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WorksheetsQUIZ 3: SECURITY TOOLS and VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 23mins
This refers to various software applications and solutions designed to enhance the security of computer systems, networks, and data.
Firewall
Antivirus
Security Tools
Malware
These acts as barrier between a trusted internal network and untrusted external networks, controlling incoming and outgoing traffic based on predefined security rules.
Antivirus
Intrusion Detection System
Firewalls
Encryption Tools
It monitors network traffic for suspicious activity or unauthorized access attempts and alerts administrators.
Antivirus
Anti-malware
Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
These tools prevent unauthorized access, transmission, or leakage of sensitive data by monitoring and enforcing data usage policies.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Vulnerability Scanners
Data Loss Prevention
Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
These tools protect individual devices such as computers, laptops, smartphones, and tablets from malware, unauthorized access, and other security threats.
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Endpoint Security
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
This refers to someone intensely interested in requiring secrets and recondite workings of any computer operating system.
Cracker
Phreaker
Hacker
Spammer
It is an individual who sends large amounts of unsolicited e-mails and often uses viruses to take control of home computers to use these computers to send out their bulk messages.
Phisher
Hacker
Spammer
Phreaker
It is an attack wherein a hacker surveys a network and collects data for future attacks.
Eavesdropping
Denial of Service
Reconnaissance
Trojan Horse
It is a type of network attack that tries to change the system resources or affect their operation and always causes damage to the system.
Passive Attack
DoS Attack
Active Attack
Network Attack
It is typically installed on a computer as a proactive approach to cybersecurity that helps mitigate a variety of cyber threats including keyloggers, browser hijackers, trojan horses, worms, rootkits, spyware, adware, ransomware, etc.
Firewall
Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
Antivirus or Anti-malware Software
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Give at least 5 types of malwares:
