Exam 5: Information Systems Security

A smart card uses personal physical characteristics such as fingerprints,facial features,and retinal scans to authenticate users.

Which of the following is a software threat?

________ is the process of transforming clear text into coded,unintelligible text for secure storage or communication.

List and briefly explain the 6 human safeguards for employees that help block security threats.

The most challenging aspect of security is businesses do not thoroughly test the security of their new systems before they are employed.

A/An _______________attack in which a malicious hacker floods a Web server with millions of bogus service requests that so occupy the server that it cannot service legitimate requests.

Safeguards are a type of control; and like all controls,they limit behavior.

A __________ uses software or a dedicated computer to create a private network over the public Internet.

___________are small files that your browser stores on your computer when you visit Web sites.

With asymmetric encryption,________.

Information systems security is the process of preventing unauthorized access to an IS or modification of its data.

A public key is like the combination lock,and the private key is like the combination.

The single most important safeguard for computer security is to create and use strong passwords.

It is safe to share a password if you don't send it via email.

To be effective,information security must address unavoidable trade-offs.Describe two of these trade-offs.

The user name identifies the user and the password authenticates that user.

Reducing risk always costs,and the elimination of all risk would be exceptionally expensive if not impossible.