Data breaches, compliance regulations and outsourcing questions were just a few of the issues that kept IT professionals at small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) busy in 2006. How much did you learn about these topics from our Tech Tips this year? Test yourself with this quick quiz:
1. What's the name for a collection of tools or programs that enable administrator-level access to a computer or computer network?
a. keylogger
b. rootkit technology
c. kernel modules
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2. What is a systematic approach to improving and automating an organization's business processes and workflows?
a. business process management
b. business impact analysis
c. cross engineering
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3. What is strong authentication?
a. It requires users to provide two means of identification to gain access to a system.
b. It requires users to choose a new password every 90 days.
c. It requires a combination of letters and numbers in passwords.
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4. What type of service provider monitors firewalls, runs intrusion detection systems, monitors logs and handles incident response?
a. Internet presence provider
b. vertical solutions provider
c. managed service security providers
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5. What promises integration, convenience and protection from pretty much every threat out there -- and are especially valuable to SMBs?
a. unified threat management devices
b. intrusion detection systems
c. business activity monitoring
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6. Fill in the blank: One of the essential tasks in developing a continuity or disaster recovery plan is the _________. Its purpose is to gain a clear understanding of how the business works and what happens when there is an interruption.
a. business process management
b. business activity management
c. business impact analysis
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7. In which process does a malicious user fake, or spoof, your company's IP address and appear on the caller ID of an unsuspecting customer?
a. spear phishing
b. VoIP phishing
c. social engineering
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8. What's the term for the point in time in which you wish to recover data?
a. recovery time objective
b. recovery point objective
c. hot backup
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9. What process allows you to merge current hotfixes, service packs and application updates into an existing installation base?
a. slipstreaming
b. master data management
c. business process management
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10. What are unpatched machines running special detection and auditing programs, portraying important severs that contain critical data, waiting to be hacked?
a. bastion hosts
b. honeytokens
c. honey pots
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