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Attacking systems by exploiting otherwise unknown and unpatched vulnerabilities is also

known as:

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Zero-day exploits 
First-day exploits
Phishing
Secret sauce

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What are the primary motivations of the “Hacktivist”?

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The appreciation of their country’s leaders
Political, social, or moral disagreements 
The cost of commercial software and support
Food, wine, and gambling
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What central component is necessary to form a botnet?

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DNS server
Ethernet switch
Transformer
Command & Control (C&C) Server 

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What is it called when a fraudulent email masquerades as a legitimate communication in

an attempt to get a user to reveal sensitive information?

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Phishing 
Baselining
Harpooning
Trolling

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What is the goal of the “Cyber Terrorist”?

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Stable world markets
Peace through understanding
Intimidation through disruption and damage 
Adoption of Bitcoin as a primary national currency

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What is the motivation of the bad actor known as the “Explorer”?

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Ideology
Food
Money
Notoriety 

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What is the motivation of the “Cyber Terrorist”?

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Fortune
Fame
Ideology 
Compassion

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What is the motive of the “Cyber Criminal”?

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Money 
Ideology
Intimidation
Fame

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What is the name of the malware that takes over a computer system and holds hostage
the disk drives or other data?

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Phishingware
Scareware
Ransomware 
Kidnapware

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What is the primary motivation of the “Cyber Warrior”?

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Money
The adoption of Bitcoin as a national currency
The political interest of their country’s government 
Fame

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How does implementing multiple security point products from multiple vendors affect
managing an environment?

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Requires fewer staff members.
More complicated and more expensive. 
Simpler and less expensive.
Saves money on rackspace and cooling costs.

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Internally to the CIO’s company, what is the overall impact when a cyber attack causes
extended downtime, and employees’ time is diverted to post-attack activities?

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Overtime pay is approved.
Productivity is reduced. 
Productivity is increased.
Morale is increased.

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On average, how can a CIO’s tenure be characterized?

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CIOs have the longest tenures among C-level executives.
CIOs have the shortest tenures among C-level executives. 
The tenure of a CIO is a step on the path to CFO.
The tenure of a CIO is generally stress-free and relaxing.

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Regulatory fines related to serious breaches can be characterized in which way?

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Fines are never imposed due to any form of cyber attacks.
They can be enormous and seriously impact the bottom line. 
They are insignificant in all respects.
The proceeds help stimulate the economy.

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What is becoming a regular topic between CIOs, the other C-level executives, and the
board of directors?

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Implementing cyber security 
The allocation of window and corner offices.
Executive compensation
The relative value of various SaaS offerings.

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What is the primary responsibility of a CIO?

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Creating all the information in a company.
Choosing which laptop models to purchase for a company.
Determining where each information resource will be routed in a company.
Controlling the Information Technology (IT) resources of a company. 

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What will a CIO do once they understand the company’s business goals and priorities?

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Analyze and design new products.
Create alternative business plans.
Attend many industry conferences.
Analyze and design the IT infrastructure so that it aligns with those business goals. 

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When investments are made in IT infrastructure, what should a CIO do next?

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Show how these investments deliver measurable results. 
Compare budgets with other C-level executives.
Negotiate for quantity discounts.
Fill out the warranty cards right away.

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When the general public learns of a serious breach, what is their likely reaction?

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Apathy leading to an increase in business with the breached company. 
Disbelief followed shortly by acceptance.
Empathy and compassion.
An erosion of trust leading to a decline in business with the breached company.

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Why must a CIO work closely with the other C-level executives?

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To make sure they use strong passwords.
To understand the company’s business goals and priorities. 
The other C-level execs always need help with their computers.
To help choose which laptops to purchase for the company.

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How long has the role of CISO been present?

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The role of CISO does not exist yet.
The role of CISO is the oldest C-level position.
The role of CISO has existed for 129 years.
The role of CISO is relatively new. 

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In many of the breaches, tens of millions of credit cards become compromised, and
personally identifiable information for millions of individuals are stolen. What is one
result?

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Market capitalization increase
Class-action lawsuits 
Clearance sales
Increase in share price

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In what ways are CISOs often expected to represent the company?

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Presenting new products at a trade show booth.
Thought leadership, partnership development, and customer engagement. 
Career day at a local school.
Public relations, advertising, and marketing.

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Originally, the role of CISO was mostly concerned with which topic?

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Compliance 
Operations
Budgeting
Finance

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What can be said for a company’s data that resides outside their buildings?

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It must be secured and protected just the same. 
It is already secured and protected by the very nature of the cloud.
It is impossible to even find.
It is impossible to secure or protect.
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What do the other C-level executives want from a CISO?

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A concrete assessment of database performance.
A concrete assessment of website costs.
A concrete assessment of information risk and value. 
A concrete assessment of vendor performance.

