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Information Security

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Information security involves protecting computer systems and data from unauthorized access, cyber threats, and damage. It is a core part of the computer knowledge section in various banking and government exams. Practicing these concepts helps in understanding digital signatures, network security, and access control effectively.

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Information Security Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Secure multipurpose internet mail extension

  2. Message integrity check

  3. Proc-type

  4. FileAuthorizationModule

  5. Oid

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

With S/MIME, the sender and recipient do not need to have exchanged keys in advance as long as they have a common certifier they both trust.

Multiple choice
  1. AesManaged

  2. AsnEncodedData

  3. TripleDes

  4. ProtectedData

  5. AesCryptoServiceProvider

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This .NET cryptographic class performs asymmetric encryption and decryption using the cryptographic application interface implementation of the AES algorithm.

Multiple choice
  1. Certificate scheme

  2. Message integrity check

  3. Secure electronic transaction

  4. Secure socket layer

  5. ProtectedData

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

SET consists of the service to provide a secure channel of communication between all participants who are participating in a transaction.

Multiple choice
  1. Secret key encryption is called asymmetric key encryption.

  2. DES(Data Encryption Standard )is based on symmetric key encryption.

  3. Secret key encryption ensures confidentiality of the message.

  4. Secret key encryption does not authenticate identity of the source.

  5. All of the above.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, all the statements are true.