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This triad of ideas covers making sure that information is not seen by unintended parties, that it is unchanged, and that is able to be accessed by those with permission to access it
What is the CIA Triad? Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
This options menu can be used to troubleshoot, restore, and boot from an alternate device or enter UEFI from a Windows PC.
What is Advanced Boot Options?
This cloud centric OS is based on Linux, runs on inexpensive hardware, seen often in schools.
What is ChromeOS? Will also take Chromebook
This Windows tool should not be used unless you have a clear idea about what you are doing with it as changes within this tool may cause unrecoverable problems with your system, but it can be very powerful when used properly.
What is Registry Editor? regedit.msc
You will use this mangement console to format and partition drives in a Windows PC
What is Disk Management? diskmgmt.msc
This OS provides free updates to systems that are exclusively licensed to their hardware products, but support for hardware usually ends within 5-6 years
What is MacOS?
The name of the screen when Windows encounters a STOP error
What is BSOD? Blue Screen of Death
This file system is used in the majority of installations of OS's from Microsoft
What is NTFS? New Technology File System
This feature of multiple OS's makes searching for files in a filesystem faster and more efficient
What is Indexing?
This remote access protocol is only available as a client service in Windows home and operates on this TCP/UDP port
What is RDP TCP/UDP 3389? Remote Desktop Protocol
You should use this filesystem type to ensure the widest possible compatibility with multiple OS's and devices when using portable storage, has a file size limit of 4GB
What is FAT32? File Allocation Table 32-bit
NOS's have this naming trait in common with each other
What is contains the word server? NOS Network Operating System
This failing is the most common cause of Time Drift on PCs
What is the CMOS/coin-cell battery?
Do this if you encounter an issue with a Windows update or driver installation
What is Driver/Update Roll Back?
Use this Windows tool to quickly check on system resource use, network activity, running tasks, and system services.
What is Task Manager? taskmgr.exe
This open source mobile phone operating system is based on Linux
What is Android?
This Windows tool allows for the logging of system resource use, can be modified to suit your environment and needs.
What is Resource Monitor? resmon.exe
These 3 ideas are a cornerstone of IT security and focus on knowing who/what is accessing information, what they are allowed to access, and tracking what they have accessed and the actions they have performed.
What is AAA? Authentication, Authorization, Accounting/Auditing
Most common OS used for modern webservers
What is Linux?
This Windows tool allows for automating commands and scripts on either a one-off or recurring schedule
What is Task Scheduler? taskschd.msc
These lists control access to resources on a network, computer, or application and can be thought of as similar to what a security officer uses to identify who is allowed to enter an establishment
What is an ACL? Access Control List
You will use this tool to apply policies to large groups of users in an efficient manner to ensure consistent settings across the group.
What is Group Policy Editor? gpedit.msc
This OS is used for mobile phones and has a closed app ecosystem, forcing users to obtain software through their "walled garden" store
What is iOS?
You will use this command to see the DNS resolver cache on a Windows PC
What is ipconfig /displaydns?
This framework is concerned with meeting the goals of the CIA triad
What is IAM? Identity and Access Management
These are two unique factors of authentication
What are something you know, something you have, something you are?
You will use this tool to troubleshoot network connectivity to another terminal or device, does not diagnose issues along the path, only if you are able to get a response from the other side
What is Ping?
This type of encryption is featured when using public/private key pairs
What is Asymmetric Encryption?
You will use this tool to investigate and troubleshoot open ports and connections from a Windows PC
What is netstat?
You will use this tool to troubleshoot name resolution from a Windows PC
What is nslookup?