Vulnerability Assessment

What is the primary need of information security related to confidentiality?

• Data secrecy

• Data availability

• Data authenticity

• Data integrity

Which of the following is an example of information that needs to be protected for confidentiality?

• Email address

• Employee ID number

• Public holiday calendar

• Office address

What type of attack involves interception of network packets to gain unauthorized access to information flowing on the network?

• Data diddling attacks

• Salami attacks

• Packet sniffing

• Trust relationship attacks

What does the Integrity principle in information security refer to?

• Data availability

• Data authenticity

• Data quality

• Data confidentiality

Which attack involves making a target system unresponsive by sending a large number of synchronous requests?

• Electrical power attacks

• DDOS attacks

• Syn flood attacks

• Server room environment attacks

What is the first step in the interaction with a system before authentication?

• Access control

• Accountability

• Identification

• Authorization

Which factor used for authentication is the most important but also the easiest to compromise?

• Something you know

• Something you are

• Somewhere you are

• Something you have

What is the process of verifying and testing the claimed identity known as?

• Authentication

• Accountability

• Authorization

• Identification

Which attack involves trying all possible permutations of a character set to get the correct password?

• Trust relationship attacks

• Password recovery validation

• Insufficient authentication

• Brute Force

What is the primary aspect of the Availability principle in information security?

• Data quality

• Data availability

• Data confidentiality

• Data authenticity