Exam 2: The Need for Security

When information gatherers employ techniques in a commercial setting that cross the threshold of what is legal or ethical, they are conducting industrial ____________________.

In a ____________________ attack, the attacker sends a large number of connection or information requests to disrupt a target from a small number of sources.

A(n) ____________________ is an act against an asset that could result in a loss.

A(n) ____________________ hacks the public telephone network to make free calls or disrupt services.

The ____________________ data file contains the hashed representation of the user's password.

As an organization grows, it must often use more robust technology to replace the security technologies it may have outgrown.

A virus or worm can have a payload that installs a(n) ____________________ door or trap door component in a system, which allows the attacker to access the system at will with special privileges.

Which of the following is an example of a Trojan horse program?

Web hosting services are usually arranged with an agreement defining minimum service levels known as a(n) ____.

Software code known as a(n) cookie can allow an attacker to track a victim's activity on Web sites. _________________________

​A short-term decrease in electrical power availability is known as a(n) ___________.

The expert hacker sometimes is called a(n) ____________________ hacker.

_________ is the percentage of time a particular service is available.

When electronic information is stolen, the crime is readily apparent.

Compared to Web site defacement, vandalism within a network is less malicious in intent and more public.

The average amount of time between hardware failures, calculated as the total amount of operation time for a specified number of units divided by the total number of failures, is known as __________.

In the context of information security, ____________________ is the process of using social skills to convince people to reveal access credentials or other valuable information to the attacker.

ESD is the acronym for ____________________ discharge.

Describe viruses and worms.

The redirection of legitimate user Web traffic to illegitimate Web sites with the intent to collect personal information is known as __________.