ACING MIS 562 EXAMS: FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION
SYSTEMS SECURITY WITH AN A+ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BREAKDOWN
Tailgating
The act of following an individual closely to sneak past a secure door or access area.
Transitive access
Attacking the desired target system or service indirectly by first compromising a system
trusted by the target.
Trojan
A malicious software code that appears benign to the user but actually performs a task
on behalf of a perpetrator with malicious intent.
True downtime cost
Another name for Opportunity Cost.
Trust
Confidence in the expectation that others will act in your best interest, or that a resource
is authentic. On computer networks, trust is the confidence that other users will act in
accordance with the organization's security rules and not attempt to violate stability,
privacy, or integrity of the network and its resources.
Typo squatting
The act of registering and "squatting" a slightly wrong URL in the hopes a user mistypes
the intended URL. See also URL hijacking.
Urgency
A social engineering attack that uses a sense of urgency or an emergency stress
situation to get someone to do something or divulge information.
URL hijacking
The act of registering and "squatting" a slightly wrong URL in the hopes a user mistypes
the intended URL. See also typo squatting.
Vishing
The act of performing a phishing attack by telephone in order to elicit personal
information.
SYSTEMS SECURITY WITH AN A+ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BREAKDOWN
Tailgating
The act of following an individual closely to sneak past a secure door or access area.
Transitive access
Attacking the desired target system or service indirectly by first compromising a system
trusted by the target.
Trojan
A malicious software code that appears benign to the user but actually performs a task
on behalf of a perpetrator with malicious intent.
True downtime cost
Another name for Opportunity Cost.
Trust
Confidence in the expectation that others will act in your best interest, or that a resource
is authentic. On computer networks, trust is the confidence that other users will act in
accordance with the organization's security rules and not attempt to violate stability,
privacy, or integrity of the network and its resources.
Typo squatting
The act of registering and "squatting" a slightly wrong URL in the hopes a user mistypes
the intended URL. See also URL hijacking.
Urgency
A social engineering attack that uses a sense of urgency or an emergency stress
situation to get someone to do something or divulge information.
URL hijacking
The act of registering and "squatting" a slightly wrong URL in the hopes a user mistypes
the intended URL. See also typo squatting.
Vishing
The act of performing a phishing attack by telephone in order to elicit personal
information.
