BEC 4.5

Question 1

What are the risks in a business information system?

Answer 1

1. Strategic risk
2. Operating risk
3. Financial risk
4. Information risk

Question 2

Name the 5 threats in a computerized environment

Answer 2

1. Virus
2. Worm
3. Trojan horse
4. Denial-of-service attack
5. Phishing

Question 3

What are access controls?

Answer 3

Limit access to documentation, data files, programs, and computer hardware to authorized personnel.

Ex: locks, passwords, users identification codes, assignment of security levels, callbacks on dial-up systems, the setting of file attributes, and the use of firewalls

Question 4

What is a firewall?

Answer 4

System, often both hardware and software, of user identification and authentification that prevents unauthorized users from gaining access to network resources