Week 4 (Ch. 8)

Question 1

what is cybercrime

Answer 1

illegal activity using computer

Question 2

what percentage of business report cybercrimes

Answer 2

12%

Question 3

what are the two types of cybercrime

Answer 3

technology as target of crime and technology used to commit crime

Question 4

what is malware

Answer 4

‘malicious software’: program designed to steal or destroy data

Question 5

what are viruses and worms

Answer 5

codes that replicate to destroy data

Question 6

what is spyware

Answer 6

software that gathers knowledge without users knowledge

Question 7

what is ransomware

Answer 7

software that encrypts data and requires payment to access it again

Question 8

what is a DoS (denial of service)

Answer 8

prevents web server from serving users

Question 9

what is a DDoS

Answer 9

multiple users send requests to crash service

Question 10

what is identity theft

Answer 10

criminal gains access and uses personal information without your knowledge

Question 11

what is social engineering

Answer 11

criminals lure individuals into giving up personal information (scam calls)

Question 12

what is hacking

Answer 12

accessing someones computer without their permission

Question 13

what is phishing

Answer 13

user receives email with fake link requiring user to input username and password for criminal to steal

Question 14

what is spoofing

Answer 14

criminals disguise themselves by modifying their IP address

Question 15

what is piracy

Answer 15

illegal copying and distribution/use of of software

Question 16

what is the information security triad

Answer 16

confidentiality: restricting access to those who are allowed to view information
integrity: information accessed has not been modified or altered
availability: information can be accessed and modified by anyone authorized to do so at a given time frame

Question 17

what is example of authentication using something they know

Answer 17

password, questions

Question 18

what is an example of authentication using something they have

Answer 18

key, card

Question 19

what is an example of authentication using something they are

Answer 19

physical characteristic: finger print

Question 20

what is multi factor authentication

Answer 20

combination of two or more factors above

Question 21

what is access control

Answer 21

determines which users are allowed to read, modify, add or delete information

Question 22

what is an access control list (ACL)

Answer 22

list of users who are able to perform specific actions

Question 23

what are role based access control (RBAC)

Answer 23

users are assigned to roles and roles are given ability to perform specific actions

Question 24

what is encryption

Answer 24

scrambles data so it is unreadable to those without public key

Question 25

what is symmetric key encryption

Answer 25

two parties share encryption key

Question 26

what is public key encryption

Answer 26

user must use public key to send message and receiver must use private key to view message

Question 27

what are firewalls

Answer 27

protects servers by blocking packets that do not meet certain criteria

Question 28

what are anti-virus programs

Answer 28

softwares that can be installed to detect and remove malicious programs

Question 29

what are intrusion detection systems

Answer 29

identifies if network is being attacked

Question 30

what are examples of physical security

Answer 30

locked doors, secured equipment, physical intrusion detection

Question 31

what are the three sources of security problems

Answer 31

1) human error and mistakes 2) malicious human activity 3) natural events and disasters

Question 32

what are the three types of security safegaurds

Answer 32

1) technical safeguards 2) data safeguards 3) human safeguards

Question 33

what is a WAR room

Answer 33

office space with basic equipment, charged monthly subscription fee

Question 34

what is a cold site

Answer 34

empty room or building used for recovery

Question 35

what is a hot site

Answer 35

recovery location available 24/7