Teacher Pack: Unit 1.6 System Security J276 (from 2016)
The resources within this Teacher Pack cover all aspects of the specification in relation to OCR GCSE Computer Science J276 component 1.6.
It includes a:
· Teaching PowerPoint (includes checkpoint questions and answers)
· Student PowerPoint (Includes checkpoint questions, but omits the answers)
· Homework/Classwork Activities
· End of unit test (with answers)
Content Covered:
-Forms of attack
-Threats posed to networks:
o malware
o phishing
o people as the ‘weak point’ in secure systems (social engineering)
o brute force attacks
o denial of service attacks
o data interception and theft
o the concept of SQL injection
o poor network policy
- Identifying and preventing vulnerabilities:
o penetration testing
o network forensics
o network policies
o anti-malware software
o firewalls
o user access levels
o passwords
o encryption.