Exam 26: Information Security

Information security policies detail how an organization will implement the information security plan.

_________-hat hackers work at the request of the system owners to find system vulnerabilities and plug the holes.

What is a device that is around the same size as a credit card,containing embedded technologies that can store information and small amounts of software to perform some limited processing?

Summarize the five steps to creating an information security plan.

Describe the relationship between information security policies and an information security plan.

The Trojan-horse virus hides inside other software,usually as an attachment or a downloadable file.

Insiders are illegitimate users who purposely or accidentally misuse their access to the environment to do business.

Which term describes legitimate users who purposely or accidentally misuse their access to the environment and cause some kind of business-affecting incident?

If there is a security breach on your organizational information systems,which information security area is best suited to handle the breach?

Which of the following does a firewall perform?

Spoofing is the forging of the _________ address on an email so that the email message appears to come from someone other than the actual sender.

What is the recommended way to implement information security lines of defense?

_______________ is a hacker with criminal intent.

_________ are people very knowledgeable about computers who use their knowledge to invade other people's computers.

____________ is the identification of a user based on a physical characteristic.

What attacks computer systems by transmitting a virus hoax,with a real virus attached?

Describe authentication and the most secure type of authentication.

What is spam?

List and describe the three primary security areas.

Malicious code includes a variety of threats such as ______________,worms,and Trojan horses.