Exam 12: Information Security Management

SQL injection attack occurs when users enter an SQL statement into a form in which they are supposed to enter a name or other data.

________ enable you to access Web sites without having to sign in every time.

When an employee is terminated, IS administrators should receive advance notice so they can ________.

Describe six antimalware safeguards.

How should organizations respond to security incidents?

When a hacker floods a Web server with millions of bogus service requests so that it cannot service legitimate requests, it is called a denial-of-service attack.

Which of the following is an example of a sniffing technique?

As per the study conducted by Verizon, organizations that have been phished have increased to 40 percent since 2007.

________ is the process of transforming clear text into coded, unintelligible text for secure storage or communication.

Nonword passwords are vulnerable to a(n)________ attack, in which the password cracker tries every possible combination of characters.

Which of the following is considered a computer crime?

A computer crime is committed if an employee who inadvertently installs an old database on top of the current one.

Pretexting occurs when a person receives a confidential text message by mistake and pretends to be the intended recipient.

Describe the magnitude of security problems in the present day.

________ is a technique for intercepting computer communications, either through a physical connection to a network or without physical connection in the case of wireless networks.

Users of smart cards are required to enter a ________ to be authenticated.

A(n)________ has a microchip in it to hold data.

In a study conducted by Verizon, data theft has been most successful at large scale enterprises.

In context of information security, safeguards increase work efficiency by making common tasks easier.

Hardening is actually a human safeguard.