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Ace your WGU C836: Fundamentals of Information Security exam with this expert-verified and comprehensive 2025/2026 study guide featuring over 300 practice questions and answers. Perfect for students preparing for Western Governors University’s C836 final exam, this guide thoroughly covers all exam domains, including cybersecurity principles, attack types, risk management, cryptography, access control models, operations security (OPSEC), and more. Topics Covered: CIA Triad & Parkerian Hexad Security Attacks: Fabrication, Interception, Interruption, Modification Cybersecurity Concepts: Threats, Vulnerabilities, Risks, Controls Access Control Models: DAC, MAC, RBAC, ABAC, Bell-LaPadula, Biba, Brewer-Nash Authentication Mechanisms: Multifactor, Mutual Authentication, Biometrics Risk Management: Asset identification, Threat analysis, Vulnerability assessment, Mitigation OPSEC: Purple Dragon, Haas’ Laws, 5-Step OPSEC Process Cryptography: Symmetric & Asymmetric, SSL/TLS, Hashing, PKI, ECC, AES, Stuxnet Security Tools & Techniques: Nessus, Nmap, Wireshark, Kismet, Metasploit, Honeypots Firewall Technologies: Packet filtering, Stateful, Deep packet inspection, Proxy IDS/IPS: Signature-based, Anomaly-based, NIDS, HIDS Application & OS Security: Buffer overflows, Race conditions, SQL Injection, Hardening Compliance & Governance: SOX, HIPAA, GLBA, FERPA, FISMA ️ Also Includes: Common malware & mitigation techniques Database security issues & server vulnerabilities Security awareness topics (social engineering, phishing, spear phishing) Security in network design (choke points, segmentation, DMZs) Anti-malware heuristics, fuzzing, and exploit frameworks Ideal for: WGU students enrolled in C836: Fundamentals of Information Security Learners preparing for CompTIA Security+ or CISSP foundational concepts IT professionals brushing up on modern cybersecurity frameworks and tools Corporate security training and education programs Keywords: WGU C836, information security, cybersecurity, CIA triad, OPSEC, cryptography, risk management, final exam prep, access control models, malware analysis, firewalls, encryption, security tools, Nessus, Wireshark, Nmap, PKI, mutual authentication, vulnerability scanning, social engineering, SQL injection, C836 2025 study guide,

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WGU C836 MULTI/COMPREHENSIVE
FINAL EXAM REVIEW 2025 EXPERT
VERIFIED | ACE THE TEST



The Fabrication attack type most commonly affects which principle(s) of the

CIA triad?




A. Availability

B. Integrity

C. Confidentiality

D. Integrity and Availability


E. Confidentiality and Integrity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Integrity and Availability


The Interception attack type most commonly affects which principle(s) of

the CIA triad? This task contains the radio buttons and checkboxes for

,options. The shortcut keys to perform this task are A to H and alt+1 to

alt+9.




A.Integrity and Availability

B.Confidentiality and Integrity

C.Availability

D.Integrity


E.Confidentiality - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Confidentiality


Something that has the potential to cause harm to our assets is known as

a(n) ________.




A.Threat

B.Impact

C.Risk


D.Vulnerability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Threat

,Controls that protect the systems, networks, and environments that

process, transmit, and store our data are called _______.




A.Logical controls

B.Administrative controls


C.Physical controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Logical Control


What is the first and arguably one of the most important steps of the risk

management process?

A.Assess risks

B.Mitigate risks

C.Identify threats

D.Assess vulnerabilities


E.Identify assets - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Identify assets


Protects information and information systems from unauthorized access,

use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔information security




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, A type of attack, primarily against confidentiality - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Interception


Something that has the potential to cause harm to our assets - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Threat


A weakness that can be used to harm us - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Vulnerability


The likelihood that something bad will happen - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Risk


An attack that involves tampering with our assets - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Modification attack


A model that adds three more principles to the CIA triad: possession or

control, utility, and authenticity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Parkerian hexad


The physical disposition of the media on which the data is stored - 🧠

ANSWER ✔✔Possession or control


An attack that involves generating data, processes, communications, or

other similar activities with a system - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Fabrication attack

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