Exam 12: Information Security Management

An intrusion detection system (IDS)is a computer program that senses when another computer is attempting to scan the disk or otherwise access a computer.

________ present the largest risk for an organization's infrastructure loss.

Business requirements do not necessitate opening information systems to nonemployee personnel-temporary personnel, vendors or partner personnel.

________ involve the people and procedure components of information systems.

Cookies enable an individual to access Web sites without having to sign in every time.

Define threat, vulnerability, safeguard, and target.

Companies should require vendors and partners to perform appropriate screening and security training.

A(n)________ is a computer program that senses when another computer is attempting to scan the disk or otherwise access a computer.

________ is similar to spyware but it watches user activity and produces pop-ups.

Hardening a site means to take extraordinary measures to reduce a system's vulnerability.

Most emails and IMs are protected by encryption.

In a study conducted by Verizon, in a year only about a hundred thousand people become victims of computer crimes.

In a study conducted by Verizon, in 2011, the four most frequent computer crimes involved criminal activity against servers.

Viruses and worms are examples of malware.

The senior management must establish a company-wide security policy that states the organization's posture regarding the data that it gathers.

Secure Socket Layer is also known as ________.

Which of the following usually happens in a malicious denial-of-service attack?

What is meant by denial of service?

A safety procedure that allows a trusted party to have a copy of the encryption key is called key ________.

What is a major difference between spyware and adware?