Internet
The Enemy
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Physical Security
Us
100
A program that is designed only to read Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) web pages downloaded from Internet websites. They can have helpers or add-on functions incorporated by using interpreters to read the additional instructions and provide different web content types. Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari are examples of these.
What is a browser? (or web browser)
100
They are people who traditionally tried to gain access to computers remotely to learn more and for intellectual curiosity. Currently, they only make up 17% of computer intrusions.
Who are hackers?
100
To apply or maintain permissions to prevent an account from getting information they are not authorized to see while making the information available to those who are authorized.
What is Access Control?
100
Overlapping layers of protection put in place so that if one layer fails other layers succeed in protecting is known as....
What is Defense in Depth (Castle Approach)?
100
According to Ben, all plans, materials, and content should be able to be understood clearly by _________?
What is Napoleon's Corporal?
200
Easily readable programs that automate or provide extra function on a computer system or in an application or browser. ActiveX and JavaScript are examples of this type of language.
What is Scripting? (or Scripting Code or Scripting Language)
200
Is the risk presented to an organization by current or past employees who have knowledge of how the organization works and what and where the most valuable (damaging) information might reside.
What is Insider threat?
200
An identifier that uniquely tracks actions to individuals.
What is an Account? (or Login ID)
200
The list of computers, laptops, software, equipment owned by an organization.
What is inventory?
200
These are the three major lines of effort.
What are "close pursuits, increase the pipeline, and build the infrastructure"?
300
A type of a program that takes scripting language and reads it so it can be acted on by a browser or an application. These are found in almost all operating systems, web browsers and many commercial off the shelf application programs.
What is an Interpreter?
300
These are well run groups of crooks who methodically look for computer vulnerabilities to steal large numbers of financial or credit card accounts for financial profit.
Who are organized crime groups?
300
It is a word or phrase that verifies that you and only you had access to the account.
What is a password?
300
The use of personality, knowledge of human nature and social skills to steal passwords, keys tokens or other credentials to gain access to systems.
What is Social Engineering?
300
In the 2016 GISS clients listed the ____________ area of information security as their highest priority.
What is business continuity (disaster recovery resilience)?
400
The contents of electronic documents that can carry out or trigger actions automatically, on a computer platform, without the intervention of a user. Active content includes built in macro processing, scripting languages, or virtual machines. A significant share of today’s malware involves this type of programs.
What is Active Content?
400
They are structured groups funded by other governments and dedicated to mapping out the internet addresses for the purpose of espionage and possible computer attacks.
What is state sponsored hacking?
400
As a result of the VA breach in 2006 where PII of over a million veterans was lost, it is now a requirement to delete all sensitive data extracts on individual computers after this number of days.
What is 90 days?
400
30-50% of all data loss due to the people already within the organization.
What is insider threat?
400
According to Terry, these are the accounts that cyber service discussions within the regions should start.
What are 5+2 accounts?
500
A program, script, macro or other portable instruction, that can be shipped unchanged to a variety of platforms and executed with the same result. Some of the most common forms of mobile code are JavaScript, Asynchronous JavaScript and eXtended Markup Language (XML) or AJAX, Java applets, ActiveX, and Flash. It is being adapted to run on cell phones, PDAs, and other devices.
What is Mobile Code?
500
The weakest link in every computer system. The one person who can through thoughtlessness, unawareness or accident, cause loss of work products through deletion, corruption or improperly safeguarding data.
Who are you? (Who am I?)
500
This term refers to sifting through a company's garbage/shredder to find information to help break into their computers.
What is dumpster diving?
500
Erratic computer behavior, lack of response to keyboard or mouse commands, crashing or restarting on its own, or running slower than usual are potential symptoms of this.
What is malware infection?
500
A strong ____________ program could have prevented Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning from accessing critical data.
What is Identity and Access Management?