Exam 10: Protection Mechanisms

Digital key infrastructure is the entire set of hardware,software,and cryptosystems necessary to implement asymmetric key encryption in online commerce.

____________________ is the confirmation of the identity of the entity accessing a logical or physical area.

A(n)____________________ is a private word or combination of characters known only by the user.

____________________ is the organized research of Internet addresses owned or controlled by a target organization,identified from public Internet data sources..

Fourth generation firewalls,known as ____,allow only specific packets with a particular source,destination,and port address to pass through it.

____ are scanning and analysis tools that are capable of scanning networks for very detailed information.

What should you look for when selecting a firewall for your network?

A dumb card is a category that includes ID and ATM cards with magnetic strips containing the digital PIN against which a user's input is compared.

Port number ____ is commonly used for the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol service.

____ controls defend against threats from within the organization.

____________________ or genetic authentication is not yet a cost-effective and socially accepted technology that can be included in the "something you are" category.

Which of the following characteristics currently used today for authentication purposes is NOT considered truly unique?

A ____ commonly combines a separate dedicated firewall such as an application proxy server with a packet filtering router.

Trap and Trace applications collect and analyze copies of packets from the network.

A firewall uses its ____ to decide whether or not to allow packets into the network.

____ is the primary and dominant cryptographic authentication and encryption framework for security development within the TCP/IP family of protocol standards,including use for VPNs.

The transformation of individual components such as characters or bits of an unencrypted message into encrypted components is known as ____.

The "something you have" authentication mechanism takes advantage of something inherent in the user that is evaluated using biometrics.

The trace function in a trap and trace scanning tool entices individuals who are illegally perusing the internal sections of a network,in order to determine who they are._________________________

Technical controls alone are adequately equipped to ensure a secure IT environment.