Introduction to Security Concepts Quiz

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What is the main purpose of disaster recovery?

  • Ensuring authorized users have timely and reliable access to information and systems
  • Maintaining essential business functions through redundancy and contingency plans
  • Planning and procedures for restoring operations after a major outage or disruption (correct)
  • Identifying, analyzing, and evaluating potential security risks

Which of the following is a detective control?

  • Access controls
  • Encryption
  • Intrusion detection systems (correct)
  • Firewalls

What is the purpose of vulnerability scanning?

  • Protecting data confidentiality by transforming it into an unreadable format
  • Ensuring authorized users have timely and reliable access to information and systems
  • Having a plan to identify, contain, and recover from security incidents
  • Identifying and addressing weaknesses in systems before they can be exploited (correct)

What does risk assessment involve?

<p>Identifying, analyzing, and evaluating potential security risks (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of policy enforcement?

<p>Implementing mechanisms to monitor and enforce compliance with security policies (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is defined as protection against harm, unauthorized access, or loss of valuable assets?

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

Which of the following represents weaknesses in systems, processes, or practices that can be exploited by threats?

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

What technology transforms data into an unreadable format to ensure confidentiality?

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

Which of the following represents potential actors or events that can exploit vulnerabilities and cause harm?

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

What category of vulnerabilities includes unsecured Wi-Fi, open ports, weak passwords, and configuration errors?

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

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