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CIA Triad ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Confidentially, Integrity and Availability.



Least privilege /Need-to-know basis ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Giving someone the most
limited access required to so they can perform their job.



Defence in Depth ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Protecting a company's data with a series of
protective layers.



Annual Risk Assessment ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A risk register where the financial
director will look at all of the risks associated with money and the IT manager will look at all of
the risks posed.



Annual Security Awareness Training ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Where you are reminded
about what you should be doing on a daily basis to keep the company safe.



Change Advisory Board (CAB) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Assists with the prioritisation of
changes.



Business Continuity Plan (BCP) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Contingency planning to keep
the business up and running when a disaster occurs, by identifying single points of failure.



Firewall Rule ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A rule in the firewall specifying if a connection is
allowed or denied.

,Antivirus/Antimalware ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Software or hardware that protects
against or removes malicious software.



Screen Saver ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A feature that logs computers off when they are
idle.



Screen Filter ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A device which prevents people from viewing your
screen, while they are walking past.



Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Equipment used to record
events through cameras and or sensors.



Log Files ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Text files that record events and times that occur.



Write-Once Read-Many Drive (WORM) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A hard drive that can
only be written to once, but read many times.



Fire Suppression System ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓An oxygen suppressant system that
starves a fire to prevent damage to equipment.



Disable User Accounts ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓When someones leaves a company, their
account is disabled and password changed immediately.



Operating System Hardening ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The operating system is fully
patched, all unused features and services are disabled.



Identification (Access Controls) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓An identifying piece of
information such as a number or list of characters.

,Security Identifier (SID) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓An identifier, that is tied to an account.



Authentication (Access Controls) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The person making the
request, is who they say they are.



Authorisation (Access Controls) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The amount of access given to a
user.



New Technology File System (NTFS) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A proprietary file system
created by Microsoft.



Discretionary Access Control (DAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A control system, that the
user is only given access, that they need to perform their job.



Full Control (DAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The user has full control.



Modify (DAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The user can change, read and execute data.



Read and Execute (DAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The user can read the data or run the
program.



List Folder Contents (DAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The user can see the directory and its
subdirectories.



Read (DAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The user can read the data.

, Write (DAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The user can write to the file.



Special Permissions (DAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The user has granular access.



Data Creator/Owner (DAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The user has permission to get
permissions for other users.



Mandatory Access Control (MAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A classification of data based
on how much damage it could cause.



Top Secret (MAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The highest level of damage.



Secret (MAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Causes serious damage.



Confidential (MAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Causes damage.



Restricted (MAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Has an undesirable effect.



Owner (MAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The user who writes data and determines
classification.



Steward (MAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The user who labels the data.



Custodian (MAC) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The user who stores and manages classified
data.

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