A-LevelComputer ScienceSecurity, privacy and data integrity9618/12 · May/June 2021 · Q85 Marks
A company has several security measures in place to prevent unauthorised access to the data on its computers.
- (a)Describe the difference between the security and privacy of data.[2]
- (b)Each employee has a username and password to allow them to log onto a computer. An employee's access rights to the data on the computers is set to either read-only, or read and write. Identify one other software-based measure that could be used to restrict the access to the data on the computers.[1]
- (c)The company is also concerned about threats posed by networks and the internet. Identify two threats to the data that are posed by networks and the internet. Threat 1 Threat 2[2]
Mark scheme
Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2021). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.
- [1] (a) Security protects data against loss
- [1] (a) Privacy protects data against unauthorised access
- [1] (b) Two factor authentication
- [1] (b) Biometric passwords
- [1] (b) Key Card Access
- [1] (b) Firewall
- [1] (c) Malware // viruses // spyware // by example
- [1] (c) Hacking
- [1] (c) Phishing
- [1] (c) Pharming
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