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Cyber Security
Internet and Its Uses · 3 question types
Exam Frequency Analysis
Past paper frequency (2018 to 2024)
This topic accounts for approximately 8% of your exam marks.
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Threats (phishing, pharming, malware, DDoS, brute-force) and the matching protection methods appear in almost every paper.
The second half of the syllabus lists the methods used to protect data from the threats above. Each one closes off a particular kind of attack, and a well-secured system uses several together.