Utilizing a second device to confirm your identity.
What is multifactor authentication?
Replacing a product with a newer version of the same product.
What is Upgrading?
An attack used by hackers to repeatedly guess different passwords to get access to your accounts
What is a brute force attack?
Using a favorite song lyric, or using a quote from your favorite movie, TV show, or Book instead of a password.
What is a passphrase?
A newer office process that enables the IT support staff to grant additional access permissions once it is approved by a manager.
What is a security request?
A connection that can encrypt and protect data on a open, public or private network.
What is a VPN?
*** DOUBLE JEOPARDY*** A technique used to attack data-driven applications in which nefarious SQL statements are inserted into an entry field for execution
What is a SQL injection?
* * * DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! * * * Linked In or Facebook are channels that are often used for this targeted attack on specific individuals, or organizations which seeks unauthorized access to confidential data.
What is spear phishing?
This self-proclaimed whistleblower was able to steal copious amounts of data while being employed by the National Security Agency (NSA) of the USA.
Who is Edward Snowden?
This is who you should call to report suspicious activity, such as a malicious email or phone call.
Whos is the IT Help Desk?