Information Security Triad

1. Briefly define each of the three members of the information

security triad.

2. What does the term authentication mean?

3. What is multi‐factor authentication?

4. What is role‐based access control?

5. What is the purpose of encryption?

6. What are two good examples of a complex password?

7. What is pretexting?

8. What are the components of a good backup plan?

9. What is a firewall?

10. What does the term physical security mean?

• Be suspicious of strange links and attachments. When you receive an

email, tweet, or Facebook post, be suspicious of any links or

attachments included there. Do not click on the link directly if you

are at all suspicious. Instead, if you want to access the website, find

it yourself and navigate to it directly.