BIT - Impact, prevention, and management of threats

• User access restriction:

  Physical security (locks)

  Passwords

  Settings and levels of access

  Biometrics

  2fa
• 3 examples of 2FA

  Verification email

  Google authenticator

  Security question
• Ethical hackers are referred to as

  White-hat - hired by company

  Grey-hat - not hired but will tell issues found for a price
• Penetration testing is an example of what?

  Weakness finding
• Disaster recovery policy is a plan to limit the damage when a disaster occurs
• What two techniques do cloud services try and make systems more secure?


  2 factor authentication

  Send notification when file is uploaded
• Why might data be less secure when stored using cloud services?


  Data is available through the internet
• In the context of a disaster recovery policy, what does disaster mean?

  Damage to any servers
• One way to avoid phishing is by having employees check the email to see if it is correct

  Another way is to have a blackmail list
• Possible impacts of security breach include:

  Damage to public image

  Financial and data loss

  Reduction in productivity

  Downtime

  Legal action