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ICT REVISION
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- 1Project Life CycleA project life cycle is a cycle in which business' use to keep track of their projects.
- 2What are the 4 stages of a Project Life Cycle?The four stages are:
Initiation
Planning
Execution
Evaluation - 3Which phase is often seen as the most important and why?Planning stage - if the project does not pass the review for this phase, then the project does not happen.
- 4Which phase is often the longest phase and why?Execution stage - When the product is actually made the testing is done (monitoring taking place as well)
- 5Give one example of a task that would take place in the Initiation phase1. Requirements of project (time, resources, cost)
2. Constraints
3. Feasibility Report
4. Success Criteria
5. Phase review - 6Other than a phase review, give one example of a task that would take place in the Planning phase1. Project Plan
2. Design Plans
3. Test Plans
4. Constraints list - 7During the execution stage, what is something that could go wrong within a project?Activities overrun, Laws change, Product not meeting requirements, need more money, staff do not have required skills.
- 8User documentation is released in the evaluation phase of a project. EXPLAIN an example of user documentationInstruction manuals, installation guides, tests and results, security details.
- 9BotnetsBotnets generally are created by a specific attacker or small group of attackers using on piece of malware to infect a large number of machines, infection is caused by opening an email or downloading a file.
- 10MalwareMalware (malicious software) is installed on a computer system and collects information about users without their knowledge
- 11What are the different types of malware?Adware
Bot
Bug
Ransomware
Rootkit
Spyware
Trojan horse
Virus
Worm - 12DDOSA distribution denial of service (DDOS) attack is when an attacker, or attackers, attempt to make it impossible for a service to be delivered. DDOS is usually focused on preventing an internet site or service from functioning efficiently, or at all, either temporarily or indefinitely
Target: Banks, payment websites - 13Social engineeringSocial engineering is the art of manipulating people so that confidential information can be found out. It can take many forms. The most common ones are:
Phishing, Pretexting, Baiting, Quid pro quo, Tailgating/ piggybacking, Shoulder surfing - 14HackingHacking is unauthorized intrusion into a computer or a network in order to find weaknesses is and established system exploiting them.
- 15White hat hackingIs a computer security specialist who breaks into protected systems and networks to test and asses their security
- 16Grey hat hackingRefers to a computer hacker or computer security expert who may sometimes violate laws or typical ethical standards, but does not have the malicious intent typical of a black hat hacker
- 17Black hat hackingRefers to a person who attempts to find computer security vulnerabilities and exploit them for personal financial gain or other malicious reasons
- 18PharmingAnother way hackers attempt to manipulate users on the Internet. While phishing attempts to capture personal information by getting users to visit a fake website, pharming redirects users to false websites without them even knowing it
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