Computer Science (1-9) - Identifying & Preventing Threats

Pen testing - is the practice of deliberately trying to find security holes in your own systems

• True
• False

Is there such a thing as ethical hacking?

• Yes
• No

Employing a hacker to test out a system is called?

• White-hat hacker
• Black-hat hacker
• Grey-hat hacker
• Red-hat hacker

A feature of a strongest type of password

• All lower case
• Upper case and lower case
• Alphanumeric
• Upper & lower case, Alphanumeric and symbols

A gateway between one network and another can be referred to as a?

• Network Bridge

• Ethernet cable
• Proxy Server
• Switch

HTTPS can be described as?

• Unsecure protocol
• Secure protocol

Every machine should have what installed to prevent network vulnerabilities?

• Application software

• Anti malware
• Anti spam

A proxy server cannot filter out some web content and malware.

• True
• False

Black box testing - testers are given as much information as an ‘insider’ may have, in order to determine how much damage a rogue employee could do to a system

• True
• False

White box testing - testers are given as much information as an ‘insider’ may have, in order to determine how much damage a rogue employee could do to a system

• True
• False