Overview of Learning

• Forms of attack
• Threats posed to networks:
  • malware
  • phishing
  • people as the ‘weak point’ in secure systems (social engineering)
  • brute force attacks
  • denial of service attacks
  • the concept of SQL injection
  • poor network policy
• Identifying and preventing vulnerabilities:
  • penetration testing
  • network forensics
  • network policies
  • anti-malware software
  • firewalls
  • user access levels
  • passwords
  • encryption

• GCSE 1.6 Forms of attack

• GCSE 1.6 Threats posed to networks

• GCSE 1.6 Identifying and preventing vulnerabilities