Risk and Risk Management
A flaw in code or design that creates a potential point of security compromise for an endpoint or network.
What is vulnerability?
Is roughly equivalent to privacy.
What is confidentiality?
Possibility of a malicious attempt to damage or disrupt a computer network or system.
What is cyber threat?
A common type of network cable used with wired networks.
What is an Ethernet Cable?
The Father of the World Wide Web.
Who is Tim Berners-Lee?
The chances of damage happening to an information system.
What is a risk?
Involves maintaining the consistency, accuracy, and trustworthiness of data over its entire life cycle.
What is integrity?
The act of misusing a computer system or network for a socially or politically motivated reason.
What is hacktivism?
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
What is TCP/IP?
Has 7 layers.
What is TCP/IP?
Transferring the risk to another company, such as an insurance firm.
What is risk transfer?
Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
What is CIA triad?
Hacks other computers or networks for their personal gain.
What are black hat hackers?
Open Systems Interconnection
What is OSI?
The Father of the Internet
Who is Vint Cerf?
Reducing the likelihood of the risk.
What is risk mitigation?
Requires users to provide two authentication factors that include a combination of something the user knows -- like a password or PIN; something the user has -- like an ID card, security token or smartphone; or something the user is -- biometrics.
What is two-factor authentication?
It is stealing discarded bank statements, checks, phone numbers, and so on from the garbage.
What is dumpster diving?
iOS
What is iPhone Operating System?
A wireless distribution method for two or more devices that use high-frequency radio waves and often include an access point to the Internet.
What is WLAN or Wide Local Area Network?
Based on the impact it could have to a system, and the probability that it will be exploited.
What is risk score?
Any program or file that is harmful to a computer user.
What is malware?
Malware that holds a computer captive until the owner pays the demanded ransom.
What is ransomware?
Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
What are network types?
It is eavesdropping, listening in on a phone call, or browsing through an unattended computer.
What is snagging?