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    This document contains information about a question paper for an examination on Information Security. It includes questions that assess understanding of key concepts in information security, such as defining information security, listing critical characteristics of information, explaining intellectual property, policies versus laws, risk management reviews, dumpster diving, security policies and standards, content filtering, and physical security controls. It also includes longer answer questions about components of information systems and the system development life cycle, attacks versus vulnerabilities, roles of professional organizations, risk identification processes, data classification and access controls, security policy statements, security architecture design, intrusion detection systems, cryptography tools, and information security certifications. The document provides a comprehensive set of questions to evaluate students' knowledge of fundamental aspects of the

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    Question Paper Code : 21293
    B.E./B.TECH. DEGREE EXAMINATION , MAY/JUNE 2013
    Eighth Semester
    Computer Science and Engineering
    IT 2042 / IT 706 INFORMATION SECURITY
    (Common to Seventh Semester Information Technology)
    (Regulation 2008)
    Time : 3 hours

    Maximum : 100 marks

    Answer ALL questions


    PART A (10 X 2 = 20 marks)
    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.
    6.

    Define information security.


    List the critical characteristics of information.
    What is intellectual property?
    What is a policy? How is it different from a law?
    Why do we have to do periodic reviews in managing risks?
    Give the meaning of dumpster diving with respect to information
    security.
    7. Define policy and standards.
    8. Give any five major sections of ISO/IEC 17799 standard.
    9. What is content filter?
    10.List any four physical security controls.

    PART B (5 X 16 = 80marks)
    11. (a) List and explain the various components of an information system.
    (Or)
    (b) Explain the components of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
    with neat sketch.

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    12. (a) What is the difference between attack and vulnerability? List and
    explain any seven attacks.
    (Or)
    (b) List and discuss about the role and focus of any four professional
    organizations in providing information security.

    13. (a) Sketch and explain the components of risk identification process.
    (Or)
    (b) (i) Brief about the data classification and management process.
    (ii) List and explain the different types of access control.

    (8)
    (8)

    14. (a) (i) Brief about the elements of an Issue-Specific Security Policy
    Statement.

    (8)

    (ii) Brief about any Four Significant points of the NIST SP 800-14
    Security model.

    (8)
    (Or)

    (b) Explain the security architecture design process with neat sketch.

    15. (a) Explain the different types of Intrusion Detection System (IDS) with
    their advantages and dis advantages.
    (Or)
    (b) (i) Brief about the various cryptography tools.

    (8)

    (ii) List and describe the credentials of the various information security
    certifications.

    (8)

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