Exam 10: Electronic Commerce Security

The process of proposing and accepting various transmission conditions is called _____.

An integrity threat, also known as _____, exists when an unauthorized party can alter a message stream of information.

One significant threat to electronic commerce is theft of sensitive or personal information.

In the context of encryption, shorter keys usually provide significantly better protection than longer keys.

Software applications called _____ provide the means to record information that passes through a computer or router that is handling Internet traffic.

A(n) _____ is a procedure that recognizes, reduces, or eliminates a threat.

Applets typically run within the Web browser and are most often written in the Java programming language.

Cookies are categorized as session or persistent based on _____.

A(n) _____ is an object that contains programs and properties that Web designers place on Web pages to perform particular tasks.

A(n) _____ is a small application program that typically runs within a Web browser.

In the context of computer security, the protection of assets using nonphysical means is called _____.

First-party cookies and third-party cookies represent classification of cookies by their _____.

Networks outside a firewall are referred to as trusted networks.

_____ are computer sleuths who are hired to probe PCs and locate information that can be used in legal proceedings.

A(n) _____ is an attachment to an e-mail message or program embedded in a Web page that verifies that the sender or Web site is who it claims to be.

The purpose of a _____ is to provide a way for a third-party Web site to place cookies from that third-party site on a visitor's computer.

One disadvantage of private-key systems is that encryption and decryption are significantly slower than public-key systems.

Active content can be delivered as an e-mail attachment.

A _____ is an element of a program that allows users to run the program without going through the normal authentication procedure for access to the program.

Persistent cookies refer to the category of cookies which exist until the Web client ends the connection.