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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. public key

  2. private key

  3. symmetric

  4. none of these

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

RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) is a public-key (asymmetric) cryptography algorithm. It uses a pair of keys: a public key for encryption and a private key for decryption. This is different from symmetric cryptography (like AES) which uses the same key for both operations.

Multiple choice
  1. Transport layer security

  2. Message authentication code

  3. Non repudiation

  4. Stateful inspection firewall

  5. Secure socket layer

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

In this security mechanism, the hash used in the Certificate Verify message is the two-step hash of the hand-shake messages plus a pad and the master secret.

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.