MP State Exams English MP SI Solved Papers MP-SI 1 November 2017, 9 AM

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    Read the following passages carefully and answer the following sentences. Massive kind of cuber security breaches that shattered some top enterprises has raised the topic of cyber security to the forefront. Though only large companies find their way to the headlines small businesses are not free from several cyber security threats. The horrible fact remains that the impact of cyber- attack on a small business can often be devastating. Studies by National Cyber Security Alliance show that within six months of being hacked over 60 percent of businesses have quit the scene once for all. The most common practices to combat cyber security issues are to deploy powerful antivirus software and also to back up the data on a regular basis. This is the first step any small business can take. However there is still a lot more to stay protected at a time when the hackers have grown technologically advanced to challenge any kind of proactive measure. Those enterprises creating easy and simple passwords like ABCD or 1234 are only facilitating a cake walk for the hackers to crack their system code. Experts advise to put some innovation in passwords including numerals characters and alphabets. Though passwords make it tough for hackers to crack them. Time and again remind your employees to create new and strong passwords and also change them often. Keep password attempts to minimum. Most hackers try random passwords till they are able to open your account successfully. If you have implemented a six-digit pin you are only creating a million unique possibilities and so your account is never safe. Today there are amazing passwords cracking software that can easily; guess your codes within a few minutes. Therefore keep the password attempts to minimum during every stage of the authentication process. Password management tools help create strong passwords and also remember them. So many businesses wish to install them for their many advantages. However the big down- side to them is the passwords are stored in their databases making it handy for the hackers to get all of them if they can access the location just once. So ascertain the password management tool you are depending on is reliable.
    Which of the statements is TRUE in case of protecting against cyber-crime?

    A) Password management tools could be of little help create strong passwords.

    B) There are amazing passwords cracking software in the market today

    C) Implementing a six-digit pin guarantees you that your account is safe

    D) Tough passwords make it tougher for hackers to crack them.

    Correct Answer: D


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