Key terms Data Protection

Key terms

• Physical Barriers
• Password control
• Access Levels
• Anti Virus Software
• Firewall
• Encryption
• Backup

Physical Barriers

• These are objects that prevent an individual from getting where they must go e.g. a wheelchair user is unable to enter a building because the doorway is too narrow or there are steps so they can’t get to the entrance.

Password control

• Password Control is a tool designed to allow help desk staff and other IT support personnel to reset user passwords. It has a simple and intuitive interface that many users find more productive than a custom MMC console. Password Control is designed to work with Active Directory based domains. It also features other functions such as the ability to enable and disable user accounts.

Access Levels

• Network managers can set up groups of users with different levels of access to the network.At the highest level, the network manager can install and remove software, access all user areas and change permissions. At lower levels, a group of users may only be able to access particular pieces of software and their files stored in their own areas.Different levels of access help to ensure that the network remains secure and that only licenced software is used on it.Your level of access is linked to your User ID

Anti Virus Software

• This is a software that keeps all of your data safe from virus'.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmALK-RsXJ8 (Einbetten)

Firewall

• A firewall is a system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network. Firewalls can be implemented in both hardware and software, or a combination of both.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OlJZ0gI-cM (Einbetten)

Encryption

• Encryption is the most effective way to achieve data security. To read an encrypted file, you must have access to a secret key or password that enables you to decrypt it. Unencrypted data is called plain text ;encrypted data is referred to as cipher text.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dut9EnbFym0 (Einbetten)

Backup

• Backup is the activity of copying files or databases so that they will be preserved in case of equipment failure or other catastrophe. Backup is usually a routine part of the operation of large businesses with mainframes as well as the administrators of smaller business computers. For personal computer users, backup is also necessary but often neglected. The retrieval of files you backed up is called restoring them.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6dosJ9phWY (Einbetten)