Cybersecurity Pathway AM&PM Review

What is the Internet of Things?

What is the deep web?

PHI is individually identifiable health information in the form of electronic data, paper records, or spoken convo

The process of protecting a system against unintended or malicious changes or use?

A slang term used to describe an individual who uses pre-made tools to perform their attacks

Virtual Machine and Virtual Machine Monitor were discussed in class

Digital Footprint indicates information about a person left behind by his or her actions on the Internet

A ransomware steal and destroy data.

What does CASP means?

The act of circumventing or breaking past security boundaries is?

Microsoft version of a virtualization machine is known as

Heuristic methodology uses an approach to finding previously undetected unwanted programs or variants of known viruses

A connection involves data being rerouted through many computers before you are delivered to your destination is?

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) ensures that financial businesses are protecting your private data

A Framework is a help break down the aspects of a business and security domains into manageable task areas and tasks

What does the I mean in the CIA Triad?

A person who engages in hacking is known as what?

A framework is help break down the aspects of a business and security domains into manageable task areas and tasks

CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ exam is an entry exam?

A vulnerability is flaw or potential for harm

The dark web is known as the darknet?

What is a Black-Hat Hacker?

Keylogger is a type of technology that tracks a user’s keystrokes on the keyboard

Drive-by-download ransomware automatically downloaded when a user visits a web page that is infected

Ms. Williamson is working on her Doctorate in Cybersecurity

Adware is software installed on a computer that collects data on the user and then redirects advertising sites to the we

A sandbox is an isolated place to test and deploy applications and configurations

Digging through trash for useful information means?

It gives access to the anonymous websites on the darknet; stands for “the onion router” browser?

The CIA Triad is Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability

The attempt to steal, damage, or destroy data or computer system is known as what?

A session cookie can only be sent using an encrypted session

Ms. Williamson attended which college?

A line of virtualization products that includes the desktop workstation and player versions

Crypto-malware is malware that encrypts the user’s data

A macro virus is a macro that has been programmed to carry out a malicious intent

Another name of an individual virtual machine

A backdoor is secret or unknown access point into a system

Polymorphic virus changes its characteristics in attempts to avoid detection from antivirus programs

A virtual machine sprawl is occurs with the continuous deployment of virtual machines and is a drain on system resources

A payload is an action of a malicious code

A threat is something that takes a vulnerability to a level where it can be exploited

Hypervisor (VMM) specific software that handles the responsibilities of running a virtual machine

Aim is to target and harm companies or individuals with whom they have a fundamental disagreement

A Gray-Hat Hacker does no harm, does not not ask for permission for their acts?

A logic bomb deploys when conditions exist that the malware is seeking

Cookie Policy states if the site uses cookies and how they are used

Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act (HIPAA) protects electronic medical records and personal healt

Electronic Communication Privacy Act (ECPA) protects wire and electronic transmissions of data

A virtual machine looks and functions like an actual computer system

A rootkit is virus that infects a computer before the operating system loads

A form of malware that allows the hacker to use an embedded backdoor to gain administrative control is a RAT

Firmware is software that is embedded in hardware

A persistent cookie stays on your computer until an expiration date is met

What certification are you preparing for?

Adware is software installed on a computer that collects data on the user and then redirects advertising sites to the we

What is social engineering?

The avenue or path a hacker uses to commit the attack is known as what?

Zero-Day Vulnerability exists in software when it was released and remains unknown until it is exploited by hackers

A malware is a computer code intentionally written to cause some form of harm

A Virtual Box is a virtual machine through Oracle

Third-Party Cookie originates from a visit to a website, but references a different website

The ability to hack into a phone system is known as what?

The ability to offer an award for flaws and vulnerabilities found in their program is know as what?

nonrepudiation process is critical in cybersecurity

A snapshot is an image you take and posting on social media

VM escape is a malicious code is run on the VM that allows the guest operating system to break out of its environment

What does the C stand for in the CIA Triad

An onion network consists of multiple layers; connection involves data being rerouted through many computers.

Malicious software that spreads on its own through computer networks

A Trojan Horse is a malware hidden inside other software that appears to be harmless

Do you need soft skills in Cybersecurity?

Pre-texting is using a lie or scam to obtain private information

Do you need 5 years of work experience to take the CISSP?

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) does not deal with unauthorized access of computers

What is a White-Hat Hacker?

Compliance is following the rules or standards that have been established

Type 2 Hypervisor runs on the host operating system

Atlanta College and Career Academy has 14 pathways

Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) prevents company executives from hiding or destroying electronic records for a minimum of five

Does not interface with the host operating system•Interacts directly with the hardware

A cybersecurity virus is the same as COVID-19 virus

A time bomb deploys its payload when a date or time occurs

Malicious software code that is unleashed and attempts to perform its destructive content is known as?

Multiple levels of protection is known as Defense of Depth

Electronic health record (EHR) is a digital or electronic platform for health records

Session cookie exists only as long as the web browser is open

Armored virus is designed to prevent security analysts from reading the source code by attempting to prevent access

An attack surface all the locations and methods that could constitute a security risk

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a law not industry standard

Zero-Day Vulnerability exists in software when it was released and remains unknown until it is exploited by hackers

Operating system located on the physical machine