A) Locked and bolted B) Strength in numbers C) Free from care D) To protect or guard
A) The elimination of all software bugs B) The state of being free from danger C) Physical isolation of all servers D) Maximum speed of network data
A) Threat B) Assets C) Mitigation D) Vulnerability
A) The counter-measure that reduces the likelihood of an attack B) A potential danger to a company's assets C) A weakness in a system or design that could be exploited D) A mechanism that takes advantage of a mechanism
A) A threat is potential danger; an exploit is the mechanism used to take advantage of a vulnerability B) An exploit is the likelihood of an event, while a threat is a counter-measure C) A threat is a weakness, while an exploit is a dange D) They are identical terms in modern network security
A) The process of identifying all assets in an organization B) The likelihood of a threat to exploit a vulnerability C) The counter-measure that reduces the severity of a potential threat D) The act of intentionally leaking data to the outside world
A) Probability of occurrence and its consequences B) Hardware age and Software version C) Number of users and amount of data D) Speed and Cost
A) Availability B) Integrity C) Confidentiality D) Profitability
A) They have stopped using malware entirely B) They no longer target critical infrastructure C) They are using stealth and evasion techniques to hide their activity D) They only target individual home users now
A) A path by which a threat actor can gain access to a server, host, or network B) The physical location of an attacker C) A software that prevents viruses from entering a system D) The final result of a successful security breach
A) Firewalls only block internal traffic B) Internal users always have better hacking tools C) Internal users have direct access to the building and infrastructure D) External threats are easier to ignore
A) An automated bot scanning the web for open ports B) A hacker in another country brute-forcing a password C) A global DDoS attack originating from the internet D) Disconnecting a critical network connection and causing an outage
A) Increased customer trust B) Brand damage and loss of reputation C) Decreased litigation costs D) Automatic system upgrades
A) Removable Media B) Hard Copy C) Unencrypted Devices D) Email/Social Networking
A) Encryption is only used for internet traffic B) Encrypted devices are easier to lose C) Encryption makes the device run slower D) If the data is not encrypted, a thief can retrieve valuable confidential data
A) Employees could perform an unauthorized transfer of data to the drive B) They automatically encrypt all data they touch C) They are only dangerous if they are empty D) They consume too much power from the computer
A) Confidential data should be shredded when no longer required B) Lamination C) Using invisible ink D) Scanning everything into the cloud
A) Using a keyboard instead of a mouse B) Computers being left on overnight C) Too many people having access to the building's cafeteria D) Weak passwords that have been compromised provide easy access to data
A) Sensitive data can be lost if access is compromised due to weak security settings B) Cloud storage only works during the daytime C) It is impossible to store confidential data in the cloud D) The data becomes too heavy for the internet to carry
A) Protecting your competitors B) Protecting the public internet C) Protecting your assets D) Protecting only your hardware
A) Ensuring no one can ever use the computer B) Detecting when, how, and by whom an asset has been damaged C) Giving everyone administrative access D) Deleting data every 24 hours
A) Blame the network provider B) Recover your assets C) Buy a cheaper version of the asset D) Forget about the asset
A) The chairs and desks in the office B) The physical building of the company C) Intangible creations of the human intellect, like designs or trade secrets D) The public social media posts of the company
A) To increase the company's internet speed B) To ensure employees type faster C) Because adversaries are amassing and refining cyber weaponry quickly D) Because hackers only attack during the night
A) Only from physical USB drives B) Inside or outside the corporate network C) Only from the internet D) Only from the server room
A) Increase in competitive advantage B) Loss of revenue C) Reduction in security budget D) Faster recovery from hardware failures
A) The process of fixing a broken server B) A type of malware used by internal users C) The process of taking legal action D) The act of encrypting a hard drive
A) Deleting data to save space B) Scanning data for viruses C) Backing up data to a secondary server D) The unauthorized transfer of data from a computer
A) Remove the need for a firewall B) Create a new internet for the company C) Increase the physical size of the monitors D) Compromise internal servers or network infrastructure devices
A) Requirement B) Mitigation C) Asset D) Threat |