is a synonym for phishing.

________ refers to threats and consequences that we know about.

The IEEE 802.11 Committee,the group that develops and maintains wireless standards,first developed a wireless security standard called ________.

Vulnerabilities in a security system are its weaknesses.

Which of the following is used for biometric authentication?

The best safeguard against a natural disaster is to have a safe location.

A(n)________ card has a microchip on it that holds the data.

Differentiate between symmetric and asymmetric encryption.

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act set limits on how health care providers use your medical information.

A Trojan horse is a virus that masquerades as a useful program or file.