IBA Chapter 8A

What is the most secure method for sending information over the Internet?

• Using passwords

• Using patches

• Using spyware

• Using encryption

Your company is about to release a proprietary product. Suddenly a competitor releases a very similar product that uses design data exactly like that from your company's product. You later learn that the proprietary data was leaked to the competitor. What preventive measure would have ensured that your company's proprietary information was protected from this type of action?

• Destroying all proprietary information

• Restricting employees' Internet access

• Monitoring employees' messages

• Uninstalling employees' e-mail clients

You are a network administrator for a medium-sized organization. The receptionist has had several problems with malware recently. The receptionist does not need to access external Web sites to perform his job, but he does use his computer for company documentation and internal communication with co-workers. Which of the following will help prevent additional malware from being installed on his computer?

• Audit the contents of this employee's hard drive.

• Examine the cached files from the Internet on this employee's computer.

• Restrict this employee's access to the Internet.

• Monitor the messages this employee sends and receives via e-mail.

Your company has provided you with a desktop computer to use at work. You have configured your e-mail client on this work computer to include your personal e-mail account so that you can conveniently download messages and check your personal e-mail. Which of the following is true?

• The company will block your personal e-mail account.

• The company can read your personal e-mail messages.

• The company is required by law to allow you to receive personal e-mail messages at work.

• The company will ignore your personal e-mail messages out of respect for your privacy.

You are ultimately responsible for your Internet use and the possible ramifications of posting personal information to the Web. The explosion in social networking via the Web has given rise to the "Right to Be Forgotten" argument, which asks

• whether people have the right to reject the receipt of cookies from Web sites they visit.

• whether people have the right to remove damaging information about themselves on the Internet.

• whether people have the right to access social networking sites when they have forgotten their user names and passwords.

• whether people have the right to remove themselves from newsgroups to avoid receiving spam.

Employers can monitor their employees' e-mail messages sent to and from the company network because:

• this activity minimizes the amount of spam employees receive.

• regular monitoring reduces the extent of infection by malware.

• all information carried by the company's communication system is company property.

• it prevents employees from using network resources too frequently

You avoid adding yourself to unwanted mailing lists, you conduct online transactions through secure Web sites, and you are selective when posting information to newsgroups. These actions will help you:

• minimize the amount of spam you receive

• protect original works of authorship under copyright law.

• enforce the company's encryption policy for e-mail.

• perform the IT job of Web site analyst.

Spam can be considered an invasion of privacy because:

• it is placed on Web site visitors' computers so that Web site managers can customize their sites to their visitors' preferences

• it is sent to recipients uninvited.

• it is generally encrypted with weak encryption keys.

• it is generally excluded from Web sites' privacy policies.

A cookie is a text file that is placed on a Web site visitor's computer. Cookies allow a Web site manager to:

• customize the frequency with which the site visitor's browser cache checks for newer pages.

• customize the browser cache size on the site visitor's computer.

• customize the site to the site visitor's Web browsing preferences

• customize the security options on the site visitor's browser.

Which cookie type remains on your system after you end your browser session?

• Persistent cookie

• Session cookie

• Third-party cookie

• First-party cookie