Substitute Work 1

Computer programs designed to gain inappropriate or unauthorized access to computer systems and information.

• Malware

• Spam

• Pop-up

• Pretexting

A small text file that a website sends to a web browser to store on a user's computer.

• Cookie

• Cache

• Bookmark

• Encryption

A security instrument that controls network communication and user access to computers and networks.

• Firewall

• Ecommerce

• Spyware

• Windows Defender

A system for preventing malicious software and users from accessing an individual computer.

• Host-based Firewall

• Network Firewall

• Public Firewall

• Private Firewall

The process of transforming information into a format that can only be read by authorized entities.

• Encryption

• Authentication

• Social Engineering

• Ecommerce

The process of validating the identity of a computer user.

• Authentication

• Identification

• User Identity

• Confirmation

Techniques used by threat agents to obtain personal information that can be used to access secure data and computer assets or to circumvent security policies and procedures.

• Social Engineering

• Identity Theft

• Malicious Attachment

• Pharming

Which one is NOT a Web Browser?

• Chrome

• Firefox

• Safari

• Microsoft

A threat agent looks over people's shoulders while they use a computer, in order to obtain material that can be used to compromise computer and network security is called...

• Shoulder Surfing

• Eavesdropping

• Dumpster Diving

• Spear Phishing

Threat agents listen to other people's conversations in order to find information that they can use to compromise computer and network security.

• Eavesdropping

• Shoulder Surfing

• Life Hacking

• Debug