Terminology
An item that has value.
What is an Asset?
this position is considered an entry-level position in Information Security
Involves stealing another person's personal information such as Social Security number, then using this information to impersonate the victim.
What is Identity Theft?
A situation that involves exposure to danger
What is a risk?
A computer file sent along with an email message.
Hint: Bob despises them!
What is an e-mail attachment?
is a network security device that monitors incoming and outgoing network traffic and decides whether to allow or block specific traffic based on a defined set of security rules.
What is a firewall?
this is how often hackers attack.
What is every 39 seconds?
A premeditated, politically motivated attack against information, computer systems, computer programs, and data, which often results in violence.
What is Cyberterrorism?
a type of threat that can come from employees, contractors, business partners or disgruntled workers.
What is an Insider threat?
The term used to describe individuals who want to attack computers but lack the knowledge and expertise to do so.
What are Script kiddies?
the means by which an attack could occur
What is a Threat vector?
This country is considered the number one source of attack traffic.
Hint: It might not be what you expect
What is Indonesia?
This is a malicious attempt to disrupt the traffic of a server by overwhelming the target or "flooding" it with Internet traffic.
What is a DDoS attack? (Distributed Denial-of-Service)
A software defect in an operating system that allows an unauthorized user to gain access to a computer is an example of this.
What is a Vulnerability?
This is the term used to describe the tasks of securing information that is in a digital format.
What is Information Security?
A person or element with power to carry out a threat.
The amount of money that someone who wrongfully discloses health information can be fined per year.
What is $1,500,000?
An automated attack package that can be used without an advanced knowledge of computers, often used by "Script kiddies"
What is an exploit kit?
This is an attacker who attacks for ideological reasons that are generally not as well defined.
What is a Hacktivist?
The law that requires health care enterprises to guard protected health information and implement policies and procedures to secure it.
What is HIPAA?
Layering, Limiting, Diversity, Obscurity and Simplicity
What are the Five fundamental security principles for defense?
This was the single most expensive malicious attack and it costed an estimated $8.7 billion.
What is Nimda?
a multiyear intrusion campaign that targets highly sensitive economic, proprietary, or national security information.
What is an Advanced Persistent Threat?
an attacker that attacks foreign governments or citizens who are considered hostile or threatening, on behalf of their government.
What is a Nation State Actor?
Abbreviated as CIA, these are the three types of Information protection.
What are Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability?