Understanding Security Concepts

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What is the objective of security, as mentioned in the text?

  • To protect the sovereignty of a state
  • To protect physical items from unauthorized access
  • To safeguard the confidentiality of information assets
  • To achieve the appropriate level of security for an organization (correct)

Which type of security aims to protect the details of a particular operation or series of activities?

  • Operations security (correct)
  • Physical security
  • Network security
  • Personnel security

What does information security aim to protect, as stated in the text?

  • Protect networking components
  • Protect physical items from unauthorized access
  • Protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information assets (correct)
  • Protect communications media

Which type of security focuses on protecting networking components, connections, and contents?

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

What does personnel security aim to protect, as mentioned in the text?

<p>Protect individual or group of individuals authorized to access the organization and its operations (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three basic elements of risk mentioned in the text?

<p>Assets, Threats, Vulnerabilities (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the U.S. federal government adopt to deal with risk, based on the text?

<p>Risk Management Framework (RMF) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does NIST Special Publication 800-37 transform the traditional Certification and Accreditation (C&A) process into?

<p>Six step Risk Management Framework (RMF) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of the RMF process based on, according to the text?

<p>Mission- and risk-based, cost-effective, and enterprise information system security (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do assets, threats, and vulnerabilities constitute in relation to risk?

<p>Components associated with risk (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process, adopted by the U.S. federal government, aim to achieve?

<p>Robust information system security (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of NIST Special Publication 800-37, “Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems?

<p>Enhanced Information System Certification and Accreditation (C&amp;A) process (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does personnel security aim to protect, as mentioned in the text?

<p>Details of a particular operation or series of activities (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do assets, threats, and vulnerabilities constitute in relation to risk?

<p>Key concepts of risk management (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of security focuses on protecting networking components, connections, and contents?

<p>Enterprise information system security (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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