QUIZ 1: Fundamental Concepts of IAS 2

It is defined as the protection of information and its critical elements such as systems and hardware that use, store, and transmit information.

• Information Security

• Information Assurance

• Information Assurance Process

• Information Assurance Pillars

It is defined as the process of protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, modification, theft or destruction while ensuring their confidentiality, integrity and availability.

• Information Security

• Information Assurance

• Information Assurance Process

• Information Assurance Pillars

Which of the following is not a part of the information Assurance Process?

• Enumeration and classification of the information assets to be protected.

• Vulnerabilites in the information assets are determined in order to enumerate the threats capable of exploiting the assets.

• Considering the probability of a threat exploiting vulnerability in an asset.

• Disregarding the impact of a threat exploiting vulnerability in an asset.

Information Assurance Model is based on four dimensions namely: information states, security services, security countermeasures, and ______________.

• Availability

• Integrity

• Confidentiality

• Time

It is a combination of hardware, software, and telecommunications networks that people build and use to collect, create, and distribute useful data, typically in organizational settings.

• Information Security

• Information Assurance

• Information System

• Security Countermeasures

It is a security Countermeasure wherein individuals working in the organization must follow the sets of rules defined in the form of policies to properly handle sensitive information when the information system gets compromised.

• Policy and Practice

• People

• Technology

• Non-Repudiation

Give the 5 Pillars of Information Assurance:

Give the 4 dimensions of the Information Assurance Model: