Cybersecurity

Question 1

What is the definition of cybersecurity?

Answer 1

Prevention of damage to, protection of, and restoration of computers, electronic comms systems, and wire/electronic communication, including information contained therein, to ensure its availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and nonrepudiation.

Question 2

What are the five functions of the USAF Cybersecurity Program?

Answer 2

Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover

Question 3

What are the purposes of computer security’s measures and controls?

Answer 3

To ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems assets.

Question 4

What is the definition of an information system?

Answer 4

A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing dissemination, or disposition of information.

Question 5

What are countermeasures?

Answer 5

Any action, device, or technique that meets or opposes a threat, vulnerability, or attack by eliminating prevent, or minimizing damage, or by discovering and reporting the event so it can be corrected.

Question 6

What is cryptosecurity?

Answer 6

Communications security resulting from the provision and proper use of technically sound cryptosystems.

Question 7

What is transmission security?

Answer 7

Communications security resulting from the application of measures designed to protect transitions from interception and exploitation by means other than cryptoanalysis.

Question 8

What is physical security?

Answer 8

Communications security resulting from the use of all physical measures necessary to safeguard access to communications security material.