Cybersecurity Basics Quiz

Cybersecurity Fundamentals

• Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems, networks, and data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.

Impact of Internet of Things (IoT) on Cybercrime and Cybersecurity

• The IoT has increased the attack surface, making it easier for cybercriminals to compromise devices and perpetuate cybercrime.
• The IoT has also raised new challenges for cybersecurity, such as managing and securing a vast number of connected devices.

CIA Triad Principle

• The principle of Availability ensures that systems and data are accessible by authorized users when and where needed.

Digital Footprint

• A digital footprint refers to the information about a person that exists on the Internet as a result of their online activity.
• A person's digital footprint is composed of various types of information, including social media profiles, online searches, and browsing history.
• One characteristic of a digital footprint is that it can be permanent, making it challenging to erase or remove.

Right to be Forgotten

• The right to be forgotten is the ability to request that online platforms and search engines remove personal information from public access.

Digital Footprint Monitoring

• Employers, landlords, and law enforcement agencies are likely to look at a person's digital footprint.

Password Security

• Complex passwords should contain a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters.

Two-Factor Authentication

• Two-factor authentication is a security process that requires a user to provide two forms of verification, such as a password and a fingerprint, to access a system or data.

Data Visualization

• Data visualization is the term that describes using charts, graphs, or images to display complex data.
• Data visualization can be skewed to be misleading by using biased or incomplete data, or by manipulating the scale and presentation of the data.

Data Use

• The appropriate use of data is called data ethics.

Internet Search

• Using quotation marks around a word or phrase in an internet search returns exact matches for the phrase, rather than individual results for each word.

Data Presentation

• Bar graphs are best suited for presenting categorical data, where the goal is to compare the frequency or distribution of different categories.

Website Credibility

• Characteristics of a website that can help determine its credibility include the domain name, author credentials, and the presence of citations or references.