WJEC GCSE Digital Technology Past Paper - PDF

’ ’ ’ WJEC GCSE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY Threats to data Using the email shown below, identify the SIX indicators that suggest it could be a phishing email (6). Mr Ratcliff Unit 1 Revision Summer 2023 WJEC GCSE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY Threats to data A local hospital stores hundreds of patients...

’ ’ ’ WJEC GCSE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY Threats to data Using the email shown below, identify the SIX indicators that suggest it could be a phishing email (6). Mr Ratcliff Unit 1 Revision Summer 2023 WJEC GCSE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY Threats to data A local hospital stores hundreds of patients details on it’s network. The hospital have employed an ethical hacker because they’re concerned about the security of it’s patients sensitive medical data. a) What type of prevention strategy are the hospital using by employing an ethical hacker? (1 mark) b) Identify three errors that the hospital's staff could make, that may endanger the security of the network and outline a procedure that could be put in place to prevent each error. (6 marks) Mr Ratcliff Unit 1 Revision Summer 2023 WJEC GCSE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY Threats to data A local hospital stores hundreds of patients details on it’s network. c) Using the network threats provided, suggest a suitable strategy that will identify and/or prevent this form of attack. (10 marks) Threat How to identify/prevent vulnerability. Justification Malware Social engineering Brute force attack Data interception Denial of service attack Mr Ratcliff Unit 1 Revision Summer 2023 ’ ’ ’ ’ • • • • • • • ’ WJEC GCSE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY Digital footprints Active v Passive footprints In the table below, identify if each scenario is an example of an active footprint (with the users knowledge) or passive footprint (without the users knowledge). Active Passive Sending an instant message via Twitter. A web server storing a user’s IP address. Submitting a post on a blog. Sharing a story on Instagram. A user’s browser/search history. Replying to post thread on Facebook Mr Ratcliff Unit 1 Revision Summer 2023 WJEC GCSE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY Impact of digital footprints Explain how digital footprint would be used for the following purposes Monitoring current employees Monitoring prospective employees (people applying for jobs) Security (the ability to keep the general public safe) Businesses Mr Ratcliff Unit 1 Revision Summer 2023