5.3 · Lesson 2 of 2
Keeping data safe
Syllabus 5.3.2
What this lesson covers
- Explain the solutions used to keep data safe
Key vocabulary
- Authentication
- Checking that a user is who they say they are.
- Biometrics
- Authentication using unique physical characteristics, e.g. a fingerprint or face.
- Two-step verification
- Using two methods of authentication, e.g. a password and a code sent to your phone.
- Anti-malware
- Software that scans for, quarantines and removes malware, including anti-virus and anti-spyware.
- Firewall
- Monitors incoming and outgoing traffic and blocks anything that breaks its rules.
- Proxy server
- Sits between a user and the internet, hiding the user's IP address and filtering traffic.
- SSL
- Secure socket layer: a protocol that encrypts data sent between a browser and a web server.
- Access levels
- Giving different users different permissions to data.
- Privacy settings
- Controls for who can see your information online.
Check your learning
- Quick check: 4 questions
- Key vocabulary test: 9 terms
- Activity 1: Name that solution · 8 questions
- Activity 2: Know, are or have? · drag and drop
- Activity 3: Security solutions quiz · 8 questions