Protecting a Network - Quiz

1. Which term describes a weakness in a system that an attacker could take advantage of?

Encryption

Penetration testing

Firewall

Vulnerability

2. What is meant by penetration testing?

Traffic is checked against rules and unwanted connections are blocked

Files known to be malware are isolated so that they cannot run

Software detects, blocks and removes malicious programs such as viruses

Security experts are given permission to attack an organisation's own systems to find weaknesses

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