ISTM 210 Phinney Exam 4 (Final)Questions & Answers 100% Updated!

Computer Security is concerned with - ANSWERSrisk management, confidentiality, integrity and the availability of the electronic information that is processed and stored within a computing system Risk Management - ANSWERSincludes the recognition, consequences, and assessment of risk to a computer's assets, and developing strategies to manage and protect them What is the key aspect of an Intranet? - ANSWERSprivacy How is intranet different from internet? - ANSWERSEverything is the same (still uses HTTP) but it is confined within a business Firewall - ANSWERSentails specialized hardware and software working together that ensures that only authorized personnel and employees within a business can use its Intranet Without a _____, the intranet is just another part of the internet - ANSWERSfirewall Proxy Server - ANSWERSAny communications in or out of an intranet pass through a ______ as a precaution to protect from any external threats. Default-Deny - ANSWERSonly network connections that are permitted are the ones that have been explicitly allowed Default-Allow - ANSWERSall traffic is allowed unless it has been specifically blocked -More susceptible to network being compromised Malware - ANSWERSprograms specifically intended to penetrate or damage a computer system without the end user's knowledge Experimental malware - ANSWERSwritten as a research project to further understand how to combat them, while others are pranks and vandalism. Worms - ANSWERSWorms use networks to travel by sending copies of themselves to other parts of the network without a user's knowledge or intervention -does not need to attach to existing system to spread