ACING MIS 562 EXAMS: FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION
SYSTEMS SECURITY WITH AN A+ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BREAKDOWN
Risk
Likelihood that something bad will happen to an asset
Threat
Any action that could damage an asset
Vulnerability
A weakness that allows a threat to be realized or to have an effect on an asset
Information System
Hardware, operating system, and application software that work together to collect,
process, and store data for individuals and organizations.
Information System Security
The collection of activities that protect the information system and the data stored in it.
Confidentiality
guarding information from everyone except those with rights to it and includes private
data of individuals, intellectual property of businesses and national security for countries
and government.
Cryptography
Practice of hiding data and keeping it away from unauthorized users.
Encryption
The process of transforming data from cleartext into cipher-text.
Ciphertext
The scrambled data that are the result of encrypting cleartext.
Integrity
Maintain valid, uncorrupted, and accurate information
Availability
The amount of time users can use a system, application, and data in the context of
information security.
Service Level Agreement SLA
, A contract that guarantees a minimum monthly availability of service for wide area
network (WAN) and Internet access links.
User domain
which domain would you find an acceptable user policy AUP
Hardening
the process of ensuring that controls are in place to handle any known threats by
ensuring all computers have the latests software revisions, security patches, and
system configurations.
user domains, workstation domain, lan domain, lan-to-wan domain, wan domain,
remote access domain, system/application domain
seven domains of IT infrastructure
User Domain
Users can access systems, applications, and data depending upon their defined access
rights.
Workstation domain
Configure hardware, harden systems, and verify antivirus files.
Desktop Support Group
who is responsible for the Workstation domain of an organization
IT Desktop Manager
who is accountable for allowing employees the greatest use of the Workstation Domain.
LAN domain
Includes both physical network components and logical configuration of services for
users.
Local area network LAN
a collection of computers connected to one another or to a common connection
medium.
Cat 5 or Cat 6
which UTP transmission media is used to support high-speed data communications
Layer 2 Switch
what examines the MAC layer address and makes forwarding decisions based on MAC
layer address tables
SYSTEMS SECURITY WITH AN A+ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BREAKDOWN
Risk
Likelihood that something bad will happen to an asset
Threat
Any action that could damage an asset
Vulnerability
A weakness that allows a threat to be realized or to have an effect on an asset
Information System
Hardware, operating system, and application software that work together to collect,
process, and store data for individuals and organizations.
Information System Security
The collection of activities that protect the information system and the data stored in it.
Confidentiality
guarding information from everyone except those with rights to it and includes private
data of individuals, intellectual property of businesses and national security for countries
and government.
Cryptography
Practice of hiding data and keeping it away from unauthorized users.
Encryption
The process of transforming data from cleartext into cipher-text.
Ciphertext
The scrambled data that are the result of encrypting cleartext.
Integrity
Maintain valid, uncorrupted, and accurate information
Availability
The amount of time users can use a system, application, and data in the context of
information security.
Service Level Agreement SLA
, A contract that guarantees a minimum monthly availability of service for wide area
network (WAN) and Internet access links.
User domain
which domain would you find an acceptable user policy AUP
Hardening
the process of ensuring that controls are in place to handle any known threats by
ensuring all computers have the latests software revisions, security patches, and
system configurations.
user domains, workstation domain, lan domain, lan-to-wan domain, wan domain,
remote access domain, system/application domain
seven domains of IT infrastructure
User Domain
Users can access systems, applications, and data depending upon their defined access
rights.
Workstation domain
Configure hardware, harden systems, and verify antivirus files.
Desktop Support Group
who is responsible for the Workstation domain of an organization
IT Desktop Manager
who is accountable for allowing employees the greatest use of the Workstation Domain.
LAN domain
Includes both physical network components and logical configuration of services for
users.
Local area network LAN
a collection of computers connected to one another or to a common connection
medium.
Cat 5 or Cat 6
which UTP transmission media is used to support high-speed data communications
Layer 2 Switch
what examines the MAC layer address and makes forwarding decisions based on MAC
layer address tables
