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Certified Information Security Manager Exam Prep Guide

You're reading from   Certified Information Security Manager Exam Prep Guide Gain the confidence to pass the CISM exam using test-oriented study material

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804610633
Length 718 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Hemang Doshi Hemang Doshi
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Preface 1. Enterprise Governance 2. Information Security Strategy FREE CHAPTER 3. Information Risk Assessment 4. Information Risk Response 5. Information Security Program Development 6. Information Security Program Management 7. Information Security Infrastructure and Architecture 8. Information Security Monitoring Tools and Techniques 9. Incident Management Readiness 10. Incident Management Operations 11. Answers to Practice Questions

Different Attack Methods for Information Security

A CISM aspirant should be aware of the following methods and techniques for information system attacks:

  • Alteration attack: In this type of attack, an alteration or modification is done of data or code without authorization. Cryptographic code is used to prevent an alteration attack.
  • Botnets: Botnets are compromised computers, also known as zombie computers. They are primarily used to run malicious software for distributed denial of service (DdoS) attacks, adware, or spam.
  • Buffer overflow: A buffer overflow, also known as buffer overrun, is the most common software coding error that can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a system. A buffer overflow occurs when more data is fed in than the buffer can handle. Excess data overflows to adjacent storage.

Due to this, the attacker gets an opportunity to manipulate the coding errors for malicious actions.

A major cause of buffer overflow is...

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