G11 IT Security L2

Is a way to manipulate or influence people with the goal to illegally obtain sensitive data.

• Social Engineering

• Computer Engineering

• Data Capture

• Information Engineering

Tick all the implications of social engineering.

• Information Gathering

• Fraud

• Computer System Access

• Security Breach

Social Engineers research and learn about the personal environment of the target and fake their identify to obtain confidential information from the boss

• True

• False

Social Engineers research and learn about the personal environment of the target and fake their identify to obtain confidential information from the victim

• True

• False

Tick all the methods of Social Engineering

• Phone Calls

• Credit Card

• Phishing

• Shoulder Surfing

Tick all the methods of identity theft

• Information diving

• Skimming

• Pretexting

• Information surfing

It is the safeguarding of critical or confidential information by applying stringent access and control measures.

• File Integrity

• File security

• Document Security

• None of the choices

is the process of encoding information into a secret code that hides its true meaning.

• Encryption

• Decoding

• Encoding

• Password

Tick all the advantages of encryption.

• Ensures that the private and confidential data can only be viewed by the intended recipient. This ensures that only those authorized to see the information will be able to view it.

• If you forget your password then you may not be able to recover your data.

• Ensures data integrity and prevents any unauthorized alteration of your data.

• allows you to verify if the author of the document is or isn’t who they say they are.

Maintaining data security isn't vital for individuals, small businesses, and large corporations. Ensuring that data isn't kept secure in avoiding disaster, both personally and professionally, but fortunately, it can't be a difficult task due to malicious and intentional behaviour.

• True

• False