Cybersecurity Assessment – Test

ALERT: ALIEN IDENTIFIED

It’s a typical Tuesday morning in the outer reaches of the Andromeda galaxy: coffee is brewed, staff seem chipper, the hum of the starship engine murmurs throughout the SS Antihacker.

Until suddenly, the ship’s radar picks up an unidentified vessel approaching you.

Could these be the universally-feared Ransomware Aliens? Luckily, you’ve trained for this, and have the knowledge necessary to combat any alien infiltration.

Enter email

1. The SS Antihacker is equipped with _________ software to protect systems from unwanted emails.

A) Anti-spam software

B) Anti-virus software

C) Anti-spyware software

D) PC diagnostic software

2. The aliens attempt to infest your ship with malware with this message:

If you do not want to go to war and have your forces overrun, we demand that you pay us 5 trillion Galactic Credits!

What is your response to the aliens?

A) Nice try, aliens! We'll just cut all the server hardlines. We do have backups, after all.

B) The servers may be a little outdated and our data center may be short staffed, but...oh geez, there's too many things to think about!

C) Our up-to-date servers were designed around anticipating threats. We have proactive resilience built into the SS Antihacker.

D) Oh yeah, aliens? We'll just turn off all the servers! What's the worst thing that can happen? We've all gone without power before...

3. Your ship is fully equipped with countermeasures for ransomware attacks. Which of the following best describes how a ‘ransomware attack’ starts?

A) Sending a scam email with links and attachments that puts data and network at risk

B) Getting into the server through vulnerabilities and installing malware

C) Using infected websites that automatically download malicious software to your computer or mobile device

D) All of the above

4. You get a 5G message from command:

SS Antihacker, you need to install this Windows patch immediately. Download and install this file to eliminate bugs. Don't ask, just do it.

What is the best course of action?

A) Download the file! I mean, you know who sent it, right?

B) Open the link in an incognito browser window.

C) Mouse over the link in the email and realize that it looks phishy, so you click the “Report Phish” in your Outlook bar and forward it to your IT department for investigation.

D) Open another email and politely ask command if they sent the file.

E) Deleting the email without opening it

5. Your crew is anxious to know if the SS Antihacker can properly identify and thwart this alien invasion. What do you say to your crew?

A) Don't worry, VMware will thwart the attack. Just relax!

B) Who knows if we'll survive? Maybe our ship can deny access and wifi to UFOs using our VPN.

C) Hey team, it doesn't matter: we've got insurance!

D) Our spaceship is equipped with built-in detection indicators that can accurately detect 99% of anomalies in the event of an impending attack. We're in good hands.

6. The SS Antihacker is equipped with _________ software to protect systems from risk of malicious programs.

A) Anti-spam software (Network Security Software)

B) Anti-virus software

C) Anti-spyware software (Firewalls)

D) All of the above

7. Your crew is anxious to know if the SS Antihacker can properly protect them from this alien invasion. What do you say to your crew?

A) Hey everyone... I'm worried. I know our ship has some level of BIOS verification, but I'm not sure what else the ship is equipped with.

B) Don't worry, team. Our ship has PowerProtect Cyber Recovery installed on board. Which helps to identify corruption and recover data prior to an attack. We also have a Dell SafeID, which is a built-in feature that secures end user credentials.

8. You've managed to repel this particular alien invasion. However, upon investigation, you find that aliens managed to infiltrate your ship's systems over one week ago! That explains how they tracked your ship's location. Can you get rid of this malware?

A) Yes, the SS Antihacker has Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery installed. The air-gapped vault isolated a clean backup of critical data. We’ll just pick from the last good backup to pull from.

B) Yes, we have a clean copy, but it's about a month old.

C) No, we weren’t using an air-gapped solution.

D) No, our backup is incomplete and didn't save everything.

9. Your ship and crew's performance has inspired a smaller ship to invest in a new, expensive database. However, this smaller ship does not have the budget for purchasing additional servers of personnel. What would you recommend to this ship's captain for saving money on hiring additional personnel and minimizing their footprint on their current datacenter?

A) Allow Users to Telecommute

B) Set up a Load Balancer

C) APEX Cyber Recovery Services

Your score is

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