Security Quiz

What is the main purpose of confidentiality in the context of IT?

• Ensuring data accuracy

• Protecting information from unauthorized access

• Enhancing system performance

• Facilitating data sharing

How does encryption contribute to maintaining confidentiality?

• It improves data accuracy

• It transforms data to make it unreadable without the proper key

• It increases data storage capacity

• It speeds up data transmission

Explain the concept of privacy in the context of personal information.

• Ensuring data availability

• Enhancing system security

• Controlling access to information

• Improving data processing speed

Give an example of a privacy concern related to social media platforms.

• Collecting and using user data without consent

• Efficient data sharing

• Quick communication between users

• Implementing strong encryption

Identify the three potential implications of a data breach, as discussed in the lesson.

• Trade secret disclosure

• Increased data accessibility

• Loss of trust

• Loss of business

Define access controls and their role in providing security to physical and technical gateways.

• Enhancing data processing speed

• Monitoring server performance

• Controlling user access and securing gateways

• Improving network connectivity

Describe the three elements of access control: Identification, Authorization, and Authentication.

• Ensuring data accuracy, data availability, and data confidentiality

• Monitoring network traffic, securing gateways, and encrypting data

• Confirming identity, granting permissions, and verifying credentials

• Identifying an attack, authorising a user access, verifying credentials

How does Physical Access Control contribute to an organization's security?

• By setting administrative policies

• By limiting access to computer networks

• By securing physical locations like property, buildings, or rooms

• By encrypting sensitive information

What potential risks can arise from granting access to IT server rooms for user groups that should NOT have access, as discussed in the activity?

• Improved data security

• Increased collaboration

• Unauthorized access, data breaches, and compromise of sensitive information

• Enhanced system performance

What type of Access Control is likely applied in scenarios like restricting access to IT server rooms?

• Technical or Logical Access Control

• Administrative Access Control

• Physical Access Control

• Emotional Access Control