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WGU COURSE C836 - FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION SECURITY BY BRIAN MACFARLANE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS

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WGU COURSE C836 - FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION SECURITY BY BRIAN MACFARLANE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS

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Something that has the potential to cause us harm.


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Threat




________ provides a framework for ensuring the effectiveness of information security
controls in government. This legislation is intended to protect government

,information, operations, and assets from any natural or manmade threat. This requires
each federal agency to develop, document, and implement an information security
program to protect its information and information systems.


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The Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA)




The first most important part of the risk management process is__________.


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Identifying and Categorizing Assets




Put controls in place.


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Step 5: Mitigate Risks




A tool used to detect unauthorized wireless access points.


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Kismet

, _______________ attacks involve tampering with our asset. Such attacks might primarily be
considered an ______________ attack but could also represent an availability attack. If we
access a file in an unauthorized manner and alter the data it contains, we have
affected the integrity of the data contained in the file. However, if we consider the
case where the file in question is a configuration file that manages how a particular
service behaves, perhaps one that is acting as a Web server, we might affect the
availability of that service by changing the contents of the file.


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Modification; Integrity




Occurs when we do not properly account for the size of the data input into our
applications.


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Buffer Overflow




The likelihood that something bad will happen.


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Risk




_____________ are based on rules, laws, policies, procedures, guidelines, and other items
that are "paper" in nature. An example is one that requires us to change our password

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