4.4 Prevention methods

What is a good summary for the reason for prevention measures?

• To make sure there is another way to login if we lose our passwords
• To protect data from getting accessed by unauthorised people
• To keep data from getting lost
• To make sure that computers don't get viruses

Which of these is not a prevention measure type?

• Physical
• Logical
• Biometric
• Secure destruction of data

Which of these is a physical prevention measure?

• Biometrics
• Magnetic wipe
• Encryption
• Authentication

What is a definition for authentication?

• Using a username and password
• The process of identifying an individual
• The process of protecting data

What does mitigating risks mean?

• Doing things to a system which increases risks
• Doing things to a system to reduce or eliminate risks

What is data encryption?

• Making data unreadable by anyone
• Scrambling data so it is only readable to authorised people
• Putting a password on data files

What does over writing mean?

• Writing above data
• Deleting data
• Putting new data on top of the old data

Which of these is not a biometric measure?

• Retina scan
• Fingerprint scan
• Vein matching
• Security pass

Which of these would not securely destroy data?

• Writing over the data
• Using a strong magnet on a Hard Disk Drive
• Physically destroying the device
• Deleting the data

Which of these is not an anti-virus software brand?

• AVG
• Avast
• McAfee
• ZoneAlarm