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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

Processing control procedures have

  1. Authorization and authentication of users

  2. Access control for online data

  3. Reporting of before and after images

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Processing controls refer to validation checks, edit routines, and reconciliations performed during data processing (e.g., range checks, format validation, batch totals). Authorization (option A), access control (option B), and before/after image reporting (option C) are examples of access controls or audit controls, not processing controls per se.

Multiple choice

Which of the following security standards performs some action such as transmit the message to the recipient depending on whether confidentiality, authenticity, etc?

  1. Pretty good privacy

  2. Message integrity check

  3. Proc-Type

  4. Stateful inspection firewall

  5. Transport layer security
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This security standards performs some action such as transmit the message to the recipient depending on whether confidentiality, authenticity, etc.

Multiple choice

Which of the following security techniques can generate logs of accesses, which can be useful to examine in case something harmful does slip through the firewall?

  1. Stateful inspection firewall

  2. Personal firewall

  3. Transport layer security

  4. Message integrity check

  5. Sender authenticity
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This security technique can generate logs of accesses, which can be useful to examine in case something harmful does slip through the firewall.

Multiple choice

Which of the following security mechanisms includes vital attributes required for secure over the internet credit-card transactions such as integrity of data, cardholder account authentication, etc?

  1. Transport layer security

  2. Non repudiation

  3. Message authentication code

  4. Stateful inspection firewall

  5. Secure electronic transaction
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This security mechanism includes vital attributes required for secure over the internet credit-card transactions such as integrity of data, cardholder account authentication, etc.