WGU D430 Fundamentals
of Information Security
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1. Define the confidentiality in the CIA triad. Answer: Our ability to protect data
from those who are not authorized to view it.
2. 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.
3. How can confidentiality be broken?
Answer: Losing a laptop An attacker gets access to
info
A person can look over your shoulder
4. Define integrity in the CIA triad. Answer: The ability to prevent people from
changing your data and the ability to reverse unwanted changes.
5. How do you control integrity? Answer: Permissions restrict what users can do (read,
write, etc.)
6. Examples of integrity Answer: Data used by a doctor to make medical decisions needs to be
correct or the patient can die.
7. Define the availability in the CIA triad. Answer: Our data needs to be accessible
when we need it.
8. How can availability be broken? Answer: Loss of power, application problems. If
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caused by an attacker, this is a Denial of Service attack.
9. Define information security. Answer: The protection of information and information
systems from unautho- rized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order
to provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
10. 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.
11. 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?)
12. Confidentiality is affected by what type of attack? Answer:
Interception (eaves dropping)
13. Integrity is affected by what type of attacks? Answer: Interruption (assets
are unusable), modification (tampering with an asset), fabrication (generating false data)
14. Authenticity is affected by what type of attacks? Answer:
Interruption (assets are unusable), modification (tampering with an asset), fabrication
(generating false data)
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of Information Security
Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Tested)with
Verified Answers Graded
A+User [Date] [Course title]
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1. Define the confidentiality in the CIA triad. Answer: Our ability to protect data
from those who are not authorized to view it.
2. 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.
3. How can confidentiality be broken?
Answer: Losing a laptop An attacker gets access to
info
A person can look over your shoulder
4. Define integrity in the CIA triad. Answer: The ability to prevent people from
changing your data and the ability to reverse unwanted changes.
5. How do you control integrity? Answer: Permissions restrict what users can do (read,
write, etc.)
6. Examples of integrity Answer: Data used by a doctor to make medical decisions needs to be
correct or the patient can die.
7. Define the availability in the CIA triad. Answer: Our data needs to be accessible
when we need it.
8. How can availability be broken? Answer: Loss of power, application problems. If
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caused by an attacker, this is a Denial of Service attack.
9. Define information security. Answer: The protection of information and information
systems from unautho- rized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order
to provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
10. 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.
11. 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?)
12. Confidentiality is affected by what type of attack? Answer:
Interception (eaves dropping)
13. Integrity is affected by what type of attacks? Answer: Interruption (assets
are unusable), modification (tampering with an asset), fabrication (generating false data)
14. Authenticity is affected by what type of attacks? Answer:
Interruption (assets are unusable), modification (tampering with an asset), fabrication
(generating false data)
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