1. T F Deep packet inspection firewalls protect networks by blocking packets based on the packets header information at the network (IP) layer. Answer: _____ If F, why?
Employers have the right (and in some cases the obligation) to see any information stored, transmitted, or communicated within the employer's environment. This legal right is the basis for monitoring (or at least explicitly stating the right to monitor) email, network traffic, voice, wireless, and other communications. Answer:
_____
2. T F Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) provide no protection from internal threats.
Answer: _____
3. T F A Denial-of-Service attack does not require the attacker to penetrate the target's security defenses. Answer: _____
Security awareness, training, and education programs are key components of
organizational risk management strategies.
4. T F
Answer: _____
Part 2: Multiple Choice Questions. Print the correct answer in the blank following the
question. (22 questions at 2 points each, 40 points plus 4 bonus points in all)
1. Match the following TCP/IP protocol layer with its function (select a., b., c., or d. below):
A. Network
B. Physical
applications.
C. Application
D. Transport
1. Coordinates communication between applications.
2. Supports useful functions over the transport layer such identity/location of
3. Moves information between hosts that are not directly connected.
4. Moves bits between the nodes in the network.
a. A--->3; B--->4; C--->2; D--->1
b. A--->2; B--->4; C--->1; D--->4
c. A--->2; B--->3; C--->4; D--->1
d. A--->3; B--->4; C--->1; D--->2
Answer: _____________
2. Protection of a software program that uses a unique, novel algorithm could legally be protected by:
a. A patent
b. A copyright
c. A trademark
d. Ethical standards
Answer: _____
3. Security threats include which of the following:
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Unlocked doors
Disgruntled employees
Hurricanes
Un-patched software programs
All of the above
Answer: _____
4. Denial of service attacks include (select one or more):
a. Buffer overflow attack
b. Smurf attack
c. Ping flood attack
d. SYN flood attack
e. All of the above
Answer: _____
5. A disgruntled employee creates a utility for purging old emails from the server. Inside the
utility is code that that will erase the servers hard drive contents on January 1st, 2016. This
is an example of which of the following attacks?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
Virus
Logic Bomb
Spoofing
Trojan horse
Botnet
Rootkit
Backdoor
Answer: _____
6. Mary is the cofounder of Acme Widgets, a manufacturing firm. Together with her partner, Joe, she has developed a special oil that will dramatically improve the widget manufacturing process. Mary and Joe plan to make large quantities of the oil by themselves in the plant after the other workers have left to keep the formula secret. They would like to protect this formula for as long as possible. What type of intellectual property protection best suits their needs?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Copyright
Trademark
Patent
Trade Secret
Answer: _______
7. You should clear cookies in your browser periodically because:
a. They (Cookies) can be used to track your web browsing behavior and invade your privacy.
b. They can facilitate impersonation attacks.
c. They can be used to spread viruses.
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d. a. & b.
e. b. & c.
f. a., b. & c.
Answer: _________
8.
A TCP/IP session hijacking can be best described as:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Providing false identity information to gain unauthorized access Establishing a connection without specifying a username or password
An attacker takes control of a session between the server and a client Flooding the connection with too many requests
Answer: _________
9. Tracker attacks in databases get around:
a. Anonymization
b. Data transformation
c. Query size restriction
d. Data partitioning
Answer: _________
10. A race condition attack can result in:
a. A symbolic link
b. Object orientation
c. A deadlock
d. Access to low address memory locations
Answer: __________
11. __________ is when the data in the SDB can be modified so as to produce statistics that cannot be used to infer values for individual record resource.
a. Data perturbation
b. Database access control
c. Inference channeling
d. Output perturbation
Answer: _________
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12. With __________ the records in the database are clustered into a number of mutually exclusive groups and the user may only query the statistical properties of each group as a whole.
a. compromise
b. inference
c. partitioning
d. query restriction
Answer: ________
13. A web session (i.e., a session between a web browser and a web server) can be protected against the risk of eavesdropping in an economical and convenient manner through the use of which of the following?
a. IPSec
b. HTTP over SSL
c. Link encryption
d. Microsoft Encrypting File System (EFS)
Answer: ______
14. While reviewing the security logs for your server, you notice that a user on the Internet has attempted to access one of your internal application servers. Although it appears that the user's attempts were unsuccessful, you are still very concerned about the possibility that your systems may be compromised. Which of the following solutions are you most likely to implement?
a. A firewall system at the connection point to the Internet
b. An improved RBAC-based access control system for the application servers
c. File-level encryption
d. Kerberos authentication
Answer: _______
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15. What specific policy might most likely recommend removing a server from the network and re-installing all software and data?
a. A privacy policy
b. An authentication policy
c. An incident response policy
d. Wireless network access policy
Answer: ________
16. The security risk of allowing dynamic content ( to execute) on a target machine is:
a. The time delay from when it is downloaded and executed could make the browser experience not very satisfying.
b. Malware may be included in the downloaded code and infect the target machine.
c. The mobile code author may never be known.
d. None of the above.
Answer: _______
17. Encrypting a message with a private key (of the sender) in an asymmetric system provides:
a. Proof of receipt
b. Confidentiality
c. Proof of origin
d. Message availability
Answer:_______
18. The correct ordering of the upper layers of the OSI model are:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Session, application, presentation
Session, presentation, application
Session, application, presentation, physical
Application, presentation, session, network
Answer: _______
19. In relational database parlance, the basic building block is a __________, which is a flat table.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
attribute
tuple
primary key
relation
field
Answer: _____
20. Routers operate at the _____________ of the OSI stack?
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Transport
Application
Session
Network
Data Link
Answer: _____
21. Gateways operate at the _____________ of the OSI stack?
a. Transport
b. Application
c. Session
d. Network
e. Data Link
Answer: _____
22. Which e-mail security protocol(s) depend(s) upon a Web of Trust?
a. Kerberos
b. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
c. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
d. Transport Layer Security (TLS)
e. Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
f. Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME)
g. Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM)
h. Data Link
Answer: _____
Part 3: Short Answer Questions. (2 questions at 15 points each, 30 points in all; no more than 1 page, single-spaced for the answer to each question)
1. Briefly describe the purpose of firewalls and how they work, including two fundamental approaches to creating firewall policies and types of firewalls
2. There are many threats associated with e-mail. List those threats and describe a mitigation strategy for each.
Part 4: Essay Question.
While sitting in the break room at work one day, Stan is talking with his friend Joe, who is excitedly describing an idea for a new intrusion detection system (IDS). Joe describes an
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elegant new algorithm that will flawlessly detect intrusion attacks and respond almost instantly. Stan, who is more of an entrepreneur than inventor, quickly grasps the essence of Joes idea, and decides to incorporate the idea into a commercial product, without the knowledge or participation of Joe. In his scheme to commercialize Joes idea, Stan plans to hire a programmer to implement Joes algorithm, and use the software to control a novel new hardware component. Stan would like to protect the intellectual property of the algorithm, software, and hardware component, but is experiencing some guilt pangs. Discuss the legal and ethical issues of this situation.