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What Cambridge says you should be able to do, in our words. Codes are the topic number plus the objective’s position.
Explain the difference between the terms security, privacy and integrity of data.
Taught in: Security, privacy and integrity: three promises, three failures · 6 questions
Appreciate the need for both the security of data and the security of the computer system.
Taught in: Two locks: securing the system and securing the data · 6 questions
Describe security measures designed to protect computer systems, ranging from the stand-alone PC to a network of computers.
Including user accounts, passwords, authentication techniques such as digital signatures and biometrics, firewall, anti-virus software, anti-spyware and encryption.
Taught in: User accounts, passwords and proving who you are, Firewalls, anti-malware and encryption: guarding the system · 12 questions
Understand the threats to computer and data security posed by networks and the internet.
Including malware (virus, spyware), hackers, phishing and pharming.
Taught in: Malware, hackers, phishing and pharming: threats from the network · 6 questions
Describe methods that can be used to restrict the risks posed by threats.
Taught in: Restricting the risk: matching the countermeasure to the threat · 6 questions
Describe security methods designed to protect the security of data.
Including encryption and access rights.
Taught in: Encryption and access rights: protecting the data itself · 6 questions