Chapter 4 Ethics and Business Security

Question 1

ethics

Answer 1

principles that guide our behavior toward other people

Question 2

data scraping

Answer 2

extracting large amounts of data from a website and saving it to a computer or spreadsheet

Question 3

spoofing

Answer 3

forging of return addresses on an email so the message appears to come from someone other than the true sender. Not a virus, rather a method of virus delivery

Question 4

malicious code

Answer 4

includes viruses, worms, and trojan horses

Question 5

packet tampering

Question 6

denial of service

Question 7

ransomware

Answer 7

form of malicious software that infects your computer and asks for money.

Question 8

information security

Answer 8

protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by people inside or outside the organization

Question 9

what are the common forms of viruses

Answer 9

malware, botnets, worm, adware, spyware, ransomware, scareware

Question 10

worm

Answer 10

spreads itself not only from file to file but also from computer to computer

Question 11

hacker

Answer 11

experts in tech who use their knowledge to break into computers and networks either for profit or because they are motivated by the challenge

Question 12

network behavior analysis

Answer 12

gathers information on the compuer network traffic patterns to identify odd behavior

Question 13

cyberattacks

Answer 13

malicious attempts to access or damage a computer system

Question 14

cyber security

Answer 14

umbrella term that involves prevention, detection, and response to cyberattacks that impact individuals and organziations

Question 15

multifactor authentication

Answer 15

requires more than 2 means of authentication

Question 16

authorization

Answer 16

process of providing a user with permission including access levels and abilities like file access, hours access, and allocated storage space

Question 17

authentication

Answer 17

a method of confirming users identity

Question 18

encryption

Answer 18

scrambles information into an alternative form that requires identification to decode

Question 19

firewall

Answer 19

hardware or software that guard a network by analyzing incoming and outgoing information

Question 20

IDS

Answer 20

intruder detection software

Question 21

virus

Answer 21

specific type of malware meant to cause annoyance or damage

Question 22

PII

Answer 22

personally identifyable information; any data that could potentially identify a specific individual

Question 23

phishing

Answer 23

technique to gain personal