Cybersecurity's Pearl Harbor Moment Quiz

According to the text, what did former NSA Deputy Director Chris Inglis compare the scoring of cyber to?

• Football

• Basketball

• Soccer

• Baseball

When was Colonial Pipeline attacked by ransomware?

• May 6, 2021

• July 11, 2021

• June 2, 2021

• April 15, 2021

What is one of the basic cybersecurity ground rules mentioned in the text?

• No routine patching

• Multi-factor authentication

• Use of outdated software

• Lack of segmentation

What did the FBI estimate to be the number of daily ransomware attacks in the US in 2015?

• 500

• 1000

• 2000

• 1500

What did the DarkSide hacking group demand as ransom from Colonial Pipeline?

• $2 million

• $1 million

• $4 million

• $3 million

What did the US Government attribute the rapid expansion of ransomware operations to?

• Decrease in cyber-attacks

• Increased cybersecurity measures

• Regulated growth of cryptocurrencies

• Unregulated growth of cryptocurrencies

What did the DOJ form after the Colonial Pipeline attack to centralize federal law enforcement efforts in combatting cyber-attacks?

• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administration

• National Cyber Director

• Ransomware and Digital Extortion Task Force

• Cybersecurity Task Force

What did the Cyberspace Solarium Commission seek to address with the term SICI?

• Systematically Important Critical Infrastructure

• Systematic Infrastructure Cybersecurity Integration

• Systematic International Cybersecurity Initiative

• Security in Critical Infrastructure

What did the Internet Security Alliance (ISA) independently single out as successful initiatives by private industry and government?

• Both A and B

• None of the above

• CSRIC Working Group 4 program

• NIST Cybersecurity Framework

What is one of the best practices highlighted by the joint DHS-private sector collaborative research project?

• Limited interaction among key stakeholders

• Lack of commitment to the partnership at all levels

• Trust-building among federal agencies and private-sector leaders

• Disagreement on resourcing and collaboration in goal-setting phases