Exam 6: Data Security

Which of the following is NOT an objective of risk management?

MTBF measures the security risks of a computer system.

A(n)____________________ attack helps hackers guess your password by stepping through a list of thousands of the most common passwords.

Publications like the one shown above help risk management professionals design and update disaster recovery plans.

A security suite typically includes ____.

____ involves writing specific symbols on walls, sidewalks, or lampposts to signal others they can tap into a wireless network in the area.

You have just been hired as an assistant to the network administrator at a local company. You are asked to give a presentation on viruses, worms, bots, Trojans, and spyware and include the unauthorized activities the network might see if malware enters the company's network. A coworker contacts you to inspect the computer in her office. She suspects that it is infected with malware. What steps will you take?

A(n)virus ____ is a section of program code that can be used to identify a known malicious program.

Which of the following is a common source of viruses?

List five symptoms of a computer infected with malware.

You do not have to click anything to receive a third-party cookie generated by a ____.

A boot disk contains a complete copy of your computer's hard disk as it existed when shipped from the manufacturer.

One of email's main disadvantages is spam.

Worms attach themselves to a file, reproduce, and spread to other files on the same computer.

A firewall is software or hardware designed to filter out suspicious packets attempting to enter or leave a computer.

UPS stands for ____.

Which of the following statements it NOT true about the figure shown above?

A security suite , which integrates several security modules, is shown in the figure above.

Antivirus software is available for ____.

Item ____ in the figure above indicates an open (available)node.