Computer Security Basics

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What is the main difference between a directed attack and other types of attacks?

  • Directed attacks targets multiple organizations.
  • Directed attacks targets random individuals or organizations.
  • Directed attacks targets a specific individual.
  • Directed attacks targets a specific organization. (correct)

What type of threat violates the confidentiality security concept?

  • Modification
  • Interception (correct)
  • Fabrication
  • Interruption

What is an example of an interruption threat?

  • Malicious destruction of a hardware device. (correct)
  • Creating a counterfeit object on a computing system.
  • Illicit copying of program or data files.
  • Changing the values in a database.

What type of threat involves unauthorized creation of counterfeit objects on a computing system?

<p>Fabrication (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of threat involves unauthorized access and tampering with an asset?

<p>Modification (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for unauthorized access to an asset?

<p>Interception (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is computer security primarily concerned with?

<p>Protecting assets that have value to individuals or organizations (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is confidentiality in the context of computer security?

<p>Ensuring only authorized parties have access to assets (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of integrity in computer security?

<p>Ensuring assets can be modified only by authorized parties (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the opposite of availability in computer security?

<p>Denial of service (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What determines the value of an asset in computer security?

<p>Factors such as personal, time-dependent, replicable, or not, and cost of loss (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a necessary condition for an object or service to be considered available?

<p>It is present in a usable form (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many important aspects of computer security are there?

<p>Three (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a vulnerability in the context of computer security?

<p>A weakness in the security system that can be exploited (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the negative consequence of an actualized threat?

<p>Harm (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an attack in the context of computer security?

<p>An actualized threat (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of a control in computer security?

<p>To remove or reduce a vulnerability (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between a threat and a vulnerability?

<p>A threat is a circumstance that can exploit a vulnerability (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of program controls enforce security restrictions within a program?

<p>Internal program controls (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of independent control programs?

<p>To protect against specific types of vulnerabilities (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of hardware device verifies users' identities?

<p>Device to verify users' identities (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of controls enforce procedures or policies among users?

<p>User Policies and Procedures (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of development controls?

<p>To prevent software faults from becoming exploitable vulnerabilities (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of control limits access to a program's features?

<p>Internal program controls (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a Trojan horse in the context of software modification?

<p>A program that overtly does one thing while covertly doing another (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary concern of software security?

<p>Ensuring programmers and analysts take responsibility for creating secure programs (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result when a threat is realized against a vulnerability?

<p>Harm (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of a data vulnerability?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary concern of data integrity?

<p>Preventing data modification (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the goal of software authors and distributors regarding software use?

<p>To ensure fair compensation for software use (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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