5 Questions
What does data integrity ensure?
Information and programs are changed only in a specified and authorized manner
What does authenticity refer to in computer security?
Being genuine and verifiable, ensuring confidence in the validity of a transmission or message originator
What is the primary focus of data confidentiality?
Assuring that private or confidential information is not made available or disclosed to unauthorized individuals
What does privacy in computer security aim to achieve?
Assuring that individuals control or influence what information related to them may be collected and stored
What does system integrity ensure in computer security?
Assures that a system performs its intended function in an unimpaired manner, free from deliberate or inadvertent unauthorized manipulation of the system
Study Notes
Introduction to Network Security
- The field of network and Internet security involves measures to: • deter security violations • prevent security violations • detect security violations • correct security violations • that involve the transmission of information
Computer Security
- The NIST Computer Security Handbook defines computer security as: • the protection afforded to an automated information system • to attain the applicable objectives of: • preserving the integrity of information system resources • preserving the availability of information system resources • preserving the confidentiality of information system resources
- Information system resources include: • hardware • software • firmware • information/data • telecommunications
Test your knowledge of network security with this quiz based on Chapter 1 of "Cryptography and Network Security Seventh Edition" by William Stallings. Explore concepts such as security objectives, OSI Security Architecture, attacks, services, mechanisms, and network layering.
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