Security and hacker related concepts

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Assignment

1a) Research the following security and hacker related concepts/tools on the internet and describe, in your own words, what they mean or what they are (in a paragraph or two for each concept/tool). Provide an example for each one. Make sure that you fully demonstrate your understanding of the concept to receive full credit.

• Firewall

• Social Engineering

• Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS)

• Identity Theft

• Multi-Factor Authentication

• Keystroke Monitoring

• Intrusion Detection System

• Public Key Encryption

• Ransomware

Also, provide a list (with description and URL) of at least three different free anti-virus and/or anti-malware software applications.

1b)

Research and describe at least five good IT security practices that you should engage in (the "do's") and at least five ‘bad' security practices that you should avoid (the "don'ts"). For each of these "do's" and "don'ts", discuss why the practice is either good or bad for security.

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