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What is the result of these breaches becoming the targets of government regulators?

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Huge fines 
Increased health department inspections
Unexpected tax audits
Lower insurance rates

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What is the term for when departments or individuals go outside the corporate policies
and spin up their own applications, utilize unapproved or uncoordinated SaaS services,
or otherwise allow what may be key information assets to be stored out of our control?

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Dodgy IT
Ninja IT
Vapor IT
Shadow IT 

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What results from the loss of control of customers’ personally identifiable information?

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A rise in customer-created crowdfunding initiatives.
The loss of customer trust and lasting damage to brand reputation. 
The loss of customer trust and a strengthening of brand reputation.
An increase in customer sympathy and a strengthening of brand reputation.

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Where are the information assets in a typical company today?

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Inside the main building. 
Scattered all over the place.
Consolidated in a central mainframe.
Stored in carefully controlled servers.

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A CFO’s responsibility is to manage financial risk, and that covers which other element?

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All the information and data in the company. 
The after-hours card games.
The catered lunch in the boardroom.
Costs associated with the building’s janitorial contractor.

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Being trustworthy with customer data is now a part of which outcome?

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Crafting a better user experience.
Regulatory fines.
Building brand loyalty. 
Decreasing revenues.

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How does a CFO treat intangible assets such as intellectual property, trade secrets,
manufacturing methods, and the information about customers?

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Not responsible at all.
Just as responsible for the financial risks to those information assets as any others. 
More responsible for the financial risks to those information assets than any others.
Paper assets

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Looking into the past, a CFO will create which kind of reports?

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Reporting on the prior financial performance of the company. 
TPS reports
Billable hours
Timecard reports for individual employees.

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Since it uses information from every corner of the business, what does a company’s
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system require to help the CFO understand what’s
happening now, and plan for the future?

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Accurate and trustworthy information. 
Several reams of paper.
A gaggle of consultants.
Last quarter’s TPS reports.

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What are the consequences if a CFO’s reports are not accurate?

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There are no consequences since nobody actually reads those reports.
Other CFOs in the area will catch the error and help fix it.
The next report must have an offsetting error to compensate.
From having to re-state the data, to being found in violation of financial regulations. 

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What does a CFO rely on to create forecasts of what will happen to the company in the
future?

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Advice of Wall Street analysts.
Access to good information. 
An endless supply of coffee.
Accurate inventory data.

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What is the primary responsibility of a CFO?

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To manage the company’s payroll.
To manage the finances and the financial risks of the company. 
To develop new products and services.
To oversee the factory floor.

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What poses one of the greatest risks to the financial value of a company’s information
assets?

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Earthquakes
Cyber threats 
Floods
Spelling errors

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What role does a CFO play in new business initiatives, product launches and/or new
service offerings?

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Analyzes the financial impact. 
Provides advice on marketing.
Conducts focus group research.
Provides advice on engineering.

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Where can you download the highly-rated and free FortiClient security product from?

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Your favorite malware marketplace.
forticlient.com 
freeforticlient.com
forticlientfree.com

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Why is it a security problem if you use the same password for all the systems and
websites you use?

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The bad guys will give up too easily.
There will be uneven wear on your keyboard.
If the bad guys break into one of them, they have your password for all of them. 
It increases the difficulty of brute force password attacks.

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How often should you change your passwords?

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On a regular basis. 
Never
Once in a blue moon.
Each time there is a total solar eclipse.

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Why is it risky to keep using an operating system that is no longer supported or

updated?

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The latest social media tools may not work on the old operating system.
The hard drive may fail.
The computer may reboot.
Many cyber attacks exploit unpatched vulnerabilities in old, unsupported operating
systems. 

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What percentage of malware is distributed by email?

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10%
Over 50% 
5%
99%

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Two-factor authentication uses the combination of “something you know” with which
other element?

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Something you have. 
Something you will never know.
Something you want.
Something you have forgotten.

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If a vendor or website offers two-factor authentication, what is the recommended

action?

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Wait for everyone else to do it.
Immediately reboot your computer.
Politely decline.
Enable and use two-factor authentication. 

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What action can be taken in advance to help protect your data from corruption from
malware?

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Buy a substantial amount of Bitcoin currency.
Set up regular backups. 
Reboot your computer.
Disable all anti-virus software.

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What is the recommendation for passwords on all the systems and websites that you
use?

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Use “123456” as your password on all systems and websites.
Use the same password for each system or website.
Use different passwords for each system or website. 
Never change your passwords.

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When you receive an unsolicited email, what should you do if it has an attachment?

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Immediately reboot your computer.
Forward the email to all your friends.
Don’t open the attachment. 
Open the attachment to learn how to make money online.