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What type of security technology uses a part of the body to provide access?
220-701: 5.1 – Security Fundamentals
There are fundamental security techniques that every CompTIA A+ certified professional should know. In this video, you’ll learn about encryption technologies, data wiping, authentication technologies, and much more.
How can you safely surf at the coffee shop?
You’d like to use your laptop at the local coffee shop, but you’re concerned about the open Wi-Fi access. What Windows component can prevent others at the coffee shop from accessing your computer?
Where’s your wireless network?
Your organization provides a wireless network for mobile connectivity in the office. To use the network, the wireless network information must be manually added to the configuration of each wireless device. You notice that other computers can’t see the wireless network unless they are also manually configured. Which wireless configuration can cause this?
What can protect you on a public network?
You’re interested in doing some work on your laptop at the local coffee shop, but you’re concerned with the security of the public wireless network. What can help protect your computer while you’re using this public network?
What’s the best way to protect your users?
You would like to improve the security on your network by adding an additional authentication requirement to access network resources, especially over a VPN. What’s the best network security technology to address this requirement?
How can you administratively disable the USB port?
Your organization is concerned about security issues related to USB flash drives. What is the best way to administratively disable the USB ports on a computer?
Why does the help desk want your password?
While at work, you receive a call from Brian from the company help desk in New York. Brian informs you that during the backup process last night, your user account was apparently damaged during the file transfer. To resolve the issue, Brian asks for your username and password so he can login and recover the damaged files. What kind of security problem is this?
Network Access Security
The network is a wide-open space, but there are a number of technologies that network and security professionals can use to help control access to critical parts of the network. In this modules, you’ll learn about filtering technologies, tunneling and encryption methods, and remote access applications and protocols.
What security exploit is this?
During a normal workday, you receive a call at your desk asking for information about a recently submitted help desk ticket. Two things are remarkable about this particular call; you notice that the call is coming from an outside line, and you don’t have any recent help desk tickets. What security exploit should you be concerned about?
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