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The practice of protecting systems, networks, devices and data from online threats is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Confidentiality, integrity and availability together form the security model known as the:Read the answer and worked solution →An email pretending to come from a bank asks a user for login details. That attack is:Read the answer and worked solution →An attacker quietly alters rows in a customer database. The part of the triad breached is:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The practice of protecting systems, networks, devices and data from online threats is called:

  1. Cybersecurity
  2. Cyberstrategy
  3. Cyberspending
  4. Cybershopping
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Correct answer: A. Cybersecurity

1. The target is anything digital that an attacker might reach. 2. The aim is defence against threats arriving online. 3. That practice is cybersecurity. _Source: OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems, Chapter 5, Information Systems Security Risk Management._

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Confidentiality, integrity and availability together form the security model known as the:

  1. CRM triad
  2. CIA triad
  3. CPU triad
  4. CSS triad
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Correct answer: B. CIA triad

1. Each word names one thing security must protect. 2. The three are treated as one framework, not separately. 3. They form the CIA triad. _Source: OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems, Chapter 5, Information Systems Security Risk Management._

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An email pretending to come from a bank asks a user for login details. That attack is:

  1. Phishing
  2. Patching
  3. Pairing
  4. Pinging
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Correct answer: A. Phishing

1. The attacker impersonates a trusted entity in a message. 2. The goal is to have the victim hand over credentials. 3. That is phishing. _Source: OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems, Chapter 5, Information Systems Security Risk Management._

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