Data Storage Requirements in relation to Security and Protection and how they help to prevent common threats

Question 1

What is a cyberattack?

Answer 1

Cyberattacks are malicious attacks with the intent to cause harm.

Question 2

Who do cyberattacks target?

Answer 2

Government or national infrastructure

Question 3

What can cyber attacks also be referred to as?

Answer 3

cyberwarfare and cyberterrorism.

Question 4

Why do security steps need to be taken to protect the data from cyberattacks?

Answer 4

Security steps need to be take to protect data and reduce the risk of illegal access by cybercriminals e.g. bank details.

Question 5

What are the two biggest cyberattacks threats to businesses and organisations?

Answer 5

1. Phishing
2. Malware

Question 6

What are the cyberattacks potential indicators to look out for?

Answer 6

• Spelling mistakes, on inappropriate use of language
• Poor quality images or images of text
• Fake links

Question 7

What is Phishing?

Answer 7

A type of spam email used by cybercriminals used to steal info from devise users by pretending to be somone the user trusts.

Question 8

What are some examples of ways phishing attacks are undertaken?

Answer 8

• Email
• Texts
• Phone calls
• Mail asking for the recipient to contact them.

Question 9

Are physhing attacks targeted?

Answer 9

No, they are sent to random individuals hoping that some will be fooled. however some attacks may be targeted at individuals who work in a specific organisation/business.

Question 10

What are targated phishing attacks called?

Answer 10

Spear phising attacks

Question 11

What is malware?

Answer 11

Malware is malicious software designed by a cybercriminal to damage or disrupt computer software of hardware.

Question 12

Why do cybercriminals create mallware?

Answer 12

• to impact the performance of a computer device by using up resources such as disk space or processing capacity to make the computer device run slowly.
• to lock users out of their devices or allow illegal activities to be undertaken on the device without the user knowing.

Question 13

What are the 2 most common types of malware?

Answer 13

• Adware
• Spyware

Question 14

What is Adware?

Answer 14

Forces unwanted or irritating advertising, such as pop-ups, to be displayed on a device when the user is online

Question 15

What is Spyware?

Answer 15

It enables cybercriminals to monitor the actions of the device used without their knowledge (usually used to steal sensitive info like passwords or bank details)

Question 16

What is trojans and how does it get setup?

Answer 16

a type of malware, that attaches itself to the device start-up routine and monitors what the user does one the user connects to the internet.

Question 17

What do trojens allow the designer do?

Answer 17

It allows the individual who designed it to take control of the user’s device and steal, damage, or perfrom harmdful actions without the user realising.

Question 18

What is a virus and how is it setup?

Answer 18

A self-replication software usually transmitted through internet connections that attaches to an application, when the application in then used, the virus makes a copy of itself on the user’s device and will continue to run, or run every time the application is used.

Question 19

What do viruses do?

Answer 19

It can corrupt data or provide cybercriminals with access to the device.

Question 20

What are worms and how is it setup?

Answer 20

The are self-replicating, standalone application that does not require a device user to execute it. It is spread through network connections and looks for and exploits security vulnerabilities to install itself on other devices.

Question 21

How can you reduce the risk of a cyber attack?

Answer 21

ONLY REMEMBER 4-5:
* only store data for as long as it is needed.
* anonymise data to reduce access to non-essential info
* Providing regular training for staff on data protection
* using different emails for work and private
* reviewing access privileges for applications
* reviewing social media privacy
* reviewing the settings on mobile devices to restrict location access
* not buying or using pirated software
* keeping software up to date
* using strong passwords
* be aware of security risks on public Wi-Fi
* block unwanted cookies and pop-ups
* using multi-factor authentication

Question 22

What is Multi-Factor Authentication?

Answer 22

an account log-in process that requires a used to enter two or more pieces of evidence in order to gain access. also know as fwo-factor authentication.

Question 23

What other evidance might the user have to enter for multi-factor authentication?

Answer 23

• answer a secret question (e.g. pets first name)
• Entre a unique pin or code sent to their email or phone number
• Provide biometric information (e.g. face recognition or fingerprint)

Question 24

What will backing-up data enable businesses and organisations to do?

Answer 24

to recover data quickly is it is lost and help if the data becomes corrupted.

Question 25

How can businesses back-up their data?

Answer 25

for small businesses they can use portable hard drives. But for big businesses they may use a romote storage facility or cloud storage.

Question 26

What is the Cloud Storage?

Answer 26

software and services which are made available to users via the internet, rather than being run onf the device itself or the organisation's own local servers.

Question 27

What are the benefits and risks of AI (artificial intelligence)?

Answer 27

- saves time -saves money

Question 28

What are the risks of AI (Artificial Intelligence)?

Answer 28

- for technology to hallucinate and produce a response containing misleading or false info which looks credible.

Question 29

What does Hallucinate mean in terms of AI (Artificial Intelligence)?

Answer 29

When tech misinterprets data and the resulting output is inaccurate and doesn't make sense; this type of misinterpretation presents risks to the user if the output is not checked for accuracy before being used.