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Work through each of the five Cyber Essentials control areas. You can complete them in any order and come back to change your answers at any time.

  1. 1.Firewalls

    6 questions

    Boundary and host-based firewalls prevent unauthorised access to or from your network and devices.

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  2. 2.Secure Configuration

    6 questions

    Computers and network devices should be configured securely to reduce vulnerabilities.

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  3. 3.User Access Control

    6 questions

    User accounts — especially privileged accounts — must be controlled carefully.

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  4. 4.Malware Protection

    5 questions

    Malware protection prevents malicious software from executing on your devices.

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  5. 5.Patch Management

    6 questions

    Keeping software and firmware up to date is one of the most effective ways to protect against known vulnerabilities.

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