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Google IT Support Professional Certificate Course 5
IT Security: Defense against the digital dark arts

This course will help you understand:
- how various encryption algorithms and techniques work as well as their benefits and limitations.
- various authentication systems and types.
- the difference between authentication and authorization.
- how to evaluate potential risks and recommend ways to reduce risk.
- best practices for securing a network.
- how to help others to grasp security concepts and protect themselves.

Google IT Support Course 5: IT Security - Defense Against The Digital Dark Arts Study Guide
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1. A _____________________ is malware that disguises itself as one thing, like software, but does something else. Similar to how the historical Trojan horse was accepted into the city by the citizens of Troy, a computer Trojan has to be accepted (executed) by the user.

2. normalization

3. recoverability

4. What are the requirements to regularly monitor and test networks?

5. A _______________ is the possibility of danger that could exploit a vulnerability. Threats are just possible attackers, sort of like burglars. Not all burglars will attempt to break into your home to steal your most prized possessions, but they could, and so they're considered threats.

6. Password Alert

7. ___________________ is a common type of spyware that's used to record every keystroke you make. It can capture all of the messages you type, confidential information, passwords, etc.

8. How can you implement FDE?

9. How does password-protecting the key work with FDE?

10. A ____________________ by its name is a kit for root, meaning a collection of software or tools that an admin would use to allow admin level modification to an operating system. It can be hard to detect because it can hide itself from the system using the system itself. It can run lots of malicious processes without showing up in task manager because it can hide its presence.

11. penetration testing

12. Network Hardening

13. Heartbleed

14. Binary whitelisting systems can be configured to _____ specific vendors' code signing certificates, permitting all binary signs with that certificate to run. This is helpful for automatically trusting content like system updates along with software in common use that comes from reputable and trusted vendors.

15. _____________________ is a type of malware that's meant to spy on you, including monitoring your computer screens, key presses, and webcams, and then reporting or streaming all of this information to another party.

16. _________________ refers to the possibility of suffering a loss in the event of an attack on the system.

17. TLS

18. firewall

19. Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability form the

20. SSH

21. Splunk

22. What are some first-party full-disk encryption solutions?

23. Network separation

24. good password policy characteristics

25. Correlation analysis

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