Winters Exam 2
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| Policy | A ________ is a plan that conveys instructions from an organization's senior management to those who make decisions
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| Standards | ________ are more detailed statements of what must be done to comply with policy
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| Mission | The ________ of an organization is a written statement of an organization's purpose
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| Vision | The ________ of an organization is a written statement about the organization's goals
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| Enterprise Information Security Policy (EISP) | A/n ________ is known as a general security policy
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| Issue Specific Security Policy (ISSP) | The ________ instructs employees on the proper use of technology and processes
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| Access Control Lists | ________ consist of the use of access lists, matrices, and capacity tables that govern the rights and privileges of users.
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| System Specific Policy (SSP) | ________ often function as standards or procedures to be used when configuring or maintaining system
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| Security Blueprint | The ________ is the basis for the design, selection, and implementation of all security program elements.
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| Defense in Depth | The layered approach to security is ________
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| Security Perimeter | A/n ________ defines the boundary between the outer limit of an organization's security and the beginning of the outside world
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| Firewall | A/n ________ is a device that selectively discriminates against information flowing into or out of the organization
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| Demilitarized Zone | A buffer against outside attacks is considered a/n ________
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| Proxy | A/n ________ server performs services on behalf of another system
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| SETA - Security, Education, Training, and Awareness | The ________ program is a control measure designed to reduce the incidences of accidental security breach by employees
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| Incident Response | A/n ________ plan addresses the identification, classification, response, and recovery from an incident
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| Disaster Recovery | A/n ________ plan addresses the preparation from and recovery from a disaster
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| Business Continuity | A/n ________ plan ensures that critical business functions continue if a catastrophic incident or disaster occurs
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| Identification | Risk ________ is the examination and documentation of the security posture of an organization and the risk it faces
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| Assessment | Risk ________ is the determination of the extent to which the organization's information assets are exposed or at risk
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| Control | Risk ________ is the application of controls to reduce the risk
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| Risk | Each threat must be examined to assess the potential to endanger an organization. This examination is known as a ________ assessment.
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| Vulnerabilities | ________ are specific avenues that threat agents can exploit to attack an asset.
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| Likelihood | ________ is the probability that a specific vulnerability will be the object of a successful attack
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| Residual | ________ risk is the risk that remains even after the application of controls
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| Policies | ________ are documents that specify an organization's approach to security.
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| Cost Benefit | The analysis used to evaluate the worth of the information asset to be protected and the loss in value if those assets are compromised is ________ analysis
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| Benefit | ________ is the value that an organization realizes by using controls to prevent loss
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| Asset Valuation | ________ is the process of assigning financial value to each information asset
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| Single Loss Expectancy | A ________ is the calculation of the value associated with the most likely loss from an attack
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| Annualized Rate of Occurence | The ________ is how often you expect a specific type of attack to occur
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| Annualized Loss Expectancy | The ________ is the overall loss potential per risk
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| Benchmarking | ________ is the process of seeking out and studying the practices used in other organizations that produce results you would like to duplicate
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| Standard of Due Care | The ________ is the concept that an organization has done what any prudent organization would do in similar circumstances
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| Due Diligence | ________ is the demonstration that the organization is diligent in ensuring that they implemented standards continue to provide the required level of protection
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| Risk Appetite | ________ defines the amount of risk an organization is willing to accept.
