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Info Security Challenge

Test your knowledge with our Info Security quiz designed for professionals and enthusiasts alike. Dive into critical concepts, analyze scenarios, and evaluate your understanding of key cybersecurity principles.

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Covers foundational and advanced topics
Perfect for certification preparation and professional development

20 Questions5 MinutesCreated by SecureGuard2023

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?

Security administrator

Security technician

Security officer

Security manager

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?

Large number of vulnerabilities

End-of-life systems

Lack of vendor support

Misconfigurations

What is a race condition?

When a vulnerability is discovered and there is a race to see if it can be patched before it is exploited by attackers.

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

When an attack finishes its operation before antivirus can complete its work.

When a software update is distributed prior to a vulnerability being discovered.

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

Delays in security updating

Greater sophistication of defense tools

Increased speed of attacks

Simplicity of attack tools

Which of the following is NOT true regarding security?

Security is a goal.

Security includes the necessary steps to protect from harm.

Security is a process.

Security is a war that must be won at all costs.

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

�Security and convenience are not related.”

�Convenience always outweighs security.”

�Security and convenience are inversely proportional.”

�Whenever security and convenience intersect, security always wins.”

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

Authorization

Confidentiality

Availability

Integrity

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

Products

People

Procedures

Purposes

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

On electronic digital devices and limited analog devices that can connect via the Internet or through a local area network.

Through a long-term process that results in ultimate security.

Using both open-sourced as well as supplier-sourced hardware and software that interacts appropriately with limited resources.

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

Which of the following is an enterprise critical asset?

System software

Information

Outsourced computing services

Servers, routers, and power supplies

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

Extinguish risk

Transfer risk

Mitigate risk

Avoid risk

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

Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Sarbox)

Financial and Personal Services Disclosure Act

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)

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

These targets are government-regulated and any successful attack would be considered a major victory.

These targets have notoriously weak security and are easy to penetrate.

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

The targets are privately owned and cannot afford high levels of security.

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

Closed-Source Resistant and Recurrent Malware (CSRRM)

Advanced Persistent Threat

Unlimited Harvest and Secure Attack (UHSA)

Network Spider and Worm Threat (NSAWT)

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

Obscurity

Diversity

Limiting

Layering

What is an objective of state-sponsored attackers?

To right a perceived wrong

To amass fortune over of fame

To spy on citizens

To sell vulnerabilities to the highest bidder

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?

Obscurity

Layering

Diversity

Limiting

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

Compulsory

Mandatory

Required

Regulatory

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

Cyberterrorists

Competitors

Brokers

Resource managers

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 covered?

Default configurations

Weak configurations

Vulnerable business processes

Misconfigurations

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