preventing vulnerabilities

Question 1

what is penetration testing

Answer 1

people are employed by a
company to deliberately
hack/attack their systems [1] and
identify weaknesses so that they
can then be fixed.[1]

Question 2

what might penetration testing prevent

Answer 2

• Hacker
• Social engineering
• SQL injection

Question 3

what is Antimalware software

Answer 3

• Scans for virus/malware
• Compares it to a database
  of viruses/malware [1]
• Quarantines or deletes
  virus[1]

-Stops the download of
virus/malware[1]

Question 4

What can anti malware limit

Answer 4

Viruses, trogan, worms, malware

Question 5

What are firewalls

Answer 5

A network security device that monitors incoming traffic and blocks data based on rules

Question 6

What could a firewall prevent

Answer 6

Phishing, hacker, brute force, ddos

Question 7

What are user access levels

Answer 7

The permissions users have to read write and modify data

Question 8

What could access levels stop

Answer 8

Hackers

Question 9

What is a strong password

Answer 9

A password with upper case and lower case letters numbers, special characters and over 10 digits

Question 10

What does a strong password protect against

Answer 10

Brute force

Question 11

What is encryption

Answer 11

Uses an algorithm to scramble data so that it cannot be understood. Keys are used to encrypt/ decrypt

Question 12

What does encryption protect against

Answer 12

Data interception

Question 13

What is physical security

Answer 13

Door locks, alarms, cctv, security guards

Question 14

What does physical security protect against

Answer 14

A hacker