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Questions
1. There are 12 general categories of threat to an organization's people, information, and systems. List at least six of the general categories of threat and identify at least one example of those listed.
2. Differentiate between the following terms and give examples to support your answer. [ attack, threat, exploit, loss, vulnerability, weakness]
3. List the specialized areas of security.
4. How does technological obsolescence constitute a threat to information security? How can an organization protect against it?
5. What are the types of password attacks? What can a systems administrator do to protect against them?
6. Does the intellectual property owned by an organization usually have value? If so, how can attackers threaten that value?
7. What is the difference between a skilled hacker and an unskilled hacker, other than skill levels? How does the protection against each differ?
8 . List the three general categories of unethical and illegal behavior. Give an example on each category.
9. Differentiate between criminal law and civil law? Give an example on each.
10. What is the best method for preventing illegal or unethical behavior?
11. Which law amended the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986, and what did it change?
12. What is privacy in the context of information security? Is perception of privacy the same for all age groups?
13. Is a policy and a law the same? How does a policy differ from a law?
14. List the measures organization should do to discourage someone from violating policy or committing a crime?
15. Define intellectual property. Is it offered the same protection in every country? What laws currently protect intellectual property in the United States and Europe? What laws currently protect intellectual property in other countries (choose an interesting example or if international students talk about your country).
16. What is another name for the Kennedy-Kassebaum Act (1996), and why is it important to organizations that are not in the health care industry? What does this mean given the COVID-19 Pandemic that started in the year 2020?