Exam 8: Securing Information Systems

When errors are discovered in software programs, the sources of the errors are found and eliminated through a process called debugging.

A keylogger is a type of:

Which of the following is a type of ambient data?

________ identify the access points in a Wi-Fi network.

Biometric authentication is the use of physical characteristics such as retinal images to provide identification.

Specific security challenges that threaten the communications lines in a client/server environment include:

Hackers create a botnet by:

In which method of encryption is a single encryption key sent to the receiver so both sender and receiver share the same key?

Application controls:

How do software vendors correct flaws in their software after it has been distributed?

Biometric authentication:

An independent computer program that copies itself from one computer to another over a network is called a:

Phishing is a form of:

What is a digital certificate? How does it work?

Authorization refers to the ability to know that a person is who he or she claims to be.

An acceptable use policy defines the acceptable level of access to information assets for different users.

A practice in which eavesdroppers drive by buildings or park outside and try to intercept wireless network traffic is referred to as:

Over 70 percent of malware today is aimed at small businesses.

Computer worms spread much more rapidly than computer viruses.

________ is a crime in which an imposter obtains key pieces of personal information to impersonate someone else.