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Protecting a Network - Match-up

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Penetration testing
Anti-malware software
Firewall
Encryption
Vulnerability
Software update
Quarantine


Answers
Software that detects, blocks and removes malicious programs, using a regularly updated database of signatures.
Isolating a suspicious or infected file so that it cannot run and cause harm.
A weakness in a system or its software that an attacker could exploit to gain access.
The process of scrambling data so it cannot be read without the correct key.
Authorised experts attack an organisation's own systems to find weaknesses so they can be fixed.
Hardware or software that monitors network traffic and blocks connections not allowed by its rules.
A newer version of a program that fixes known weaknesses an attacker could have exploited.
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