A breach is any attempt to get past a network’s defenses.

The IT security officer for a large company has spent the past year upgrading security for the corporate network. Employees working from home have personal firewalls running on their computers. They use a virtual private network (VPN) to connect to the corporate network. The corporate network utilizes the latest devices and techniques, including an intrusion detection system/intrusion prevention system (IDS/IPS), anti-malware protection, and firewalls. What security threat most likely still needs to be addressed?

Anna is doing a presentation on health insurance plans. What is the absolute worst type of healthcare plan one should never ever choose, because unexpected medical expenses may occur and be very costly?

Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow external entities to connect to and interact with a private network. What does identity verification require?

David is trying to determine if a Door Dash Driver is a contractor or employee. David is utilizing a common test that determines who has the rights to control the means and manner in which an employee’s performs. What type of test is David utilizing? 

Howie is trying to determine whether Employee 867 is a contractor or employee. Employee 867 works without supervision and operates in distinct way from the owner’s business.  What is Employee 867’s classification?

Howie is preparing his employee to go abroad to an undisclosed country for six months to work. Which of the following would NOT be a safety concern Howie’s employee should worry about?

Dexter Inc. purchased equipment three years ago for $125,000 and has taken $77,000 of depreciation expense. Dexter sells the equipment for $90,000. Which of the following is true?

Hao is a network security engineer for a mid-sized company. She is redesigning the infrastructure and its resources to provide greater protection from both external and internal threats. She wants to place firewall devices not only where the local area network (LAN) connects to the Internet, but also within the network. Although she doesn’t suspect any employees of misusing computer resources, there is always the potential that one might send unauthorized emails or other messages containing confidential company information to a competitor. Which redundant solution should she select that will be most likely to detect malicious behavior by an internal employee?

Mario is the network security engineer for his company. He discovered that, periodically, a remote user working from home accesses certain resources on the network that are not part of her regular duties. Mario has questioned the user and her supervisor, and has accessed the user’s workstation. Mario believes the user is not the source of these intrusions and strongly suspects a malicious source is responsible. What is the most likely explanation?