Module 5 Unit 1

Question 1

which property of secure information is compromising by snooping

Answer 1

Confidentiality

Question 2

Module 5 Unit 3 an attacker has used a rogue access point to intercept traffic passing between wireless clients and the wire network segment. What type of attack is this?

Answer 2

Man in the middle attack

Question 3

what type of access mechanism is most vulnerable to every play attack?

Answer 3

use of a token generated by software.

Question 4

which specific attack uses a botnet threaten availability ?

Answer 4

Distributed denial of service

Question 5

And considering availability concerns what might lockable face plate on a server class computer be

Answer 5

it may prevent the user switching the machine on or off, or accessing removable drives and port

Question 6

what does AAA stand for?

Answer 6

Authentication authorization accounting

Question 7

why should a security policy instruct users not to reveal their password to technical support staff?

Answer 7

It exposes users to social engineering attacks, gather login credentials from malicious users

Question 8

how might someone masquerade as someone else while using email or instant messaging

Answer 8

by accessing their user account.

Question 9

What are three main areas where redundancy should be provisioned?

Answer 9

Data and storage, network, links, and power

Question 10

Why is it prioritization a critical task for disaster recovery?

Answer 10

services may have dependencies that make restoring them in the wrong order futile