Cybersecurity - Midterm

​Review for Midterm Examination

IT Security and Management​

Paul Joseph C. Lavarez, MBA, MIT.

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Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks.

Multiple Choice

The 'C' in "CIA Triad" mean

• confidentiality

• communication

• computer system

• comfortable

Multiple Select

C.I.A means

• confidentiality

• integrity

• availability

• international

• cybersecurity

Open Ended

What are some ways confidentiality is manage?

​Confidentiality

1. Keeping levels of access and setting permissions

2. Encrypting data and files

3. Requiring multi-factor authentication

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​Integrity

• Keeping backups of the data in its correct state, and logging versions

• Using cryptography to securely check for changes.

• Keeping track of digital signatures to prove the integrity of data.

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​Availability

• Always monitoring servers and networks

• Maintaining hardware and software

• Having a plan for disaster recovery

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Multiple Choice

General term for people who try to get access to your computer without your permission in order to steal information which they could use for malicious or criminal purposes.

• Domain

• Hackers

• Firewall

• Anti-malware software

Multiple Choice

Software that encrypts programs and data until a ransom is paid to remove it.

• ransomware

• Anti-phishing software

• Trojan Horse

• Spyware

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software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another's computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive.

Multiple Choice

the art of protecting information by transforming it into an unreadable format.

• Cryptojacking

• Availability

• Cryptography

• Caesar Cipher

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decode the message/word.

cpybz [7]

Draw

draw 'PHISHING"

Multiple Choice

A software program that delivers advertising content in a manner that is unexpected and unwanted by the user.

• Phishing

• deepfake

• Adware

• Worm

Multiple Choice

Software that scans content to identify and dispose of phishing attempts.

• Anti-phishing software

• ransomware

• Anti-spyware software

• Malware

Multiple Choice

Phishing using text messages

• Anti-phishing software

• SMishing (SMS Phishing)

• Anti-spyware software

• Security Engineering

Multiple Choice

A method for confirming users' identities.

• Caesar Cipher

• Authentication

• Decryption

• Encryption

Poll

hackers use their social skills to trick people into revealing access credentials or other valuable information

• Social Engineering

• white hat hackers

• hacktivist groups

• Security Engineering

Multiple Choice

a technique for encryption that shifts the alphabet by some number of characters

• Cryptojacking

• Caesar Cipher

• Cloud Security

• CIA Triad

Draw

draw "CyberCrime"

Top 5 cyber crimes in 2022

1. Phishing Scams.

2. Website Spoofing.

3. Ransomware.

4. Malware.

5. IOT Hacking.

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Decode the message/word

wjperenqo [22]

uses trial and error to try and break into a device, network, or website.​

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​Brute Force Attack

Multiple Choice

a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful

• ransomware

• Trojan Horse

• anti-virus

• adware remover