Exam 17: Information Security: Barbarians at the Gateway and Just About Everywhere Else

A research scientist with a major pharmaceutical firm in New Jersey is caught passing on sensitive information, worth millions of dollars, regarding the composition and test results of his firm's latest drug to a rival company. What crime is he being held responsible for?

_____ refers to a trusted third party that provides authentication services in public key encryption schemes.

URL-shortening services such as bit.ly limit the impact of phishing posts since the shortened URL will clearly reveal the destination arrived at when clicked on.

_____ refers to a term that either means breaking into a computer system or a particularly clever solution.

Spear phishing attacks specifically target a given organization or group of users.

Public wireless networks are often vulnerable to monitoring and attack. The use of _______ software can limit threats by encrypting network transmissions over a network.

Briefly explain the steps one should take to ensure that their highest priority accounts are not compromised easily by hackers.

One of the reasons organizations delay patches to plug holes in their security applications is:

Two-factor authentication is favored for most security situations since it's considered to be fast and conveient for customres.