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Learning Aim C
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- 1Different Threats of Data
- 2Different ways to protect data
- 3Threat: OpportunistProtection method:
-Physical Barriers
-Password control - 4Threat: VirusProtection method:
- Anti- virus software
- Firewall - 5Threat: MalwareProtection method:
- encryption
- Backup and recovery
- Anti-virus/ system software - 6Threat: PhishingProtection method:
- Physical barriers
- Personal data security - 7Threat: Accidental damageProtection method:
- Backup and recovery
- Physical barriers - 8Threat: HackersProtection methods:
- Physical barriers
- Password control of access
- Encryption
- Personal privacy settings - 9Data Protection Act 1998- Forces organisations to protect data they store about people
- Lays down 8 principles
- Can be fined if they dont follow them - 10Computer Misuse Act 1990- Targets hackers and virus- makers
- Focused on 'un-authorised access'
- Starts with access, then intention to do more harm & then alterating data - 11Copyright, Designs & patents act 1998- aimed at preventing piracy
- protects rights of the makers of software, photos, music, films etc.
- so use without permission is illegal. - 12Freedom of information act 200- Gives people the right to see data stored about them by public sector organisations eg government, councils
- Anyone can make a 'FOI' request. - 13Technology used for monitoring: Movement- CCTV
-GPS Devices
-Airport passenger lists - 14Technology Used for monitoring: Communication- Monitoring email
- monitoring web sites visited
- logging keywords typed into search engines. - 15FirewallFirewall monitors individual ports (route on your network)
It monitors all arriving data from the internet
Checks IP address which are compared against a database. - 16How a computer system checks a passwordThe password enetered is compared to the stored password by running it through an algorithm.
- 17Different ways to backup dataFull Backup
Incremental
Differential - 18Full backupAll data is backed up every time the system runs
- 19IncrementalOnly data that has been created or changed since the last backup
- 20DifferentialOnly the data that has been changed since the last FULL backup.
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- Flashcards on Learning Aim C, created by Lana Dowler on 22/01/2019.
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