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Computer science 1.6 revision
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- 1Define the term: Social EngineeringThis is when a person tries to change a person’s opinion in order to change a way they think about something.
- 2Define the term: Brute Force AttacksThis is when you repeatedly try and guess a username and password until you gain access to the account.
- 3What is a Firewall?A Firewall is a piece of software(can be hardware) which is used to block certain ip address from accessing your network. These IP addresses are generally used to cause harm to a computer.
- 4What does DDOS stand for?Distributed Denial Of Service
- 5What is a Virus?A computer virus is a type of computer program that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code.
- 6What is Malware?Malware is any software intentionally designed to cause damage to a computer, server, client, or a network.
- 7If someone infects a computer with a program which says is a another program but it is not, what is this piece of malware called?Trojan Horse
- 8What is a Network Policy?A Set of instructions found within a document which determines how policies are enforced
- 9Define the term: Penetration TestingPenetration testing is when you simulate an attack on your own network in order to test against vulnerabilities.
- 10How can you increase the strength of a passwordYou can include special characters, Lower and upper case letters, irregular words
- 11What is a Backup Policy?This is used to prevent any problems that may be caused from the loss of data and can be used to help recover any broken files.
- 12What is encryption?This is when your data is scrambled before you send it, you will then need a key to unscramble the data
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