COMP 715 – Problem Set 1
Research question: [5 points]
1) [1 point] We covered the classic CIA Triad for security professionals in class. Discuss what type of attack would violate each goal (i.e. talk about three different types of attacks, one per goal).
Answer here: Minimum 150 words for each attack.
2) [1 point] Choose two online systems (websites) you belong to and discuss their password policy. Talk about whether or not you feel each system’s policy is secure enough and how you balance that with the type of risk it exposes you to.
Answer here: Minimum 250 words for each online system
3) [1½ points] Locate three sites on the internet that deal with web security. Use whatever means you want and give a brief 2 – 3 paragraph summary of each.
Answer here: Minimum 250 words for each summary.
4) [1½ points] Install Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware (locate it on the internet) and run the “Perform quick scan” on your machine.
Answer: show run
4-a) Did it find any questionable items?
Answer: show any questionable items and discuss.
4-b) How many Objects did it scan and how much Time elapsed?
Answer.
5) [2 points] Research and catalog some of the latest online security breaches that have occurred in the past few years, starting 2020. Then choose one specifically and give a detailed description of what happened and how it could have been prevented. We haven’t defined yet what specific terms such as viruses, worms, etc, mean so I’m not asking you to classify them, just to talk about any breaches you can find (COMP 815 students only)
Answer: Minimum 350 words cataloging latest online security breaches and minimum 350 words detailing one specific event in detail.
Lab Question: [3 points]
1) [2 points] Implement the approach in Java Script.
Answer: note you don’t have to dump the entire code here. Show the new function you have written and then the code snippets of where in encrypt and decrypt it exists.
2) [1 points] How does your hashed number grow with length of password? This is important because for a normal length password (say 20 characters) if your hash values are too small, this impacts the 31 bit encryption. Explain what I mean here.
Answer: Minimum 200 word description.
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