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Security Policies
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- 1Network AttacksDifferent Types of attacks
Passive attacks
Active attacks
Insider attacks
Brute force attacks
Denial of service attacks - 2Passive attacksA passive attack is where someone monitors data travelling on a network and intercepts the sensitive data they find.
They use network monitoring hardware and software such as packet sniffers - 3Packet SniffersThese are used to find and locate packets to try and reassemble the file to retrieve the file
- 4Active attacksAttacks with malware or other planned attacks. These are more easily detected
- 5Insider attacksSomeone within an organisation exploits their networks access to steal information
- 6Brute force attacksSort of a trial and error force their way to get access to the information
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- Year 10 IT Flashcards on Security Policies, created by Abdul-Quddus Ahmed on 15/01/2018.
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