System and Endpoint Security

What this unit covers

The page brings together material on protecting computers and the devices people use every day. Much of it looks at threats: the flashcard deck OCR GCSE - Computer Science - Paper 1 - System Security covers passive, active, brute force and (D)DoS attacks, plus malware. The mind map System Security adds phishing, SQL injection, data interception and theft, and ways of identifying and preventing vulnerabilities.

Endpoint protection and hardening

For the endpoint side, the flashcard deck Volume 4 - End Point Protection goes into disk encryption, the evil maid attack, traditional antivirus and heuristic detection. The quiz Chapter 9 Review Questions asks how to harden a local system after thefts in an office. System Hardening (D-6) turns to starting and stopping network services on Linux and Solaris.

Operating system access control

A large group of resources looks at how systems decide who can do what. Day 4 - Logon and Authentication covers the logon process and the GINA. Day 5 - Obj. Security & File System Permissions covers security descriptors and DACLs. The mind map on ACEs explains inheritance flags, and there are also maps on Windows ACLs, passwords, and Unix and Linux security enhancements.

Where to start

1. Begin with a mind map such as System Security to see the whole picture.
2. Work through a flashcard deck to fix the key terms.
3. Take a quiz, then return to the map for anything you missed.

Professional candidates can use the Windows Server quizzes, such as 70-411 - MCSA: Administering Windows Server 2012 - Exam 6, as exam-style practice. School students will find the GCSE Computer Science deck the natural first stop.

Where it sits

This unit belongs to the strand System, Application and Data Security in Cybersecurity. Open any resource, work through it, and make your own maps and flashcards to match what you need.