Unit 1 Lesson 1

Question 1

Digital Footprint

Answer 1

the trail that you leave behind when you engage in online experiences

Question 2

Network Security Cloud Lab

Answer 2

a virtual machine or simulated computer that runs on a host computer

Question 3

Virtual Machine

Answer 3

an emulation of a computer system

Question 4

Crack

Answer 4

to guess or discover information, especially a password

Question 5

Python script

Answer 5

a collection of Python code or commands that perform some function

Question 6

Brute force attack

Answer 6

an attempt to discover information, especially passwords, through trial and error. Attackers try as many passwords or phrases as possible hoping one of the guesses is correct

Question 7

Dictionary attack

Answer 7

a systematic attempt to crack a password testing with words and phrases found in online dictionaries

Question 8

Encryption

Answer 8

a process that converts human-readable text or data into a coded form. It is usually used to protect data from being easily seen or accessed. To encrypt means to do the conversion

Question 9

Algorithm

Answer 9

a set of steps to accomplish a task. An algorithm can be expressed in many kinds of notation, such as natural language, pseudocode, and flowcharts. Algorithms are essential to the way computers process data, because they contain the specific instructions for what a computer or program does

Question 10

Authorize

Answer 10

to give permission, for example, in order to access information

Question 11

Authenticate

Answer 11

to confirm your identity using knowledge known only to you or information interpreted by you

Question 12

CAPTCHA

Answer 12

a system that can distinguish between a human and an automated program

Question 13

Social media

Answer 13

websites and applications used for communication by large groups of people, enabling them to share information and develop an online social network

Question 14

Spam

Answer 14

irrelevant or inappropriate messaging sent through email to a large number of recipients; also known as junk mail

Question 15

Phishing

Answer 15

practice of sending fraudulent emails that appear to be from legitimate companies with the intent to induce people to share sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card numbers

Question 16

Phisher

Answer 16

the person sending the phishing attempts

Question 17

Email source

Answer 17

the email address from which the email was sent

Question 18

Top-level domain

Answer 18

the last segment of a web address; it follows immediately after the last “dot” symbol (.com, .net, .org, .gov)

Question 19

Malware

Answer 19

software that is intended to do harm or damage

Question 20

Social engineering

Answer 20

gaining access to buildings, systems, or data by exploiting human psychology rather than by breaking in or using technical hacking techniques

Question 21

Cyberteam

Answer 21

a team of individuals working together to investigate cyber events and anomalies

Question 22

Team norms

Answer 22

guidelines that team members develop in order to be followed when working together