WGU D430 FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION
SECURITY CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
EXAMS 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act). Answer: mandates certain practices for
financial record keeping
◉ FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act). Answer:
Mandates govt agencies to protect information systems
◉ FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act). Answer:
protects the privacy of student education records
◉ HITECH. Answer: protects electronic health records
◉ HIPAA. Answer: protects medical privacy
◉ GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Answer: developed by
the EU for data privacy
, ◉ GLBA. Answer: requires financial institutions to explain information
sharing practices
regulates customer privacy in the finance industry
◉ 3 States of data. Answer: Data at rest, data in motion, data in use
◉ RSA. Answer: Asymmetric algorithm developed by Rivest, Shamir,
and Adleman, the facto standard for Digital signatures
◉ ECC. Answer: Asymmetric algorithm, public key cryptography based
on elliptic curves over infinite fields.
◉ DES. Answer: block cipher symmetric algorithm
◉ PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). Answer: an email program that supports
encryption
◉ Competitive Intelligence. Answer: process of intelligence gathering
and analysis to support business decisions
◉ Operations Security Process. Answer: 1. Identification of critical
information
2. Analysis of threats
3. Analysis of vulnerabilities
SECURITY CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
EXAMS 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act). Answer: mandates certain practices for
financial record keeping
◉ FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act). Answer:
Mandates govt agencies to protect information systems
◉ FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act). Answer:
protects the privacy of student education records
◉ HITECH. Answer: protects electronic health records
◉ HIPAA. Answer: protects medical privacy
◉ GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Answer: developed by
the EU for data privacy
, ◉ GLBA. Answer: requires financial institutions to explain information
sharing practices
regulates customer privacy in the finance industry
◉ 3 States of data. Answer: Data at rest, data in motion, data in use
◉ RSA. Answer: Asymmetric algorithm developed by Rivest, Shamir,
and Adleman, the facto standard for Digital signatures
◉ ECC. Answer: Asymmetric algorithm, public key cryptography based
on elliptic curves over infinite fields.
◉ DES. Answer: block cipher symmetric algorithm
◉ PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). Answer: an email program that supports
encryption
◉ Competitive Intelligence. Answer: process of intelligence gathering
and analysis to support business decisions
◉ Operations Security Process. Answer: 1. Identification of critical
information
2. Analysis of threats
3. Analysis of vulnerabilities
