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Which of the following is the most effective way to spread viruses?
Sending email attachments
What is the term for a numeric code that uses an algorithm to encrypt and decrypt data?
Key
Which of the following should you use to encrypt and decrypt digital signatures, and to protect passwords from disclosure?
Hash encryption
Why are firewalls considered the first line of defense against LAN security breaches?
Because they provide data confidentiality
Malware is a generic term for software:
Whose specific intent is to harm computer systems
Which of the following provides positive identification of the sending and receiving parties to ensure that programs downloaded from the Internet are original and safe?
Digital certificate
The most common business firewall technique is to use a firewall server in conjunction with:
A proxy server
What is ciphertext? Encrypted data
Encrypted data
Why should you use automatic cookie handling in most browsers?
To broadly control when and from whom cookies are accepted
What is encryption?
The process of converting data into an unreadable form of text
What is a disadvantage of using spyware-detection software?
Legitimate applications can be incorrectly identified as spyware
The “Right to be Forgotten” debate revolves around what?
Protecting your image and personal information in the world of social networking
What is a firewall?
A security barrier that prevents unauthorized access to or from private networks
Viruses that reside within the text of an HTML-formatted email message are particularly virulent because:
The user only receives the virus that causes damage
What is the term for an electronic stamp that identifies a message’s source and contents?
Digital Signature
The connectivity that makes the Internet possible also makes systems vulnerable to:
unwanted activity
