Exam 14: Computer Security Threats

__________ assures that individuals control or influence what information related to them may be collected and stored and by whom and to whom that information may be disclosed.

_________ assures that systems work promptly and service is not denied to authorized users.

Exposure, interception, inference and intrusion can result in this threat consequence:

The _________ facility is what distinguishes a bot from a worm.

_________ is when an unauthorized entity gains access to a system or performs a malicious act by posing as an authorized entity.

A _________ is a useful, or apparently useful, program or command procedure containing hidden code that, when invoked, performs some unwanted or harmful function.

Unauthorized disclosure is a threat to authenticity.

An active attack attempts to alter system resources or affect their operation.

_________ is a circumstance or event that results in control of system services or functions by an unauthorized entity.

A loss of _________ is the unauthorized modification or destruction of information.

The event or condition that determines when the payload is activated or delivered is the _________ .

Masquerade, falsification, and repudiation are attacks resulting in a __________ threat consequence.

A _________ attack attempts to learn or make use of information from the system but does not affect system resources.

Software piracy is an example of a software confidentiality threat.

The three key concepts that are at the heart of computer security form what is often referred to as the __________ .

A backdoor used by programmers to debug and test programs is called a __________ .

A stealth virus is a form of virus where just the payload is hidden.

Obstruction is when an entity assumes unauthorized logical or physical control of a system resource.

A rootkit is a set of programs installed on a system to maintain administrator access to that system.

Repudiation is when an entity deceives another by falsely denying responsibility for an act.