Information Security and Counterintelligence

Computer security, Information security, and information technology security all mean the same thing and are interchangable.

• True

• False

Counterintelligence is an important function and can be applied in private sector companies as well as in government agencies.

• True

• False

Legal measures are generally "reactive" rather than "proactive" in nature.

• True

• False

According to consultant Michael Moberly, approximately what percentage of a company's value generally lies in information and intangible assets?

• 90%

• 50%

• 10%

• 75%

The practice of asset protection focuses on which catagories of "assets"?

• Information

• Physical

• People

• Property

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the economic Espionage Act of 1996?

• It makes it a federal crime to steal trade secrets

• It is a forward-looking piece og legislation

• It includes "altering" information as a prohibited act

• It must be updated every five years

According to this chapter, the feild of "information security" includes:

• Competative intelligence

• IT security

• Intellectual property protection

• Traditional information security

When an information loss is known or suspected, the following actions should be taken:

• Corrective actions

• Damage assesment

• Containment

• Determine root cause

Information that is lost is not pemanetly lost

• True

• False

An important tool in protecting information assets is the Economic Espionage Act of 1996

• True

• False