Computer Knowledge ยท General Awareness

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. Stateful inspection firewall

  2. Application proxy gateway

  3. Message integrity check

  4. Transport layer security

  5. Sender authenticity

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

This security technique, also called a bastion host simulates the proper effects of an application so that the application will receive only requests to act properly.

Multiple choice
  1. Address mungin

  2. Virus hoax

  3. Spam

  4. Email harvesting

  5. Phishing

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

Phishing is the attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money) by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

Multiple choice
  1. Chain e-mail

  2. Email encryption

  3. Email authentication

  4. Email Spoofing

  5. Hushmail

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

E-mail spoofing refers to forging an e-mail header to make it appear, as if it came from somewhere or someone other than the actual source. Email spoofing is the creation of email messages with a forged sender address - something, which is simple to do because the core protocols do not authenticate.