Exam 11: Computer Crime and Information Security

A ____ protects secrets or proprietary information of individuals and organizations as long as it is adequately protected.

A social engineer may go junkyard diving; that is, rummaging through trash to steal credit card numbers or other personal information. _________________________

Passwords are considered the weakest form of authentication because they can be used by others to access systems without your knowledge.

____________________ has been defined as a security technique that uses high-level mathematical functions and computer algorithms to encode data so that it is unintelligible to all but the intended recipient.

Diana Andrews is in charge of keeping e-mail safe for the 400 employees of a mail order company. To increase employee awareness of security threats, Diana sends out a weekly e-zine with helpful updates. -Today, Diana explains that ____ combine(s) both spoofed e-mail and a spoofed Web site in order to trick a person into providing private information.

A payroll program multiplying a person's pay rate by 2 for overtime instead of 1.5 is an example of ____.

Each time you use software, listen to music, read a book or newspaper article, or see a movie, you are enjoying someone else's physical property. _________________________

The most common cause of data loss, according to engineers at data recovery vendor Ontrack, is ____.

Voice recognition is sometimes classified as behaviormetrics rather than biometrics, since the analysis is based on the study of the manner in which a person speaks, which is a behavior rather than a physical trait.

There are three common forms of authentication. The first one is "Something you know." Please name the other two, and also give a brief description of all three forms.

-The accompanying figure illustrates that the ____ level is the most important component of total information security.

Every Wi-Fi adapter, the hardware used by computers to connect to Wi-Fi networks, has a unique ____ address that is usually printed on the adapter.

The system administrator is responsible for setting the access rights of users and for setting the permissions on system resources. _________________________

JoAnn is writing a paper on malicious spyware for her Mass Media and the Internet class. She has just started her first draft of the paper. -JoAnn's school has firsthand experience with DDOS, so she explains that it is ____ that apply the power of many PCs to overwhelm Web sites and cause DDOS.

Facial ____________________ uses a mathematical technique to measure the distances between 128 points on the face.

Security vulnerabilities or security ____ are software bugs that allow violations of information security.

Connecting to the Internet increases risks ____ times that of a stand-alone computer.

Viruses and security attacks have decreased consistently each year.

-Referring to the accompanying figure, as you move from the machine level to the network level to the Internet level, you face ____ exposure and risks.

Today the most popular wireless protocol is ____________________.