TA4: Cyber-security and Legislation: revision quiz and key terms
Free practice for TA4: Cyber-security and Legislation in OCR Cambridge Nationals IT (J836): R050. It has 4 parts: TA4.1 Cyber-security Threats, TA4.2 Impact of Cyber-security Threats, TA4.3 Security Measures and Prevention and TA4.4 Legislation. Try the questions, then check the key terms.
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Which cyber-security threat involves sending emails that pretend to be from a trusted organisation to trick users into giving away personal details?
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act protects the intellectual property rights of creators.
Which security measure monitors and controls network traffic coming into and out of a network?
Ransomware is designed to speed up a computer by deleting unwanted files.
Which piece of legislation gives individuals the right to request a copy of the personal data an organisation holds about them?
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Key terms for TA4: Cyber-security and Legislation
- Access rights and permissions
- Restrict what different users are allowed to view or do.
- Computer Misuse Act
- Makes unauthorised access to a computer system a criminal offence.
- Copyright law
- Makes it illegal to copy or distribute work without permission.
- Data Protection Act 2018
- UK law that controls how organisations collect, store and use personal data.
- Denial of service (DoS) attack
- Flooding a server with so much traffic that it cannot respond to genuine users.
- Firewall
- Hardware or software that monitors network traffic and blocks unauthorised access.
- Phishing
- Uses fraudulent emails or messages to trick users into revealing information.
- Virus
- Attaches itself to a file and can replicate when the file is opened.
What TA4: Cyber-security and Legislation covers
In RADevo this topic has a full topic test and a focused quiz for each part:
- TA4.1 Cyber-security Threats
- TA4.2 Impact of Cyber-security Threats
- TA4.3 Security Measures and Prevention
- TA4.4 Legislation
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