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In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been
numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five
words have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out
the appropriate word in each case.
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Cyber criminals have two objectives: find targets that will
yield high payoff for their ____ (1) __ and attack those high payoff targets
that offer the least resistance. Their business model is simple: the least
efforts for the greatest ___ (2) __ gain. A company’s business methods,
customer list, and many other forms of digital data are valuable to them as
they can sell that data to your competitors both at home and abroad. In the
last 15 years, we have witnessed a transition from mischief makers and
pranksters to brigands with destructive intent to brigades of hackers working
in concert for profit. Broad opportunistic, scattershot attacks designed for
mischief and mayhem have been___ (3) __ by sophisticated attacks that are
advance, targeted, stealthy, and persistent. They include organised cyber crime
entities and state-sponsored campaigns __ (4) __ to as advanced persistent
threat (APT) attacks. These attackers are highly motivated, well organised and ___
(5) ___.
These new cyber attacks are not a single event. They unfold
in multiple co-ordinated stages, with calculated steps to get in, establish a ___
(6) __, and survey the victim’s network and ex-filtrate data.
The threat is almost the same
because national intelligence is so important to an enemy. The business model
is to exfiltrate as much intelligence data as you can. Cost to attack is __ (7)
__ a consideration because the intelligence data is so valuable to your enemy.
When it comes to protecting sensitive intelligence, the Indian government is
not doing enough.
The biggest challenge is that
senior officials do not understand the seriousness of the threat or accept the __
(8) __ of the threat actors. Governments can ___ (9) __ this by doing the simple things properly.
Implement aggressive threat awareness programs for everyone who uses a
computer. Keep your systems current through enforced patch management programs,
___ (10) __ and use the newest versions of malware detection programmes. Doing
these basic things itself will go a long way.
(1) (a) efforts
(b) order
(c) past
(d) Pardon
(e) reference
(2) (a) moral
(b) educational
(c) social
(d) nominal
(e) financial
(3) (a) sponsored
(b) suspended
(c) correlated
(d) eclipsed
(e) outraged
(4) (a) laid
(b) glanced
(c) referred
(d) inserted
(e) indicated
(5) (a) fussy
(b) unpredictable
(c) beneficial
(d) trustworthy
(e) honorary
(6) (a) settlement
(b)
infrastructure
(c) purchase
(d) defense
(e) foothold
(7) (a) rarely
(b) violently
(c) notably
(d) unusually
(e) vitally
(8) (a) matter
(b) validity
(c) reality
(d) entity
(e) certainty
(9) (a) focus
(b) rectify
(c) corner
(d) compose
(e) upset
(10) (a) commands
(b) accepted
(c) recommends
(d) install
(e) invest
ANSWERS
1) Option – a; efforts
2) Option – e; financial
3) Option – d; eclipsed
4) Option – c; referred
5) Option – b; unpredictable
6) Option – e; foothold
7) Option –a; rarely
8) Option –c; reality
9) Option –b; rectify
10) Option – d; install
