Exam 12: Information Security Management

________ occur when bogus services flood a Web server.

Viruses,worms,and Trojan horses are types of firewalls.

________ use(s)personal physical characteristics such as fingerprints,facial features,and retinal scans to verify users.

Because encryption keys can get lost or destroyed,a copy of the key should be stored with a trusted third party.This safety procedure is sometimes called ________.

Typically,a help-desk information system has answers to questions that only a true user would know,such as the user's birthplace,mother's maiden name,or last four digits of an important account number.This information ________.

Distinguish between phishing,spoofing,and sniffing.

System errors are not caused by human error.

________ are the patterns that exist in malware code and should be downloaded and updated frequently.

Creating backup copies of database contents is a technical safeguard.

Some unauthorized programs are able to ________ legitimate systems and substitute their own processing.

Pretexting occurs when someone deceives by pretending to be someone else.

Backup procedures for system users include backing up Web site resources,databases,administrative data,account and password data,and other data.

A person calls the Draper residence and pretends to represent a credit card company.He asks Mrs.Draper to confirm her credit card number.This is an example of ________.

Which of the following statements is true regarding position sensitivity?

________ is a technique for intercepting computer communications.

________ firewalls can prohibit outsiders from starting a session with any user behind the firewall.

________ is an example of a data safeguard against security threats.

What is the similarity between adware and spyware?

Describe an incident-response plan.

A criticism against biometric authentication is that it provides weak authentication.