Question 1

Describe briefly a few of the physical threats posed by hackers to information security with examples for each.

Accepted Answer

Terrorism and vandalism pose the kind of

Question 2

Which of the following are considered sources of information that can potentially be used by social engineers?

Accepted Answer

A)  LinkedIn 
B)  Corproate directories 
C)  Social media posts 
D)  Contests or surveys 
E)  All of the above 
A)  LinkedIn 
B)  Corproate directories 
C)  Social media posts 
D)  Contests or surveys 
E)  All of the above

Question 3

What are the steps to be taken with respect to firm employees in order to ensure organizational security?

Accepted Answer

Employees need to know a firm's policies

Question 4

A(n) _____ is someone who uncovers computer weaknesses and reveals them to manufacturers or system owners, without exploiting these vulnerabilities.

Accepted Answer

A)  hacktivist 
B)  data harvester 
C)  corporate spy 
D)  white hat hacker 
E)  ethical cyber criminal 
A)  hacktivist 
B)  data harvester 
C)  corporate spy 
D)  white hat hacker 
E)  ethical cyber criminal

Question 5

In public-key encryption systems, the functions of the public and private keys are interchangeable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

It's bad when a firm's e-mail and password file is stolen; however the impact is minimized because user passwords set up for one system cannot be used on others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Viruses are programs that infect other software or files and require:

Accepted Answer

A)  a large file size to spread. 
B)  the computer to be shutdown to spread. 
C)  Windows as an operating system to spread. 
D)  a disk based operating system to spread. 
E)  an executable program to spread. 
A)  a large file size to spread. 
B)  the computer to be shutdown to spread. 
C)  Windows as an operating system to spread. 
D)  a disk based operating system to spread. 
E)  an executable program to spread.

Describe briefly a few of the physical threats posed by hackers to information security with examples for each.

Which of the following are considered sources of information that can potentially be used by social engineers?

What are the steps to be taken with respect to firm employees in order to ensure organizational security?

A(n) _____ is someone who uncovers computer weaknesses and reveals them to manufacturers or system owners, without exploiting these vulnerabilities.

In public-key encryption systems, the functions of the public and private keys are interchangeable.

It's bad when a firm's e-mail and password file is stolen; however the impact is minimized because user passwords set up for one system cannot be used on others.

Viruses are programs that infect other software or files and require:

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Describe briefly a few of the physical threats posed by hackers to information security with examples for each.

Which of the following are considered sources of information that can potentially be used by social engineers?

What are the steps to be taken with respect to firm employees in order to ensure organizational security?

A(n) _____ is someone who uncovers computer weaknesses and reveals them to manufacturers or system owners, without exploiting these vulnerabilities.

In public-key encryption systems, the functions of the public and private keys are interchangeable.

It's bad when a firm's e-mail and password file is stolen; however the impact is minimized because user passwords set up for one system cannot be used on others.

Viruses are programs that infect other software or files and require:

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