Safety
Software Threats
Security Risks
Miscellaneous
Security Organizations
100
Name of design that deals with making equipment safe and reduces repetitive stress injuries.
What is ergonimics
100
Type of attack that is used to try to guess usernames and passwords by entering all different types of combinations of username and password.
What is known as a brute force attack.
100
Type of program a hacker could use to find usernames and passwords.
What is sniffer.
100
If you do not want people to access your data or a company may want to limit access to data what should they do?
What is apply a password.
100
Name or Acronym for the organization that provides guidelines on using and purchasing computer equipment.
What is Occupational Safety & Health Administration or OSHA
200
Name of injury that occurs due to a person making too many of the same motions over a long period of time.
What is repetitive stress or strain injury or RSI
200
What software threat makes many copies of itself, resulting in the consumption of system resources that slows down or actually halts tasks on the computer.
What is a worm
200
This threat involves invading someone else's computer, usually for personal gain or the satisfaction of defeating a security system.
What is hacking.
200
Type of threat where hackers are trying to get your personal information like username and passwords by presenting a site or email that looks real but is not.
What is Phishing.
200
List some of the organizations that you could purchase an SSL Certificate from.
What is Verisign, GoDaddy or Network Solutions.
300
Name of keyboard that reduces strain on wrists and hands.
What is an ergonomic keyboard.
300
What type of password or classification of a password is more resistant to Brute force attacks?
What is a Strong Password
300
A security device that is used to monitor all traffic to and from computers and can be configured to block or allow the data.
What is a firewall.
300
Name of files that are small and are created when you visit websites to make it easier for you to use the website when you return.
What are cookies.
300
What organization offers suggested guidelines to make sure your e-commerce transactions are secure and to protect your private information.
What is Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
400
Outside of ergonomic devices how else can you minimize these injuries?
What is take frequent breaks, stretch and relax.
400
A malicious program that records keystrokes
What is keylogger
400
If you have frequent power outages what can you purchase to have additional power so that you can gracefully shut down your computer system.
What is an Uninterruptible Power System or UPS.
400
To protect your privacy what should you use instead of your name when posting to forums, blogs or social network.
What is alias or nick name.
400
Which Federal organization provides resources for Internet safety?
What is FBI
500
When using a laptop what can happen due to the fan being blocked by your lap or soft service.
What is overheat and possibly catch fire.
500
Type of software threat that collects information about the user, the user's browsing habits and other personal information
What is Spyware
500
What should you do to your data to protect it from a physical loss due to corruption, deletion or natural disaster?
What is Backup.
500
Term used when information is copied by a user(s) and used as their own without proper acknowledgement of the source
What is called Plagiarism.
500
Name 1 company that produces or sells anti-virus software.
What is Norton Symantec, McAfee, AVG, Vipre, Kaspersky, GFI, Panda