Exam 6: Information Security

Distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) attacks from multiple __________ that flood a website with so many requests for service that it slows down or crashes.

___________ hat hackers break into other people's computer systems and may just look around or may steal and destroy information.

What is encryption?

Where do organizations typically place firewalls?

Which of the following can be completed by encryption?

Social engineering is using one's __________ skills to trick people into revealing access credentials or other information valuable to the attacker.

Which term describes legitimate users who purposely or accidentally misuse their access to the environment and cause some kind of business-affecting incident?

____________ security is a broad term encompassing the protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization.

A(n) _________ is hardware and/or software that guards a private network by analyzing the information leaving and entering the network.

A(n) _______ is a program or device that can monitor data traveling over a network.

Which of the following is a program or device that can monitor data traveling over a network?

What is social engineering?

A(n) information security ____________ details how an organization will implement the information security policies.

Which of the following authentication methods is 100 percent accurate?

If there is a security breech on your organizational information systems, which information security area is best suited to handle the breech?

List and describe the three primary security areas.

Denial-of-service attack (DoS) _______________ a website with so many requests for service that it slows down or crashes the site.

Summarize the five steps to creating an information security plan.

Tokens are small electronic devices that change user passwords automatically.

Intrusion detection software (IDS) searches out patterns in information and network traffic to indicate __________ and quickly respond to prevent any harm.