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1.
Which of these statements about portable devices is/are correct?
A.
They tend to be more vulnerable to accidental loss and damage,
because they are used outside secure office environments.
B.
They tend to be more vulnerable to theft, because they are
used in more insecure places and are easy to carry off.
C.
Many of them now have large data-storage capacities, making
their loss or theft a potentially large security risk.
D. Many of them now have security features built
in, which should be used when available.
All of these are correct.
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2. What about physical security for a portable
device? Which of these is/are correct?
A. The single most important protection for
a portable is keeping it in a secure physical space whenever
possible.
B. You can usually assume that physical security
in your office environment is good enough.
C. When transported, if you can't keep it near
you a portable should be locked up.
D. When transported, a carrying case that disguises
what's inside can be a good idea.
All of these are correct except
B. An open office environment may not be very secure at all.
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3.
Which of these are useful for preventing theft?
A.
Cable locks.
B.
Motion detector alarms.
C.
Tamper-proof labelling.
D.
Magic anti-theft pyramid.
All
of these are correct except D. We just wanted to see if you
were paying attention.
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4. What about preventing access to the data
on a portable? Which of these is/are correct?
A. When available, password-protected access
features should be used when a device contains sensitive data.
B. When available, encryption features should
be used when a device contains sensitive data.
C. When available, tracking and "remote-destruct"
features should be used when a device contains sensitive data.
D. Reducing the amount of sensitive data stored
on a portable is also a way to reduce risk.
All of these are correct.
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5. What about backup copies of data on the portable?
W hich of these is/are correct?
A. The only true insurance for your data is having backup copies,
whether created by you or some "automatic" process
handled by others.
B.
Most portables automatically make backup copies of data, so
you do not need to worry about this yourself.
C.
It is generally considered safe to keep your backup copies
in the same location as your portable.
D.
Backup copies require security, just like the "originals"
stored on the computer.
A
and D are correct. B is rarely true. If you picked C, repeat
the course.
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6. Regarding "communications security,"
which of these is/are correct?
A. If a portable uses Wi-Fi/Airport/802.11 that wireless
connection should be configured to be secure.
B. If a portable uses Bluetooth, that wireless connection
should be configured to be secure.
C. If a portable is used to access particularly sensitive
data, the use of secure end-to-end communications via a Virtual
Private Network (VPN) should be considered.
D. Most portable devices have operating systems that automatically
secure wireless communications, so no intervention is required.
A and B and C are true. D is, at least given current
technology, quite false.
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7. What about when a portable is ready to be
"retired"? Which of these is/are correct?
A. It is critical to assure that the portable is cleaned
of all sensitive data before it is "recycled."
B. Deletion of all files is sufficient to clean hard drives
and removable storage media.
C. Deletion and reformatting is sufficient to clean hard
drives and all removable storage media.
D. Deletion, and multiple over-writing is sufficient to clean
hard drives and all removable storage media.
A is the only answer that is clearly true. B is obviously
false. Most security experts would say reformatting is not
adequate either, so C is false even for magnetic media. D
is false if the media is not rewriteable, like a write-once
CD-R or DVD-R, but true for the magnetic media that portable
generally use.
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8.What does Ben Franklin have to do with portable
computers?
A. He invented them.
B. He wrote the first draft of the Declaration
of Independence on one, before turning the editing over to
Thomas Jefferson.
C. The company he founded in 1779 is now one
of the world's largest manufacturers of portable computers.
D. His picture appears on the US $100 paper
currency, and provides the "Ben Franklin Test" standard
for where you should leave your portable unattended.
To the best of our knowledge, only D
is correct.
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