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1
Q

How can you protect intellectual assets?

A

Information security

Downtime

2
Q

Security threats

A

Hacker

Viruses

3
Q

Hacker types

A
Black-hat hacker
Cracker
Cyberterrorist
Hactivist
Script kiddies or script bunnies
White-hat hacker
4
Q

Virus types

A

Backdoor program
Denial-of-service attack (Dos)
Distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS)
Trojan-horse virus

5
Q

How do computer viruses spread?

A

A hacker creates a virus and attaches it to a program, document, or website
The user downloads it (thinking the file is legitimate) and the virus infects other files and programs on the computer
Quickly the virus spreads in email attachments and shared files to co-workers and friends

6
Q

The first line of defence

A

People

7
Q

User awareness (PEOPLE)

A

Information security policies

Information security plan

8
Q

The second line of defence

A

Technology

9
Q

Authentication and authorisation

A

Identity theft
Phishing
Pharming

10
Q

What does the most secure type of authentication involve?

A

Something the user knows (user ID and password)
Something the user has
Something that is part of the user (fingerprint or voice signature)

11
Q

Prevention and resistance

A

Content filtering
Encryption
Firewalls

12
Q

Intrusion detection software

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Features full-time monitoring tools that search for patterns in network traffic to identify intruders