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CY-503 (C) · Data Security/Important Questions

Data Security (CY-503 (C)) - Important Questions

  1. Unit 37 Marks Medium Priority Asked: 2024

    Compare Virtual Private Networks (VPN) with Trusted Operating Systems in terms of their security architecture and applications.

    Direct past-paper question from DEC 2024 comparing two security approaches.

  2. Unit 37 Marks Medium Priority Asked: 2024

    Describe the difference between Host-based IDS and Network-based IDS.

    Direct short question from DEC 2024 testing IDS classification knowledge.

  3. Unit 37 Marks Medium Priority Asked: 2024

    List the types of firewalls and explain their operational differences with examples.

    Direct past-paper question from DEC 2024 asking for taxonomy and operational differences of firewall types.

  4. Unit 37 Marks Medium Priority Asked: 2024

    Malicious software (malware) can infiltrate a network in various ways. Describe different types of malicious software and explain how IDS and firewalls can help safeguard against them.

    Direct past-paper question (DEC 2024) linking malware taxonomy with IDS/firewall defenses.

  5. Unit 314 Marks Medium Priority Asked: 2024

    Write short notes on (any four): a) Message Authentication Codes b) Parameter Pattern Matching c) IPSec d) Access point security in a public network environment e) Types of VPN

    Composite short-notes question from DEC 2024; includes Message Authentication Codes and IPSec among other topics—highly likely to be examined in short-note format.

  6. Unit 37 Marks Medium Priority Asked: 2022, 2023, 2024

    With a neat sketch explain the general format of the PGP message.

    Direct past-paper question from NOV 2023 asking for PGP message format with sketch; matches analytics showing repeated emphasis on PGP format and its confidentiality/authentication properties.

  7. Unit 37 Marks Medium Priority Asked: 2023, 2024

    Explain the transport and Tunnel model operations for AH in IP Security.

    Direct past-paper question from NOV 2023 focused on AH operations; also related to IPSec short-note occurrences in other papers.

  8. Unit 37 Marks Medium Priority Asked: 2022, 2023, 2024

    Discuss Message Authentication Codes (MAC) and HMAC, and explain their role in message integrity and authentication.

    High-frequency conceptual topic in analytics: Message Authentication Codes / HMAC are core to Unit 3 and repeatedly asked across papers.

  9. Unit 37 Marks Medium Priority Asked: 2023, 2024

    Explain the types of VPN and describe their operational differences (for example: remote-access VPN, site-to-site VPN, SSL VPN, IPSec VPN).

    Frequently tested VPN-related topic appearing as stand-alone and within composite questions (DEC 2024); includes types and operational models.

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