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WGU D430 FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION SECURITY
EXAM OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS EXAM BEST RATED
VERSIONS A, B & C 2024-2025
WGU D430 FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION SECURITY FINAL EXAM A
Define the confidentiality in the CIA triad. - ANSWER-Our ability to protect data from those who are not authorized to view it. (Hiding atm pin, covering comp screen, keep track of devices) Define integrity in the CIA triad. - ANSWER-The ability to prevent people from changing your data and the ability to reverse unwanted changes. (Access control, read and write permissions, info correct) Define the availability in the CIA triad. - ANSWER-Our data needs to be accessible when we need it.(because of power loss and such) Define information security. - ANSWER-The protection of information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability.Define the Parkerian Hexad and its principles. - ANSWER-The Parkerian Hexad includes confidentiality, integrity, and availability from the CIA triad. It also includes possession (or control), authenticity, and utility.Authenticity - ANSWER-Whether the data in question comes from who or where it says it comes from (i.e. did this person actually send this email?) 1 / 4
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Confidentiality is affected by what type of attack? - ANSWER-Interception (eaves dropping) Integrity is affected by what type of attacks? - ANSWER-Interruption (assets are unusable), modification (tampering with an asset), fabrication (generating false data) Authenticity is affected by what type of attacks? - ANSWER-Interruption (assets are unusable), modification (tampering with an asset), fabrication (generating false data) Utility - ANSWER-How useful the data is to you (can be a spectrum, not just yes or no) Possession - ANSWER-Do you physically have the data in question? Used to describe the scope of a loss Identify the four types of attacks - ANSWER-interception, interruption, modification, and fabrication Interception attacks - ANSWER-Make your assets unusable or unavailable Interruption attacks - ANSWER-cause assets to become unusable or unavailable for our use, on a temporary or permanent basis Modification attacks - ANSWER-Tampering with an asset Fabrication attacks - ANSWER-Generating data, process, and communications Define the risk management process(car) - ANSWER-1. Identify assets
- Identify threats
- Assess vulnerabilities
- Assess risks
- Mitigate risks 2 / 4
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Define the incident response process and its stages.(zombie) - ANSWER-Preparation Detection and analysis Containment Eradication Recovery Preparation in incident response - ANSWER-creating policies and procedures Detection in incident response - ANSWER-Using tools and humans to decide if an incident is an incident Defense in Depth - ANSWER-employing multiple layers of controls to avoid a single point of failure Identify types of controls to mitigate risk - ANSWER-physical, logical, administrative Identify elements of risk management in policies and procedures. - ANSWER-Development of robust policies Identification of emergent recent Identify elements of internal weakness Identify the layers of a defense-in-depth strategy.(body) - ANSWER-External network Internal network Host Application Data 3 / 4
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Define identification - ANSWER-The claim of who we/networks are Define identity verification. - ANSWER-Someone claims who they are and you take it one step father and ask for ID Define authentication - ANSWER-A set of methods used to determine if a claim of identity is true.Compare authentication types. - ANSWER-Multifactor authentication Mutual authentication Identify password security best practices. - ANSWER-Upper case Lower case Numbers Symbols Identify the factors involved in a multifactor authentication technique. - ANSWER-Something you do Something you have Where you are Define accountability and its benefits - ANSWER-nonrepudiation, deterrence, intrusion detection and prevention, and admissibility of records Auditing - ANSWER-Hold users of your system accountable. A methodical examination and review of an organization's records.nonrepudiation measures - ANSWER-make it so that someone can't send an email and then deny sending it. usually with a digital signature.
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