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?
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.
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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?
Biometrics can be useful for security authentication. Which of these is an example of a biometric?
What term best describes the fraudulent gathering of sensitive information through look-alike web pages?
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Your organization wants to provide virtual private network connectivity from outside the office, but additional security is required. The primary requirement is that each user is verified with a username, password, and a piece of information that physically identifies the user. What would be the most appropriate solution for this requirement?
You’re configuring an access point with MAC filtering and WEP encryption, but the security administrator says that WEP encryption should not be used. As a standard, the security administrator has selected WPA2 instead. Why would he insist on WPA2?
Your security administrator has told you that he’s implementing a new security policy that includes two-factor authentication. What is two-factor authentication?
The security of an organization is ultimately only as good as its people and its processes. In this video, we’ll discuss the importance of patching systems and training the user community. We’ll also learn about social engineering and discover ways to address social engineering situations.
Security systems are fantastic things, until they suddenly stop working. In this video, we’ll discuss some troubleshooting techniques for BIOS security, firewall issues, wireless clients, and encryption.
