You just received an email message from someone requesting personal identification information. Believing the message was legitimate, you provided the requested information to the original sender. You now realize, however that you might have fallen victim to a phishing scam. What are your next steps? Explain different ways to overcome security risks and measures taken to overcome this problem.

What safeguards can you put in place to ensure that you don't fall prey to a phishing scam? What is clickjacking, and how does it work, to begin with?

What exactly is multifactor authentication, and how does it work in practice? How does it prevent password theft, and what role does it serve?

In order to better understand how a challenge-response authentication system works, please provide an example. How much more secure is it compared to a password-protected system?

What is the distinction between denial-of-service and distributed denial-of-service attacks? Which is the most hazardous? Why?

My understanding of multi-factor authentication is, at best, cursory. How effective is it at preventing password theft, and how does it do so?

In your organization, a laptop containing patient information was stolen. The laptop was password protected but the health information of the patients in it was not encrypted. In light of the HIPAA Security Rule, discuss whether the HIPAA Security violation occurred or not, and why you think so? Provide a review of this incident's consequences for the organization. Offer a preventive measure to implement to avoid similar issues in the future.

My knowledge of two-factor and multi-factor authentication is, at best, inadequate. How precisely does it prevent the theft of credentials, and what part does it play in preventing password theft in the first place?

Using your own words, please explain what a challenge-and-response authentication system is. Why is this authentication technique better than using a password if passwords are so insecure?

Why is it important to verify someone's identity, and what can we hope to accomplish by doing so? Take a close look at the various authentication methods and evaluate their merits and shortcomings.