AQA GCSE Computer Science - fundamentals of cyber security

Which of the following would be considered a strong password?

• Kim12345
• mydogSpot
• JLP17#butterflies
• joesmithpelicanmiddleschool

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

When a new router is bought - there is a 'default password' set on the router at the factory which you SHOULD change. What is an example of a LIKELY DEFAULT PASSWORD set by the manufacturer of the router (which someone could easily guess)?

• admin

• p@$4wrd2019

• b7*traMQ$

• waliays2018

Misconfigured access rights are...

• when something gets infected by Malware

• out of date software.

• when user accounts have incorrect permissions set up by the network manager.

What is unpatched and/or outdated software

• Fully up to date software that is supersafe

• Vulnerabilities caused by out of date software.

Removable, portable storage device inserted into a usb port

• flash drive
• laser drive
• optical drive
• magnetic drive

Which one of these storage media is easily removable and has the greatest cyber security risk?

• Internal hard disk

• RAM

• USB flash drive

• Cloud storage

Cyber security consists of the processes, practices and technologies designed to protect networks, computers, programs and data from attack, damage or unauthorised access

• True

• False

Weak Passwords, misconfigured access rights, removable media, unpatched or outdated software, social engineering techniques and malicious code are All cyber security threats to businesses and organisations?

• True

• False

An update to fix software which has an identified security risk is known as a software _ _ _ _ _.

• patch

• glitch

• heart

• fault

The strongest password would include

• A long sequence of numbers

• An important date

• The user's last name

• Upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols