Security Science Quiz: January

Test your security knowledge with SSI’s Security Science Quiz!

10. Baud rate, data bits, parity, stop bits and flow control are all examples of where you would find:

  1. The RS232 protocol
  2. The RS485 protocol
  3. Communication settings
  4. Emulation settings

ANSWER KEY

  1. A
  2. D
  3. B
  4. C
  5. C
  6. A
  7. A
  8. A
  9. B
  10. C
  11. A
  12. C

 

11. Fault generation, microprobing and electromagnetic analysis are all examples of attacks on:

  1. Smart cards
  2. Memory cards
  3. SD cards
  4. UL 2050 cards

12. The means of restricting access to information based on the identity of each user and/ or their membership in certain groups, and access decisions typically from authorizations granted to a user based on credentials that he/ she presented at the time of authentication (i.e. user name, password, hardware/software token) is known as:

  1. Mandatory access control
  2. Role-based access control
  3. Discretionary access control
  4. Attribute-based access control

 

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Jeff Zwirn
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Jeffrey D. Zwirn, CPP, CFPS, CFE, SET, FASI&T, CHPA-IV, NFPA 3000(PS), MSYL, MBAT, SSI Hall of Fame, writes Security Sales & Integration’s “Security Science” column. He is also president of IDS Research and Development, an alarm and security consultation, expert witness and training authority providing nationwide services on all issues related to alarm and security matters. He can be reached at 800-353-0733.

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