Securing Workstations

Question 1

Auto-run and auto-play

Answer 1

Auto play cds inserted into the computer

Question 2

3 Data states

Answer 2

Data at rest (in storage)
Data in transit / motion
Data in use / processing

Question 3

Unencrypted data’s is also called

Answer 3

Cleartext / plaintext

Question 4

Data in transit encryption types

Answer 4

TLS or SSL (website)
IPSec or L2TP (VPN)
WPA2 or AES (WIFI)

Question 5

Encrypted data aka

Answer 5

Ciphertext

Question 6

Data at rest 4 encryption types

Answer 6

Full disk
Folder
File
Database

Question 7

6 end user best practices

Answer 7

Log off
Screensaver lock
Secure personal information
Clean desk policy
Hardware always in your possession
Data always protected

Question 8

Degaussing

Answer 8

Magnet wipe HDD

Question 9

Purging (sanitizing)

Answer 9

Data can’t be reconstructed by any known techniques

Question 10

Clearing data

Answer 10

Mostly can’t be reconstructed

Question 11

4 Data destruction meathods

Answer 11

Sanitizing
Purging
Overwriting
Zeroing

Question 12

Electronic data destruction methods

Answer 12

Erasing / wiping (NOT SSD)
Standard format or low level format

Question 13

Physical destruction methods

Answer 13

Degaussing (NOT SSD)
Drilling
Shredding
Incineration

Question 14

Low level format

Answer 14

Provided by the manufacturer
Factory reset

Two types:
Secure erase
Crypto erase

Question 15

Crypto erase

Answer 15

Self encrypting drive can just delete the key