What Is Information Secrecy

question 78

Multiple Choice

What is information secrecy?

• A) The category of computer security that addresses the protection of data from unauthorized disclosure and confirmation of data source authenticity.
• B) A technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, usually by means of fraudulent emails that look as though they came from legitimate businesses.
• C) A masquerading attack that combines spam with spoofing.
• D) A phishing expedition in which the emails are carefully designed to target a particular person or organization.

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Definitions:

Education

The process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits through various means.

Finance

The management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies.

Ability-To-Pay Principle

The idea that those who have greater income (or wealth) should pay a greater proportion of it as taxes than those who have less income (or wealth).

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning they are accessible to all without diminishing availability to others, such as public parks or national defense.