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apter 1 The Threat Environment
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Define the term threat environment
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Difficulty: Easy z!
2) If an attacker breaks into a corporate database and deletes critical files, this is an
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attack against the security goal.
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A) confidentiality
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D) CIA
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Difficulty: Moderate z!
3) Which of the following is a type of countermeasure?
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A) Ethical
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D) Sustainable
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Define the term threat environment
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Difficulty: Moderate z!
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,4) The most common type of attack appears to be
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Define the term threat environment
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Difficulty: Easy z!
5) When a threat succeeds in causing harm to a business it is called a
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A) control
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Define the term threat environment
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6) Three common core security goals are known collectively as FBI.
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Answer: FALSE z!
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Define the term threat environment
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Difficulty: Easy z!
7) Costs for all threats are increasing annually.
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Answer: FALSE z!
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Define the term threat environment
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8) Corrective countermeasures identify when a threat is attacking.
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Answer: FALSE z!
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Difficulty: Easy z!
9) Most countermeasure controls are preventative controls.
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Answer: TRUE z!
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Define the term threat environment
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Learning Objective: 1.2 Describe the impact of data breaches
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Learning Objective: 1.2 Describe the impact of data breaches
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Corporate Cybersecurity, 6th edition Randall J Boyle Raymond R. Panko
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All Chapters
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Corporate Computer Security, 6e (Boyle/Panko) Chz! z! z! z! z!
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1) The process of protecting computer hardware, networks, data, and applications from
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Page Ref: 16 z! z!
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define the term threat environment
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Difficulty: Easy z!
2) If an attacker breaks into a corporate database and deletes critical files, this is an
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attack against the security goal.
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A) confidentiality
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Define the term threat environment
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Difficulty: Moderate z!
3) Which of the following is a type of countermeasure?
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A) Ethical
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Define the term threat environment
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Difficulty: Moderate z!
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,4) The most common type of attack appears to be
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A) phishing
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Page Ref: 17
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Define the term threat environment
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5) When a threat succeeds in causing harm to a business it is called a
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A) control
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Define the term threat environment
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6) Three common core security goals are known collectively as FBI.
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Define the term threat environment
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7) Costs for all threats are increasing annually.
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Define the term threat environment
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8) Corrective countermeasures identify when a threat is attacking.
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Answer: FALSE z!
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Difficulty: Easy z!
9) Most countermeasure controls are preventative controls.
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Learning Objective: 1.1 Define the term threat environment
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Learning Objective: 1.2 Describe the impact of data breaches
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Learning Objective: 1.2 Describe the impact of data breaches
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percent of organizations have had more than one data
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