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WGU D430 FUNDAMENTALS OF
INFORMATION SECURITY EXAM
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT NEWEST 2024
TEST BANK ACTUAL EXAM 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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Define the confidentiality in the CIA triad.
Ans: Our ability to protect data from those who are not authorized to view
it.
Examples of confidentiality
Ans: A patron using an ATM card wants to keep their PIN number
confidential.
An ATM owner wants to keep bank account numbers confidential.
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How can confidentiality be broken?
Ans: Losing a laptop
An attacker gets access to info
A person can look over your shoulder
Define integrity in the CIA triad.
Ans: The ability to prevent people from changing your data and the
ability to reverse unwanted changes.
How do you control integrity?
Ans: Permissions restrict what users can do (read, write, etc.)
Examples of integrity
Ans: 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.
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Ans: Our data needs to be accessible when we need it.
How can availability be broken?
Ans: Loss of power, application problems. If caused by an attacker, this is
a Denial of Service attack.
Define information security.
Ans: 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.
Ans: The Parkerian Hexad includes confidentiality, integrity, and
availability from the CIA triad. It also includes possession (or control),
authenticity, and utility.
Authenticity
WGU D430 FUNDAMENTALS OF
INFORMATION SECURITY EXAM
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT NEWEST 2024
TEST BANK ACTUAL EXAM 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+ Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update /
Already Graded
Define the confidentiality in the CIA triad.
Ans: Our ability to protect data from those who are not authorized to view
it.
Examples of confidentiality
Ans: A patron using an ATM card wants to keep their PIN number
confidential.
An ATM owner wants to keep bank account numbers confidential.
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How can confidentiality be broken?
Ans: Losing a laptop
An attacker gets access to info
A person can look over your shoulder
Define integrity in the CIA triad.
Ans: The ability to prevent people from changing your data and the
ability to reverse unwanted changes.
How do you control integrity?
Ans: Permissions restrict what users can do (read, write, etc.)
Examples of integrity
Ans: 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.
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Ans: Our data needs to be accessible when we need it.
How can availability be broken?
Ans: Loss of power, application problems. If caused by an attacker, this is
a Denial of Service attack.
Define information security.
Ans: 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.
Ans: The Parkerian Hexad includes confidentiality, integrity, and
availability from the CIA triad. It also includes possession (or control),
authenticity, and utility.
Authenticity
