Cyber Security Solutions 2022

Multiple Choice

A botnet targets a web server to cause it to crash and prevent access to the web pages that it stores

• Data Interception

• DDos

Multiple Choice

A perpetrator will try and manipulate and deceive you into providing them with personal or confidential data.

• Hacking

• Social Engineering

Multiple Choice

Interferes data packets as they are transmitted across the network from one device to another

• Data Interception

• Malware

Multiple Choice

Involves repeatedly inputting a password until the correct one is found

• Hacking

• Brute-force attack

• Verification

Multiple Choice

Involves sending a user a fake email that is designed to look genuine

• Phishing

• Pharming

Multiple Choice

Malicious code installed on a user’s hard drive which redirects to a fake website without their knowledge

• Phishing

• Pharming

Multiple Choice

Malicious software designed to disrupt computer or data

• Pharming

• Malware

Multiple Choice

Unauthorized access to data

• Data Interception

• Hacking

Cyber Security Solutions

Access Levels

•The amount of direct access a user is given to data and resources

•Employees are given different levels of access to the data in the company

Open Ended

What is the cyber threat that can be solved or avoided by this cyber security solution?

Anti-malware/ anti-spyware/ anti-virus

•Software that scans a computer or device with the purpose of finding and removing threats

Open Ended

What is the cyber threat that can be solved or avoided by this cyber security solution?

Authentication

•the process or action of proving or showing something to be true, genuine, or valid.

Open Ended

Give an example of authentication.

Examples of Authentication

• Strong Passwords – 8 characters, upper and lowercase of letters, symbols, and numbers

• Biometrics – uses person’s biological data

• Two-step verification – a process that involves inputting two different kinds of data to enter an account or device

Open Ended

Give an example of a strong password.

Open Ended

Give an example of biological data that can be used in biometrics.

Open Ended

What is the other term for two-step verification?

Open Ended

Identify the cyber security solution: As soon as a software update is released, your computer will automatically download the update​.

Open Ended

Identify the cyber security solution: Employees are given different levels of access to the data in the company

Open Ended

Identify the cyber security solution: Software that scans a computer or device with the purpose of finding and removing threats

Open Ended

Identify the cyber security solution: the process or action of proving or showing something to be true, genuine, or valid.

Automating Software Updates

• as soon as a software update is released, your computer will automatically download the update​

Open Ended

What is the cyber threat that can be solved or avoided by this cyber security solution?

Open Ended

Given an importance of automatic software updates.

Checking the Spelling and Tone of Communication

• check for the spelling of the messages you received from companies

• look also for the formality of the message​

Open Ended

What is the cyber threat that can be solved or avoided by this cyber security solution?

Checking the URL attached to a link

• If the URL at the top of the screen is the correct one

• If the site is secured using HTTPS

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Multiple Select

What are the layers of security in HTTPS?

• Secure Socket Layer

• Transport Layer Security

• Social Security Layer

• Technology Safe Layer

Open Ended

What is the cyber threat that can be solved or avoided by this cyber security solution?

Firewall

• set of criteria used to examine incoming and outgoing traffic from a computer or network

Multiple Choice

Firewall is only software-based.

• FALSE

• TRUE

Firewall

• It can be software or hardware-based

Open Ended

What is the cyber threat that can be solved or avoided by this cyber security solution?

Privacy Settings

• be careful on what you post online

Open Ended

What are the categories of privacy settings on social media platforms?

Open Ended

What is the cyber threat that can be solved or avoided by this cyber security solution?

Proxy Servers

• examines requests sent by devices to access web pages stored on a web server

Open Ended

What is the cyber threat that can be solved or avoided by this cyber security solution?