Chapter 1

To spy on citizens

What is an objective of state-sponsored attackers?

They can cause significant disruption by destroying only a few targets.

Why do cyberterrorists target power plants, air traffic control centers, and water systems?

Security and convenience are inversely proportional.

Adone is attempting to explain to his friend the relationship between security and convenience. Which of the following statements would he use?

Misconfigurations

Alyona has been asked by her supervisor to give a presentation regarding reasons why security attacks continue to be successful. She has decided to focus on the issue of widespread vulnerabilities. Which of the following would Alyona NOT include in her presentation?

Diversity

An organization that practices purchasing products from different vendors is demonstrating which security principle?

through products, people, and procedures on the devices that store, manipulate, and transmit the information

Complete this definition of information security: That which protects the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information _____.

Extinguish risk

Gunnar is creating a document that explains risk response techniques. Which of the following would he NOT list and explain in his document?

Security administrator

Ian recently earned his security certification and has been offered a promotion to a position that requires him to analyze and design security solutions as well as identifying users' needs. Which of these generally recognized security positions has Ian been offered?

Obscurity

Signe wants to improve the security of the small business where she serves as a security manager. She determines that the business needs to do a better job of not revealing the type of computer, operating system, software, and network connections they use. What security principle does Signe want to use?

Vulnerable business processes

Tatyana is discussing with her supervisor potential reasons why a recent attack was successful against one of their systems. Which of the following configuration issues would NOT be covered?

Regulatory

What are industry-standard frameworks and reference architectures that are required by external agencies known as?

When two concurrent threads of execution access a shared resource simultaneously, resulting in unintended consequences.

What is a race condition?

Brokers

What is the category of threat actors that sell their knowledge of vulnerabilities to other attackers or governments?

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)

Which act requires banks and financial institutions to alert their customers of their policies in disclosing customer information?

Confidentiality

Which of the following ensures that only authorized parties can view protected information?

Purposes

Which of the following is NOT a successive layer in which information security is achieved?

Security is a war that must be won at all costs

Which of the following is NOT true regarding security?

Information

Which of the following is an enterprise critical asset?

Greater sophistication of defense tools

Which the following is NOT a reason why it is difficult to defend against today's attackers?

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)

Which tool is most commonly associated with nation state threat actors?