Session 7

Describe each of the following terms. Viruses, worms, and Trojans. What are some methods of circumventing them?

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Malware has become the second greatest external threat to most hosts, causing damage and requiring extensive recovery efforts within most organizations. (True/False)

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Advanced persistent threats (APTs) refers to the stealthy nature of malware. (True/False)

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When changes to the order of two or more events can cause a change in behavior this is considered a race condition. (True/False)

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Describe four examples of insecure file operations.

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Session 8

In Microsoft Windows, access control is a process that has three components. Please indicate and describe each.

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A virtual implementation of the application programming interface (API) that a running application expects to use is referred to as __________________.

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According to the course material what are the three reasons for deploying desktop virtualization?

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When addressing server security issues, it is an excellent idea to keep in mind general information security principles. According to the course material describe at least five of these principles.

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When users log in to a UNIX based system, their usernames are mapped to integers marking their _________________ and the __________________ that they are a member of.

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