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WorksheetsCyber Security Homework 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 13mins
What are numbers, pictures or words without context known as?
Data
Information
Knowledge
What are a collection of words, numbers or pictures with meaning known as?
Data
Information
Knowledge
What is personal data?
Historical information published about a monument.
Information or data that is stored in a vault.
Any information about an employee.
Any data that alone, or in combination with other information, can identify an individual.
What data might a social media company collect about you?
What law makes organisations look after your personal data properly?
Data Privacy Act
Data Protection Act
Data Protection Law
Data Privacy Law
Organisations storing your data must...
Keep it up to date
Keep it for no longer than 5 years after your death
Ask for more data than required
Wait for you to contact them to ensure its accurate
You can demand that your data is not used for
A suitable purpose
Marketing
Intended use.
What is Phishing?
Web pages you have visited that are stored on your hard drive
Text files some websites use to identify users
A scam to get confidential information
A form where you type confidential information
Which of these is an example of a phishing email?
You have won the lottery! Follow this link to claim.
Your bank account has been hacked. Login in here to protect yourself.
Help! I am stuck in Europe and I need money to travel home.
All of the above!
What does DDOS stand for?
Denial Data Operation System
Domain Data Overwrite Service
Distributed Domain Or Service
Distributed Denial Of Service
Explain in your own words what a "Brute Force" attack is.
The Computer Misuse Act 1990 makes it an offence to plant or transfer viruses
True
False
What type of things can be classed as computer misuse?
Looking at personal emails during work time
Sending a joke on the work email to everyone in the system
Using another member of staffs PC when they have left it unlocked
Using a work computer to buy personal items
What is gaining unauthorised access to a computer system also known as?
Hacking
Phishing
Spamming
Logging on.
What is hacktivism?
A videogame platform, incorporating new gameplay methods
It refers to the protest-activist of the use of technology and the internet in a non-violent way
It's a party where we all talk about politics and protest
It is the hardware that our computer uses to function
