Q11. List and discuss 5 areas where threats to data security may occur.
i. The operating system
Hackers may check whether a given operating system has its defult settings intact. Once they realise that the operator has not changed any of the settings, they will find it very easy to launch an attack. A hacker may therefore use the vulnerable OS to transmit sensitive data to some third parties or perform some functions in the system that can easily compromise the security of the data.
ii. Web server
They are responsible for running services that gather user requests and then respond to the requests which are made by users through ...