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| Mandatory Access Controls | ________ give users and data owners limited control over access to information
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| Role-Based Controls | ________ are tied to the role a user performs in an organization
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| Task-Based Controls | ________ are tied to the assignment of responsibility of the user
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| Identification | ________ is the process of mapping a supplicant to an entity within the security domain
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| Auditability | Another word for accountability is ________
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| Firewall | A/n ________ is an information security program that prevents specific types of information from moving between the outside world and the inside world
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| Packet-Filtering | A/n ________ firewall examines the header information of data packets
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| Stateful Inspection | ________ firewalls keep track of each network connection between internal and external systems using a state table
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| Application | A/n ________ firewall is also known as a proxy server
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| Circuit Gateway | The ________ firewall operates at the transport layer
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| MAC layer | The ________ firewall allows it to consider the specific host computer's identity
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| Packet-Filtering | First generation firewall are ________ firewalls
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| Application-Level | Second generation firewall are ________ firewalls
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| Stateful Inspection | Third generation firewall are ________ firewalls
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| Dynamic Packet-Filtering | Fourth generation firewall are ________ firewalls
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| Kernel Proxy | Fifth generation firewall include ________ firewalls
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| Screened Host | ________ firewalls combine a packet-filtering router with an application proxy server
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| Dual-Homed Host | With ________ firewalls the bastion host contains two NICs. One for the external and one for the inside network
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| Rules | Firewall ________ operate on the principle of "that which is not permitted is prohibited"
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| Content Filter | A/n ________ is a software filter that allows administrators to restrict access within a network
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| VPN | A/n ________ is used to securely extend an organization's internal network connections to remote locations
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| Transport | In ________ mode, the data within an IP packet is encrypted but not the header information
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| Tunnel | In ________ mode, the entire client packet is encrypted
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| Intrusion | A/n ________ occurs when an attacker attempts to gain entry into or disrupt the normal operations of an information system
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| Intrusion Detection System | A/n ________ works like a burglar alarm to detect an attempt to break into your computer system
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| Intrusion Prevention System | A/n ________ can detect an intrusion and prevent that intrusion
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| Attack Alarm | An indication that a system has just been attacked or is under attack
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| False Negative | The failure of an IDPS to react to an actual attack event is considered a/n ________
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| False Positive | An alert that occurs in the absense of an actual attack is a/n ________
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| False Attack Stimulus | An event that triggers an alarm when no actual attack is in progress is a/n ________
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| Tuning | The process of adjusting an IDPS to maximize its efficiency is called ________
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| Confidence Value | The measure of an IDPS's ability to correctly detect and identify attacks is a/n ________
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| Alarm Filtering | The process of classifying IDPS alerts so they can be effectively managed is ________
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| Alarm Clustering | The process of grouping almost identical alarms that happen at close to the same time is ________
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| Footprinting | ________ are activities that gather information about the organization about its network activities and assets
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| Fingerprinting | ________ are activities that scan network locales for active systems and identify network services offered by the host systems
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| Network-based IDPS | An ________ IDPS resides on a computer or appliance connected to a segment of an organization's network and monitors network traffic on that segment
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| Application | In ________ protocol verification, the higher-order protocols are examined for unexpected packet behavior or improper use
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| Host-based IDPS | A ________ IDPS resides on a particular computer or server, known as the host, and monitors activity only on that system
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| System integrity verifiers | HIDPSs are also known as ________
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| Signature-based IDPS | A/n ________ IDPS examines network traffic in search of patterns that match known signatures
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| Statistical anomaly-based IDPS | The ________ IDPS collects statistical summaries by observing traffic that known to be normal
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| Stateful protocol analysis | The ________ protocol analysis is a process of comparing predetermined profiles of generally accepted definitions of benign activity for each protocol state against observed events to identify deviations
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| Deep packet | ________ inspection examines packets at the application layer for information that indicates a possible intrusion
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| Log file monitor | A/n ________ IDPS reviews the log files look for patterns and signatures that may indicate that an attack or intrusion is in process or has already occurred
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| Centralized | In a/n ________ IDPS control strategy, all IDPS control functions are implemented and managed in a central locations
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| Fully distributed | In a/n ________ IDPS control strategy, all control functions are applied at the physical location of each IDPS component
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| Partially distributed | In a/n ________ IDPS controls strategy individual agents can still analyze and respond to local threats and report to a hierarchical central facility to detect widespread attacks
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| Honeypots | ________ are decoy systems designed to lure potential attackers away from critical systems
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| Padded | A/n ________ cell is a honeypot that has been protected so it cannot be easily compromised
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| Trap-and-trace | ________ applications use a combination of techniques to detect an intrusion and then trace it back to its source
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| Port scanners | ________ are tools used by both attackers and defenders to identify the computer that are active on a network, as well as, the ports and services active on those computers
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| Active vulnerability | ________ scanners scan networks for highly detailed information
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| Vulnerability | ________ scanners are used to find and document holes in a system
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| Passive vulnerability | A/n ________ scanner is one that listens in on the network and determines vulnerable versions of both server and client software
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| Packet sniffer | A/n ________ is a network tool that collects copies of packets from the network and analyzes them
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| Biometric access control | ________ is based on the use of some measurable human characteristic
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| Minutiae | ________ are unique points of reference that are digitized and stored in an encryped format when the user's system access credentials are created
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| Entry into or disrupt the normal operations | An intrusion occurs when an attacker attempts to gain ________ or ________ an information system, almost always with the intent to do harm.
