Cyber Security 10.5-10.7

RAID

100

What does RAID stand for?

Redundant Array of Independent Disks

200

What is Parity?

 is another way to help protect against data loss, in which data can be recalculated with the help of other drives if one fails.

300

What is Striping?

means splitting the flow of data into blocks of a certain size and then writing these blocks across the array one by one.

400

What is Mirroring?

means that the RAID array stores identical copies of data across different drives at the same time.

500

How many levels of RAID are there? 

7

Fault Tolerance

100

Why is network redundancy a good thing?

With redundant connections, it's much less likely that a server will be cut off from the network.

200

What is site redundancy?

Site redundancy provides a complete duplicate of the computers and data at a location away from the main computer systems.

300

What is network redundancy?

• Install multiple network interface cards into the server. If one card fails, the others can take over.
• Allow multiple paths between the server and the computers on the network.

400

What is data redundancy?

Copying data and allowing multiple paths to keep data. 

500

What is a UPS?

uninterruptible power supply

Best Password Practices

100

Is a good password, the word Password?

No

200

What is a password account threshold?

Does not allow a certain amount of wrong attempts for passwords

300

What are account lockout policies?

A policy that locks out users after a certain amount of wrong attempts

400

Should you write down your password?

No. 

500

What is password history policies?

A policy that does not allow you to reset your password to other previously used passwords.

Windows Defender

100

Anti-malware has two functions:

virus removal and real time protection

200

Does Windows Defender scan on a regular schedule?

Yes, you can schedule them as well. 

300

What does the full scan mode do on a virus check?

Goes through the entire hard drive 

400

How do you configure Windows Defender Firewall?

• Select the Turn Windows Defender on or off option and select either turn on or turn off for private or public networks in your system. It is best to leave it on unless you are installing a third-party firewall.
• Select the Allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall option to allow a specific app to communicate through the firewall. Here you can add, change, or remove allowed apps and ports.
• Select the Restore defaults option to return the Windows Defender Firewall setting to the Microsoft default settings.

500

True or false: Malware is good. 

False

Windows Firewall

100

Can you turn off the Windows Firewall?

Bonus:If you can, how?

Yes, you can. 

200

Daily Double!!!!!

What would be the best to prevent an unauthorized person from remotely accessing your computer?

Firewall

300

There are two main types of firewalls that are commonly used:

network firewalls and host-based firewalls.

400

True or False: Host based are installed on individual computers within the network.

True

500

Network Location Awareness allows you to enforce different firewall rules, depending on the type of network you are connected to. These network types include the following:

Public, Guest and Private