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Data Protection Methods — Logical vs Physical Protection

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Eduqas/WJEC ICT 5539, Unit 1 (1.3.3) — the sixth lesson of the risk and protection block. Having looked at the impacts of data loss, theft and manipulation (lesson 35), this lesson answers the natural question: how do organisations actually defend against those outcomes? Splits protection into LO…

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Lesson outline

  1. Do Now — Retrieval from Recent Lessons
  2. Keywords for This Lesson
  3. Quick Check — Logical or Physical?
  4. Logical Protection — Defending the Data, in Software
  5. Physical Protection — Defending the Equipment Itself
  6. Hinge Question — Is a Fingerprint Scanner Logical or Physical?
  7. Why You Need Both — Neither Substitutes for the Other
  8. Encryption — What It Actually Does
  9. Hinge Question — Has Encryption Failed?
  10. Backups — The Answer to Most Exam Scenarios
  11. Passwords and Multi-Factor Authentication
  12. Main Activity, Part 1 — Riverside Dental Practice: Sort the Protection Methods
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