Revision Session – Class Discussion

1. With respect to cyber security what is a threat?

2. State 3 examples of threats.
3. What is a
a. pentest?
b. Network Audit
4. What is security?
5. What is a security policy and give 2 examples.
6. State the function of the following tools:
a. Tripwire
b. Nmap
7. Present a graphical depiction of:
a. Tripwire
b. Nmap
8. How many devices can be accommodated on a
a. class C Ip address
b. Class B IP address
c. Class A IP address

9. State what are VLANs and outline their basic structure.

10. What is the purpose of a trunk port?
11. What does the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
recommend about performing a security test on a network?
12. What is the OSI model? Which layer does a VLAN fall on that model?
13. What is risk analysis?
14. What is the purpose of Access control lists?
15. Using one sentence for each, state the purpose of the following protocols:
a. SNMP protocol
b. NTP protocol
c. SysLog protocol
d. TFTP protocol
16. What are three types of system testing?