NIST Introduction to cybersecurity
questions correctly answered
Information - correct answer ✔✔ (1) Facts or ideas, which can be represented (encoded) as
various forms of data; (2) Knowledge (e.g., data, instructions) in any medium or form that can
be communicated between system entities
Information Security - correct answer ✔✔ The protection of information and information
systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in
order to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Confidentiality - correct answer ✔✔ Preserving authorized restrictions on information access
and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information.
Integrity - correct answer ✔✔ Guarding against improper information modification or
destruction and ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity.
Data Integrity - correct answer ✔✔ The property that data has not been altered in an
unauthorized manner. Data integrity covers data in storage, during processing, and while in
transit.
System Integrity - correct answer ✔✔ The quality that a system has when it performs its
intended function in an unimpaired manner, free from unauthorized manipulation of the
system, whether intentional or accidental.
Availability - correct answer ✔✔ Ensuring timely and reliable access to and use of information.
, Security Controls - correct answer ✔✔ The management, operational, and technical controls
(i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) prescribed for a system to protect the confidentiality,
availability, and integrity of the system and its information.
Element of Information Security 1 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security supports the
mission of the organization.
Element of Information Security 2 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security is an integral
element of sound management.
Element of Information Security 3 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security protections are
implemented so as to be commensurate with risk.
Element of Information Security 4 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security roles and
responsibilities are made explicit.
Element of Information Security 5 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security responsibilities for
system owners go beyond their own organization.
Element of Information Security 6 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security requires a
comprehensive and integrated approach.
Element of Information Security 7 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security is assessed and
monitored regularly.
Element of Information Security 8 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security is constrained by
societal and cultural factors.
Information security supports the mission of the organization. (Element of Security) - correct
answer ✔✔ It is critical to understand the organizational mission and how each system supports
questions correctly answered
Information - correct answer ✔✔ (1) Facts or ideas, which can be represented (encoded) as
various forms of data; (2) Knowledge (e.g., data, instructions) in any medium or form that can
be communicated between system entities
Information Security - correct answer ✔✔ The protection of information and information
systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in
order to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Confidentiality - correct answer ✔✔ Preserving authorized restrictions on information access
and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information.
Integrity - correct answer ✔✔ Guarding against improper information modification or
destruction and ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity.
Data Integrity - correct answer ✔✔ The property that data has not been altered in an
unauthorized manner. Data integrity covers data in storage, during processing, and while in
transit.
System Integrity - correct answer ✔✔ The quality that a system has when it performs its
intended function in an unimpaired manner, free from unauthorized manipulation of the
system, whether intentional or accidental.
Availability - correct answer ✔✔ Ensuring timely and reliable access to and use of information.
, Security Controls - correct answer ✔✔ The management, operational, and technical controls
(i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) prescribed for a system to protect the confidentiality,
availability, and integrity of the system and its information.
Element of Information Security 1 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security supports the
mission of the organization.
Element of Information Security 2 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security is an integral
element of sound management.
Element of Information Security 3 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security protections are
implemented so as to be commensurate with risk.
Element of Information Security 4 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security roles and
responsibilities are made explicit.
Element of Information Security 5 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security responsibilities for
system owners go beyond their own organization.
Element of Information Security 6 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security requires a
comprehensive and integrated approach.
Element of Information Security 7 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security is assessed and
monitored regularly.
Element of Information Security 8 - correct answer ✔✔ Information security is constrained by
societal and cultural factors.
Information security supports the mission of the organization. (Element of Security) - correct
answer ✔✔ It is critical to understand the organizational mission and how each system supports
