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Information Security Test

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Authentication
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Passphrase
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Zombies (bots)
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Personal firewall
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Physical controls
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Antispyware
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Electronic surveillance
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Public-key encryption
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Trusted network
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Password
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Anti-malware
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Virus
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Phishing
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Public right to know
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Opt-out informed consent
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Two-factor authentication
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Digital certificate
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Worm
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Distributed Denial of service
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Content-filtering software
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A model of informed consent that permits a company to collect personal information until the customer specifically requests that the data not be collected.
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Controls that restrict unauthorized individuals from gaining access to a company's computer facilities
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type of program designed to prevent and detect unwanted spyware program installations and to remove those programs if installed
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software designed to restrict or control the content a reader is authorised to access, especially when utilised to restrict material delivered over the Internet via the Web, e-mail, or other means
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An attack that uses deception to fraudulently acquire sensitive personal information by masquerading as an official-looking e-mail
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(also called asymmetric encryption) A type of encryption that uses two different keys, a public key and a private key.
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Destructive programs that replicate themselves without requiring another program to provide a safe environment for replication.
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any network within your organization
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A process that determines the identity of the person requiring access.
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A private combination of characters that only the user should know.
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Software packages that attempt to identify and eliminate viruses, worms, and other malicious software.
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1. The right of privacy is not absolute. Privacy must be balanced against the needs of society. 2. The public's right to know supersedes the individual's right of privacy.
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a sequence of words or other text used to control access to a computer system, program or data
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A denial-of-service attack that sends a flood of data packets from many compromised computers simultaneously.
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A computer that has been compromised by, and under the control of, a hacker
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an application which controls network traffic to and from a computer, permitting or denying communications based on a security policy
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an extra layer of security that is known as "multi factor authentication" that requires not only a password and username but also something that only, and only, that user has on them, i.e. a piece of information only they should know or have immediately t
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Malicious software that can attach itself to (or “infect”) other computer programs without the owner of the program being aware of the infection.
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An electronic document attached to a file certifying that this file is from the organization it claims to be from and has not been modified from its original format or content.
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Tracking people's activities with the aid of computers
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A model of informed consent in which a business is prohibited from collecting any personal information unless the customer specifically authorizes it.
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A software program containing a hidden function that presents a security risk
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refers to the list of web pages a user has visited recently—and associated data such as page title and time of visit—
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Controls that restrict unauthorized individuals from using information resources and are concerned with user identification.
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software to block connections to inappropriate Web sites
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Malicious software such as viruses and worms
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A system (either hardware, software, or a combination of both) that prevents a specific type of information from moving between untrusted networks, such as the Internet, and private networks, such as your company's network.
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The process of forming a digital dossier (An electronic description of an individual and his or her habits)
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A process in which a company identifies acceptable software and permits it to run, and either prevents anything else from running or lets new software run in a quarantined environment until the company can verify its validity.
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Getting around security systems by tricking computer users inside a company into revealing sensitive information or gaining unauthorized access privileges

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