WGU D483 SECURITY OPERATIONS PRACTICE
ASSESSMENT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS COMPLETE
REVISION GUIDE 335 ITEMS
◉ Examples of confidentiality.
Answer: A patron using an ATM card wants to keep their PIN
number confidential.
An ATM owner wants to keep bank account numbers confidential.
◉ How can confidentiality be broken.
Answer: Losing a laptop
An attacker gets access to info
A person can look over your shoulder
◉ Define integrity in the CIA triad..
Answer: The ability to prevent people from changing your data and
the ability to reverse unwanted changes.
◉ How do you control integrity?.
Answer: Permissions restrict what users can do (read, write, etc.)
,◉ Examples of integrity.
Answer: Data used by a doctor to make medical decisions needs to
be correct or the patient can die.
◉ Define the availability in the CIA triad..
Answer: Our data needs to be accessible when we need it.
◉ How can availability be broken?.
Answer: Loss of power, application problems. If caused by an
attacker, this is a Denial of Service attack.
◉ Define information security..
Answer: The protection of information and information systems
from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification,
or destruction in order to provide confidentiality, integrity, and
availability.
◉ Define the Parkerian Hexad and its principles..
Answer: The Parkerian Hexad includes confidentiality, integrity, and
availability from the CIA triad. It also includes possession (or
control), authenticity, and utility.
◉ Authenticity.
, Answer: Whether the data in question comes from who or where it
says it comes from (i.e. did this person actually send this email?)
◉ Confidentiality is affected by what type of attack?.
Answer: Interception (eaves dropping)
◉ Integrity is affected by what type of attacks?.
Answer: Interruption (assets are unusable), modification
(tampering with an asset), fabrication (generating false data)
◉ Authenticity is affected by what type of attacks?.
Answer: Interruption (assets are unusable), modification
(tampering with an asset), fabrication (generating false data)
◉ Utility.
Answer: How useful the data is to you (can be a spectrum, not just
yes or no)
◉ Possession.
Answer: Do you physically have the data in question? Used to
describe the scope of a loss
◉ Identify the four types of attacks.
ASSESSMENT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS COMPLETE
REVISION GUIDE 335 ITEMS
◉ Examples of confidentiality.
Answer: A patron using an ATM card wants to keep their PIN
number confidential.
An ATM owner wants to keep bank account numbers confidential.
◉ How can confidentiality be broken.
Answer: Losing a laptop
An attacker gets access to info
A person can look over your shoulder
◉ Define integrity in the CIA triad..
Answer: The ability to prevent people from changing your data and
the ability to reverse unwanted changes.
◉ How do you control integrity?.
Answer: Permissions restrict what users can do (read, write, etc.)
,◉ Examples of integrity.
Answer: Data used by a doctor to make medical decisions needs to
be correct or the patient can die.
◉ Define the availability in the CIA triad..
Answer: Our data needs to be accessible when we need it.
◉ How can availability be broken?.
Answer: Loss of power, application problems. If caused by an
attacker, this is a Denial of Service attack.
◉ Define information security..
Answer: The protection of information and information systems
from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification,
or destruction in order to provide confidentiality, integrity, and
availability.
◉ Define the Parkerian Hexad and its principles..
Answer: The Parkerian Hexad includes confidentiality, integrity, and
availability from the CIA triad. It also includes possession (or
control), authenticity, and utility.
◉ Authenticity.
, Answer: Whether the data in question comes from who or where it
says it comes from (i.e. did this person actually send this email?)
◉ Confidentiality is affected by what type of attack?.
Answer: Interception (eaves dropping)
◉ Integrity is affected by what type of attacks?.
Answer: Interruption (assets are unusable), modification
(tampering with an asset), fabrication (generating false data)
◉ Authenticity is affected by what type of attacks?.
Answer: Interruption (assets are unusable), modification
(tampering with an asset), fabrication (generating false data)
◉ Utility.
Answer: How useful the data is to you (can be a spectrum, not just
yes or no)
◉ Possession.
Answer: Do you physically have the data in question? Used to
describe the scope of a loss
◉ Identify the four types of attacks.
