A law company holds a lot of sensitive data about its clients.

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2019). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. [1] Make the password require more characters
2. [1] Makes the password harder to crack/guess
3. [1] More possible combinations for the password
4. [1] Make the password require different types of characters
5. [1] Makes the password harder to crack/guess
6. [1] More possible combinations for the password
7. [1] Use a biometric device
8. [1] Hard to fake a person's biological data // data is unique
9. [1] Two-step verification // Two factor-authentication
10. [1] Adds an additional level to hack
11. [1] Have to have the set device for the code to receive it
12. [1] Drop-down boxes // onscreen keyboard
13. [1] To prevent passwords being obtained using keylogger
14. [1] Request random characters
15. [1] Won't reveal entire password
16. [1] Set number of password attempts
17. [1] Will lock account if attempting to guess
18. [1] Will stop brute-force attacks
19. [1] More read/write cycles (over its lifetime) // greater longevity ...
20. [1] ... likely to be a lot of read/write functions each day
21. [1] Read/write speed is sufficient ...
22. [1] ... even though it is slower than solid-state
23. [1] Cheaper per unit of data stored ...
24. [1] ... better value for the company to purchase
25. [1] ... so the law company can afford to buy a server with greater storage capacity
26. [1] No requirement for portability ...
27. [1] ... as a server, it does not need to be moved
28. [1] Trusted technology ...
29. [1] ... it has been traditionally used for many years
30. [1] DVD
31. [1] CD
32. [1] Blu-ray