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| Intrusion prevention | ________ consists of activities that deter an intrustion.
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| Intrusion detection | ________ consists of procedures and systems that identify system intrusions
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| Intrusion reaction | ________ encompasses the actions an organization takes when an intrusion is detexted
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| Intrusion correction | ________ activities finalize the restoration of operations to a normal state and seek to identify the source and method of the intrusion in order to ensure that the same type of attack cannot occur again-thus reinitiating intrusion prevention
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| Intrusion detection systems | ________ became commercially available in the late 1990s
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| IDPS alerts and alarms | ________ take the form of audible signals, email messages, pager notifications, or pop-up windows
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| Evasion | ________ is the process by which attackers change the format and/or timing of their activities to avoid being detected by the IDPS
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| Noise | ________ is/are alarm events that are accurate and noteworthy but that do not pose significant threats to information security
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| Site policy | ________ is/are the rules and configuration guidelines governing the implementation and operation of IDPSs within the organization
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| Site policy awareness | ________ is an IDPS's ability to dynamically modify its configuration in response to environmental activity
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| True attack stimulus | ________ is an event that triggers alarms and causes an IDPS to react as if a real attack is in progress
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| Hub | Now outdated technology, a ________ receives traffic from one node and retransmit it to all other nodes
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| Protocol Stack | The elements of these protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, and application layers such as HTTP) are combined in a complete set called the
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| Application Protocol Verification | In ________, the higher-order protocols are examined for unexpected packet behavior
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| Wireless IDPS | A ________ monitors and analyzes wireless network traffic, looking for potential problems with the wireless protocol
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| Physical security | ________ is an issue associated with the implementation of wireless IDPSs concerning many wireless sensors are located in public areas
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| Sensor range | ________ is an issue associated with the implementation of wireless IDPSs concerning a wireless device's reach can be affected by atmospheric conditions
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| Access point and wireless switch locations | ________ is an issue associated with the implementation of wireless IDPSs concerning wireless components with bundled IDPS capabilities must be carefully deployed
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| Wired network connections | ________ is an issue associated with the implementation of wireless IDPSs concerning how these components work independently of the wired network when sending and receiving between stations
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| Cost | ________ is an issue because the more sensors deployed, the more expensive the configuration
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| Wireless IDPSs | ________ are unable to detect certain passive wireless protocol attacks, in which the attacker monitors network traffic without active scanning or probing
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| Anomaly Detection | NBA systems examine network traffic in order to identify problems related to the flow of traffic. They use a version of ________ method to identify excessive packet flows
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| Host-based IDPS | ________ resides on a particular computer, known as the host, and monitors activity only on that system
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| HIDPS | -classifies files into various categories
-monitor multiple computers simultaneously
-provide only a few general levels of alerts
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| Signature-based IDPS |
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| Statistical anomaly-based IDPS | The ________ collects statistical summaries by observing traffic that is known to be normal
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| Clipping level | When the measured activity is outside the baseline parameters, exceeding the ________, the IDPS sends an alert
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| Stateful protocol analysis | ________ is a process of comparing predetermined profiles of generally accepted definitions of benign activity to identify deviations
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| Active; Passive | ________ acts. ________ reports.
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| Failsafe | ________ features protect an IDPS from being circumvented or defeated by an attacker
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| Control Strategy | A ________ determines how an organization supervises and maintains the configuration of an IDPS
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| Threshold | A ________ is a value that sets the limit between normal and abnormal behavior
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| Blacklist | A ________ is a list of discrete entities, such as hosts, that have been associated with malicious activity
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| Code viewing and editing | ________ is an IDPS technology that permits administrators to see some or all of the detection-related code
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| Port scanners | ________ are tools used by both attackers and defenders to identify the computers that are active on a network
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| Blackbox | There is a class of vulnerability scanners called ________
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| False reject rate | The ________ is the percentage of identification instances in which authorized users are denied access as a result of a failure in the biometric device
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| False accept rate | The ________ is the percentage of identification instances in which unauthorized users are allowed access to systems as a result of failure in the biometric device
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| Crossover error rate | The ________ is the level at which the number of false rejections equals the false acceptances
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