Subject : Cybersecurity Threat Detection
Please complete this quiz question. Each answer must be your own word, no more than 3 paragraph. The test is open book and open note. Complete the work with no outside assistance.
1 - Your organization's website wants to install a program to display the local weather and time. What threat could this program cause to the organization? What threat could it cause to website visitors? What controls could counter any threats?
2 - Explain in your words what a rootkits is, what harm it does, and why it is so difficult to remove?
3 - How can one remove a rootkit from a computer?
4 - Would you allow or disallow .exe (executable) files to move on your organization's network?
5 - What is a zero day attack/exploit and how can your organization reduce its vulnerabilities to such attack?
6 - What are limits of testing a program for vulnerabilities?
7 - What are the limitations of anti-virus programs and security suites?
8 - What are the four dimensions of an insider threat and explain each?
9 - How can the cloud enhance your organizations cyber security?
10 - Explain what public and private keys are for cyber security?
11 - What is the C-I-A triad and define (you can use your own words) what is each aspect means?
12 - What are the three sequential terms of human mistakes in software development?
13 - What is so unique about the Stuxnet attack from an international relations perspective?
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
Analyzing Computer Security: A Threat / Vulnerability / Countermeasure Approach
Author: Pfleeger, P., Charles and Pfleeger, L., Shari
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: Please Use Most Recent Edition