Cybersecurity Concepts

The need to ensure that information is only available to the right people without a leak is referred to as

• Integrity

• Availability

• Security

• Confidentiality

The need to ensure that information is only available anytime it is needed is referred to as

• Integrity

• Availability

• Security

• Confidentiality

The need to ensure that information is not tampered with in-transit is referred to as

• Integrity

• Availability

• Security

• Confidentiality

A loophole which an attacker can use to gain access to a system would be referred to as

• Vulnerability

• Threat

• Exploit

• Worm

Answer explanation

What would you call an attack that does not allow legitimate user access to a service?

• Cross-site scripting

• Denial of service

• Buffer overflow

• Virus attack

Answer explanation

What would you call an attack that does not allow legitimate user access to a service?

• Cross-site scripting

• Denial of service

• Buffer overflow

• Virus attack

Answer explanation

What would you call data when you are sending money from one bank account to another?

• Data at rest

• Data in storage

• Data in transit

• Data in process

Answer explanation

Which of the following terms best describes using a discovered loophole to attack a target?

• Vulnerabilities

• Exploit

• Threat

• All of the above

Answer explanation

Which of the following is a type of malicious code that limits a user from accessing their systems usually with demands

• Keylogger

• Ransomware

• Adware

• None of the above

Answer explanation

A vulnerability in a system or device that has been disclosed but is not yet patched is called

• Zero-Day Vulnerability

• SQL injection

• Backdoor

• Man In The Middle (MITM)