Exam 3: Network Security

Which of the following can spread more rapidly?

Malware programs that masquerade as system files are called ________.

With complex passwords,adding a single character increases the number of passwords that must be tried in brute force guessing by a factor of about ________.

The threat environment includes ________.

Pieces of code that are executed after the virus or worm has spread are called ________.

Rehearsing response during planning makes actual response faster and more effective.

Which of the following sometimes uses direct propagation between computers?

Which phase of the plan-protect-respond cycle takes the largest amount of work?

Fingerprint scanning may be an acceptable access control method for ordinary laptops.

Passwords are widely used because ________.

Passwords are widely used because they can be used at no additional cost.

What type of attacker are most attackers today?

Viruses most commonly spread from one computer to another ________.

Spam can be used to ________.

The digital certificate provides the ________.

A compromise is an attempted attack.

In digital certificate authentication,the verifier gets the key it needs from the ________.

Hackers identify possible victim computers by sending ________.

Which of the following is a propagation vector for some worms?

Actions that people are allowed to take on a resource comes under the heading of ________.