Domain 1 Flashcards with Complete Solutions Rated A
Adequate Security - -Security the principle that overly complex approaches will
commensurate with the risk and the magnitude of not necessarily enhance security as opposed to
harm resulting from the loss, misuse, or relatively straightforward and simple approaches.
unauthorized access to or modification of
information. Source: OMB Circular A-130
Failover - -Switching to a redundant or
standby computer server, system, hardware
Availability - -Ensuring timely and reliable component, or network upon the failure or
access to and use of information by authorized abnormal termination of the previously active
users. application, server, system, hardware
component, or network.
Cloud Service Providers - -A service
provider who offers customers storage or Fault Tolerance - -The system remains
software solutions available via a public network, working as expected even when some of its
usually the internet. components are failing.
Denial of Service (DoS) - -The prevention Hashing - -A form of one-way encryption
of authorized access to resources or the delaying that uses a mathematical function to create a
of time-critical operations. fixed length binary output from a variable length
binary input.
Digital Signature - -A cryptographic
operation which, when implemented correctly, High-Availability Clusters - -Groups of
can provide assurance for data integrity, origin, computers that support server applications that
and non-repudiation. This normally requires the can be reliably utilized with a minimum of
use of a Digital Certificate. downtime. They operate by using high-availability
software to harness redundant computers in
groups or clusters that provide continued service
Disaster Recovery (DR) - -In information when system components fail.
systems terms, the activities necessary to restore
IT and communications services to an
organization during and after an outage, Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) -
disruption, or disturbance of any kind or scale. -A technical and business strategy for
designing adaptable systems including software.
MOSA requires that major interface points within
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) - -A systems are modular and embrace widely
type of DoS attack that uses many sources of supported standards.
attack traffic. A DoS attack uses a single source
of attack traffic. Attackers often use botnets to
carry out DDoS attacks. Nonrepudiation - -Protects against an
individual falsely denying having performed a
particular action, including the capability to
Economy of Mechanism - -Demonstrates determine whether a given individual took a
particular action such as creating information,
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Adequate Security - -Security the principle that overly complex approaches will
commensurate with the risk and the magnitude of not necessarily enhance security as opposed to
harm resulting from the loss, misuse, or relatively straightforward and simple approaches.
unauthorized access to or modification of
information. Source: OMB Circular A-130
Failover - -Switching to a redundant or
standby computer server, system, hardware
Availability - -Ensuring timely and reliable component, or network upon the failure or
access to and use of information by authorized abnormal termination of the previously active
users. application, server, system, hardware
component, or network.
Cloud Service Providers - -A service
provider who offers customers storage or Fault Tolerance - -The system remains
software solutions available via a public network, working as expected even when some of its
usually the internet. components are failing.
Denial of Service (DoS) - -The prevention Hashing - -A form of one-way encryption
of authorized access to resources or the delaying that uses a mathematical function to create a
of time-critical operations. fixed length binary output from a variable length
binary input.
Digital Signature - -A cryptographic
operation which, when implemented correctly, High-Availability Clusters - -Groups of
can provide assurance for data integrity, origin, computers that support server applications that
and non-repudiation. This normally requires the can be reliably utilized with a minimum of
use of a Digital Certificate. downtime. They operate by using high-availability
software to harness redundant computers in
groups or clusters that provide continued service
Disaster Recovery (DR) - -In information when system components fail.
systems terms, the activities necessary to restore
IT and communications services to an
organization during and after an outage, Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) -
disruption, or disturbance of any kind or scale. -A technical and business strategy for
designing adaptable systems including software.
MOSA requires that major interface points within
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) - -A systems are modular and embrace widely
type of DoS attack that uses many sources of supported standards.
attack traffic. A DoS attack uses a single source
of attack traffic. Attackers often use botnets to
carry out DDoS attacks. Nonrepudiation - -Protects against an
individual falsely denying having performed a
particular action, including the capability to
Economy of Mechanism - -Demonstrates determine whether a given individual took a
particular action such as creating information,
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