Cyber Security Homework 1

What are numbers, pictures or words without context known as?

• Data

• Information

• Knowledge

What are a collection of words, numbers or pictures with meaning known as?

• Data

• Information

• Knowledge

What is personal data?

• Historical information published about a monument.

• Information or data that is stored in a vault.

• Any information about an employee.

• Any data that alone, or in combination with other information, can identify an individual.

What data might a social media company collect about you?

What law makes organisations look after your personal data properly?

• Data Privacy Act

• Data Protection Act

• Data Protection Law

• Data Privacy Law

Organisations storing your data must...

• Keep it up to date

• Keep it for no longer than 5 years after your death

• Ask for more data than required

• Wait for you to contact them to ensure its accurate

You can demand that your data is not used for

• A suitable purpose

• Marketing

• Intended use.

What is Phishing?

• Web pages you have visited that are stored on your hard drive

• Text files some websites use to identify users

• A scam to get confidential information

• A form where you type confidential information

Which of these is an example of a phishing email?

• You have won the lottery! Follow this link to claim.

• Your bank account has been hacked. Login in here to protect yourself.

• Help! I am stuck in Europe and I need money to travel home.

• All of the above!

What does DDOS stand for?

• Denial Data Operation System

• Domain Data Overwrite Service

• Distributed Domain Or Service

• Distributed Denial Of Service