Exam 5: Digital Safety and Security: Identifying Threats, Issues, and Defenses

Describe botnets and denial of service attacks.

The ECPA protects consumers from disclosure of their personal financial information and requires institutions to alert customers of information disclosure policies.

____________________ involves the examination of media, programs, data and log files on computers, mobile devices, servers, and networks.

The Privacy Act forbids federal agencies from allowing information to be used for a reason other than that for which it was collected.

Which of the following does your daughter's daycare use to verify the identity of parents who pick up their children?

Many businesses use which of the following to limit employees' web access?

Which kind of license is a legal agreement that allows multiple users to access the software on the server simultaneously?

Discuss the measures you can take to safeguard home computers and devices.

Any illegal act involving a computer generally is referred to as a computer crime.

Which of the following terms is used to describe a program that hides in a computer and allows someone from a remote location to take full control of the computer?

Which of the following terms is used to describe a program that copies itself repeatedly, using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network?

A(n) ____________________ agreement is the right to use software.

To read encrypted data, the recipient must decipher it into a readable form. What is the term for this process?

Cybercrime laws are consistent between states and countries, making it easy to reach a consensus as to what is illegal.

During virtual browsing, your browser does not keep track of the websites you are visiting.

A(n) ____________________ device authenticates a person's identity by translating a personal characteristic into a digital code that then is compared with a digital code stored in the computer verifying a physical or behavioral characteristic.

Which of the following terms refers to someone who uses the Internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons?

Which of the following best describes the term, cybercrime?