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Prepare for WGU D430: Fundamentals of Information Security with this comprehensive study guide designed for Western Governors University students. This resource includes detailed study notes, practice questions, answer explanations, and exam-focused review materials to help students understand essential cybersecurity concepts and prepare confidently for the Objective Assessment (OA).

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WGU D430 Fundamentals of Information Security Complete Study Guide, Practice Questions, Answers & Objective Assessment Review
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1. Confidentiality WHO can access the data

2. Integrity keeping data UNALTERED

3. Availability for ones AUTHORIZED to ACCESS data when needed

4. Interception the ONLY attack that affects on confidentiality.

5. Interruption, affects integrity and availability because most of the time they're impacting data.
modification,
and fabrication

6. FISMA the FI stands for "federal information"

7. FERPA the E stands for "educational"

8. HIPPA the HI stands for "health insurance"

9. HITECH TECH means "technology"

10. PCI DSS the C stands for "credit card"

11. COPPA the CO stands for "children online"

12. SOX rhymes with "stocks", so think of finance

13. CIA Triad Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability

14. Parkerian Hexad Confidentiality, Availability, Integrity, Possession, Authenticity, Utility

15. Possession physical deposition of the media on which the data is stored, Parkerian Hexad
only

16. Authenticity allows us to talk about the proper attribution as to the owner or creator of the data
in question, Parkerian Hexad only



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17. Utility how useful the data is to us, Parkerian Hexad only

18. Attack Types Interception, Interruption, Modification, Fabrication

19. Interception an attacker has access to data, applications, or environment, only attack that affects
confidentiality

20. Interruption attacks cause our assets to become unusable or unavailable, attacks integrity and
availability

21. Modification attacks involve tampering with our asset, attacks integrity and availability

22. Fabrication attacks that create false information, attacks integrity and availability

23. Threat something that has potential to cause harm
Ex, Heavy rain

24. Vulnerability weaknesses that can be used to harm us

25. Authentication verifying that a person is who they claim to be

26. Something you username, password, PIN
know

27. Something you ID badge, swipe card, OTP
have

28. Something you fingerprint, Iris, Retina scan
are

29. Somewhere you geolocation
are

30. Something you handwriting, typing, walking
do


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31. Mutual authenti- both parties in a transaction to authenticate each other
cation

32. Characteristic of - Has digital certificates
Mutual Authenti- - Prevents man in the middle attacks
cation - The man in the middle is where the attacker inserts themselves into the traffic
flow
- Ex. Both the PC and server authenticate each other before data is sent in either
direction

33. Risk Manage- 1. Identify Assets
ment Process 2. Identify Threats
3. Assess Vulnerabilities
4. Assess Risks
5. Mitigate Risks

34. Identify Asset identifying and categorizing assets that we're protecting, Risk Management
Process #1

35. Identify Threats identify threats, something that has potential to cause harm Risk Management
Process #2

36. Assess Vulnera- look for impacts, Risk Management Process #3
bilities

37. Assess Risk asses the risk overall, Risk Management Process #4

38. Mitigate Risk ensure that a given type of threat is accounted for, Risk Management Process #5

39. Incident Re- 1. Preparation
sponse Process 2. Detection and Analysis (Identification)
3. Containment
4. Eradication

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