Exam 28: Securing Computers

How can a technician identify an action or content as prohibited?

A(n) _______________ is a device or software (or combination of both) used to protect an internal network from unauthorized access from the Internet.

Antimalware programs can passively monitor your computer's activity.What are they called when operating in this mode?

In a(n) _______________ attach, an attacker taps into communications between two systems, covertly intercepting traffic thought to be only between those systems.

Security _______________ are devices that store some unique information that the user carries on his or her person.

What has occurred when a user accesses resources in an unauthorized way?

Define social engineering.

What encryption mechanism can be used for WAN connections (such as T1s and Metro Ethernet) and VPNs?

What is the difference between a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack and session hijacking?

A(n) _______________ is an attack on a vulnerability that wasn't already known to software developers.

What is a checksum?

Some free anti-malware applications are actually malware and are commonly referred to as _______________.

A device that can prove who you are based on your fingerprint is known as a(n) _______________ device.

What can be used to create entries in the Security Log whenever a user logs on?

Those who configure permissions to accounts must follow the principle of _______________.

In the context of viruses, what is a signature?

What is a rootkit?

_______________ is a form of malware that encrypts all the data it can get access to on a system, and then asks for money to decrypt your data.

The list of virus signatures that your antivirus program can recognize is called the _______________.

What is encryption on a network?