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1. What are two common security errors?
In a locked secure room
Devices that detect valid users with their physical characteristics.
Ensures messages are not corrupted or tampered with
Incorrect permissions and incorrect configuration of the wireless utility

2. When is VPN (virtual private network) used?
On a secure tunnel over an unsecure network
Software that protects and blocks against the IP's of known phishing sites
A backup that archives all selected files regardless of if they have changed since the last backup.
Read - write - list folder contents - read and execute - modify

3. Most popular hashing algorithms?
NT Backup
SHA+MD5
Ensures messages are not corrupted or tampered with
Set of rules that denies packets that dont meet a certain criteria

4. Where should network equipment be housed?
In a locked secure room
Set of rules that denies packets that dont meet a certain criteria
Read - write - read and execute - modify - full control
Incorrect permissions and incorrect configuration of the wireless utility

5. What is packet filtering?
Set of rules that denies packets that dont meet a certain criteria
Malware
Read - write - read and execute - modify - full control
Broadcasts the networks name - can be turned off to make network 'disappear'

6. Which wireles tool uses a 64-bit or 128-bit incryption key?
With devices to authenticate users asking for access
Physical+Data security
Set of rules that denies packets that dont meet a certain criteria
WEP

7. What folder level permissions are available?
Ensures messages are not corrupted or tampered with
Read - write - list folder contents - read and execute - modify
A PC that was taken over by malware - and now sends SPAM email to other pc's unknown to the user.
Set of rules that denies packets that dont meet a certain criteria

8. What is a software firewall?
SHA+MD5
In a locked secure room
Software firewall - IDs - App and OS patches
An application that filters data packets - uses resources of the pcm potentially slowing it

9. How can you protect your data?
An application that filters data packets - uses resources of the pcm potentially slowing it
With devices to authenticate users asking for access
Software firewall - IDs - App and OS patches
Broadcasts the networks name - can be turned off to make network 'disappear'

10. What is phishing protection software?

11. What is a zombie?

12. What are file level permissions?
Read - write - list folder contents - read and execute - modify
Read - write - read and execute - modify - full control
A PC that was taken over by malware - and now sends SPAM email to other pc's unknown to the user.
Broadcasts the networks name - can be turned off to make network 'disappear'

13. What are biometric devices?
A backup that archives all files that have changed since the last backup
SHA+MD5
Devices that detect valid users with their physical characteristics.
Malware

14. What is two factor security?
Malware
Broadcasts the networks name - can be turned off to make network 'disappear'
Ensures messages are not corrupted or tampered with
Physical+Data security

15. What products can be used to protect network devices?
Read - write - list folder contents - read and execute - modify
Software firewall - IDs - App and OS patches
On a secure tunnel over an unsecure network
NT Backup

16. What is an incremental backup?
Broadcasts the networks name - can be turned off to make network 'disappear'
A backup that archives all files that have changed since the last backup
Software that protects and blocks against the IP's of known phishing sites
On a secure tunnel over an unsecure network

17. What is the command in a batch file to do a backup?
A backup that archives all selected files regardless of if they have changed since the last backup.
WEP
Software firewall - IDs - App and OS patches
NT Backup

18. What questions should you ask to determine security factors?
SHA+MD5
Set of rules that denies packets that dont meet a certain criteria
Ensures messages are not corrupted or tampered with
At home or business - full-time internet access - laptop or desktop?

19. What is hash encoding?
A backup that archives all files that have changed since the last backup
Devices that detect valid users with their physical characteristics.
Software that protects and blocks against the IP's of known phishing sites
Ensures messages are not corrupted or tampered with

20. What does a firewall do?
Software firewall - IDs - App and OS patches
Actively stops computers from accessing the PC
With devices to authenticate users asking for access
Read - write - list folder contents - read and execute - modify

21. What is malicious software installed on a computer with the knowledge or permission of the user?
Malware
Actively stops computers from accessing the PC
A backup that archives all selected files regardless of if they have changed since the last backup.
Ensures messages are not corrupted or tampered with

22. What does SSID do?

23. What is a full backup?
A backup that archives all files that have changed since the last backup
Read - write - list folder contents - read and execute - modify
A backup that archives all selected files regardless of if they have changed since the last backup.
NT Backup