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  • Created on: 21-10-20 10:45
What are Fire walls?
A firewall checks incoming and outgoing network traffic.
It scans the data to make sure it doesn’t contain anything malicious and that it follows the rules set by the network.
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What's an example of a fire wall?
For example:
A learner tries to use a website full of free games. The rules of the network are set to disallow this and the firewall stops the learner from accessing the website.
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What is Anti-malware?
Anti-malware is software that scans any file that is able to execute code.
The anti-malware will have a list of definitions of sequences of code that they are aware are malicious.
If the code in your files matches the definitions, the files are quarantine
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what is it Meant by 'quarantined' and why is it important that this happens?
Quarantined is so that the virus doesn't spread onto other files.
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What is an Auto Update?
Auto updates is a software that automatically checks for available updates for the software you have on your computer.
Once it finds an update, the software can be set either to alert the user or to install it automatically.
This software is often include
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Can you think of one way in which auto-updates can reduce the risk of a cyberattack?
Auto updates can reduce the risk of a cyberattack because if their are tiny holes or a big hole an update can patch up the hole and make it harder for zombie computer or a person from stealing information and data.
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What could be put in place to make it even more secure?
examples of things that can be put in place to make it even more secure are:
Secure passwords (password managers)
A maximum number of attempts to log in before an account is locked
CAPTCHA
Biometrics
Two-factor authentication (2FA)
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What are User permissions?
Users on a network can be put into groups, with each group having a unique set of privileges, such as:
Which network drives they have access to
Their read/write permissions
Which printers they are able to use
What software they can use
Which websites they
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How does setting user permissions increase the security of a system?
user permissions increases the security of a system if the individual accounts are compromised, the potential damage is limited
Users have less chance of introducing malware to the network if they can’t install software
There is less chance users will acc
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What's an example of a fire wall?

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For example:
A learner tries to use a website full of free games. The rules of the network are set to disallow this and the firewall stops the learner from accessing the website.

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What is Anti-malware?

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