#01.01 Foundations of Cybersecurity Module 1

Fill in the blank: The purpose of _____ is to protect networks, devices, people, and data from unauthorized access or criminal exploitation.

• change-management

• business continuity

• cybersecurity

• planning

Fill in the blank: Cybersecurity aims to protect networks, devices, people, and data from _____ or unauthorized access.

• poor financial management

• market shifts

• criminal exploitation

• changing business priorities

Fill in the blank: Cybersecurity aims to protect networks, devices, people, and data from _____ or criminal exploitation.

• unauthorized access

• changing business priorities

• poor financial management

• market shifts

What occurs during a security audit?

• Review of an organization’s security records, activities, and other related documents

• Ethical hacking of an organization's internal network to identify vulnerabilities

• Analyzing the efficiency of an organization's internal network

• Prioritizing tasks, processes, and procedures

Which of the following tasks are typically responsibilities of entry-level security analysts? Select all that apply.

• Protecting computer and network systems

• Examining in-house security issues

• Installing prevention software

• Creating organizational policies

Which of the following entities may be an internal threat to an organization? Select three answers.

• Vendors

• Trusted partners

• Employees

• Customers

Someone outside of an organization attempts to gain access to its private information. What type of threat does this scenario describe?

• External

• Accidental

• Ethical

• Internal

An employee receives an email that they believe to be legitimate. They click on a compromised link within the email. What type of internal threat does this scenario describe?

• Abusive

• Operational

• Accidental

• Intentional

What is identity theft?

• Stealing personal information to commit fraud while impersonating a victim

• A data breach that affects an entire organization

• Failing to maintain and secure user, customer, and vendor data

• Trying to gain access to an organization’s private networks

Fill in the blank: Identity theft is the act of stealing _____ to commit fraud while impersonating a victim.

• hardware

• personal information

• business records

• trade secrets