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How does your business measure up on computer security? |
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Take this security quiz and find out how much you know—or don’t know—about important security issues that can have an impact on your business.
1. Which of the following actions will not help you to secure desktop computers?
a. Turn on Automatic Updates
b. Turn on Windows Firewall
c. Install antivirus software
d. Open e-mail attachments from an unknown sender
2. Which of the following is an example of a strong password?
a. Password
b. J*p2le04>F
c. My dog has fleas!
d. Your real name, username, or company name
3. True or false: If you have a perimeter firewall on your network, you don’t need to turn on a local firewall.
4. How can you prevent intruders from accessing your wireless network?
a. Encrypt network traffic with Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) or Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
b. Restrict access to trusted Media Access Control (MAC) addresses
c. Both
5. True or false: If you set antivirus software for auto-updates, you don’t need to enable Windows Automatic Updates.
6. True or false: Small businesses are not targets for hackers.
7. What is phishing?
a. “Spoofed” e-mail messages and websites that fool recipients into divulging personal information
b. A type of computer virus
c. An example of a strong password
d. None of the above
8. What product can you use to update all the computers on your network?
a. Windows Update Services (WUS)
b. Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
c. Bluetooth Networking
d. Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)
9. What method(s) can you use to protect sensitive data from prying eyes?
a. Passwords
b. File permissions
c. Encryption
d. All of the above
10. How often should you perform an incremental backup?
a. Daily
b. Every other day
c. Weekly
d. Monthly
Answers to the security quiz appear below. If you didn’t answer all the questions correctly, visit the Chamber website to learn more about security issues that concern small businesses.
1. d. You should use Automatic Updates, antivirus software, and Windows Firewall. You should never open e-mail attachments from an unknown source.
2. b and c. A strong password has a mixture of different character types. Passphrases make very secure passwords.
3. b. False. You should use a perimeter firewall and a local firewall.
4. c. Both. You should encrypt your network and limit access.
5. b. False. Automatically updating your antivirus software does not also automatically update the Windows operating system. You should also enable the Windows Automatic Updates feature.
6. b. False. Small businesses are often direct targets of attacks and can also be affected by attacks on larger companies.
7. a. Spoofed e-mail messages and fraudulent websites are designed to fool recipients into divulging personal financial data, such as credit card numbers, account usernames, and passwords.
8. a. WUS. WUS provides a solution to the problem of managing and distributing critical Windows updates that resolve known security vulnerabilities and other stability issues in the Windows operating systems.
9. d. All of the above. You can protect sensitive data by using strong passwords, assigning file permissions, and enabling encryption.
10. a. Daily. An incremental backup includes all data that has changed since the last backup. You should perform an incremental backup daily if you are using this method as part of your backup solution.
Quiz courtesy of Microsoft Corporation, the Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. Chamber.
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