A small office uses a local area network (LAN).

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme. The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. (a) • A network over a small geographical area (1); • E.g. within a building/site (1); • Uses own/private infrastructure (1)
2. (b) • Share resources (e.g. printer/scanner/files) (1); • Share data/files (1); • Centralised data/backup (1); • Communication (e.g. email) (1); • Security (1)
3. (c) • Encrypt the email (1) to make it unreadable if intercepted (1); • Use a strong password for email account (1) to prevent unauthorised access to the email account (1); • Use two-factor authentication (2FA) (1) to add an extra layer of security to the email account (1); • Attach sensitive data in a password-protected file (1) to prevent unauthorised access if the file is opened (1)