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TASK 1 : What is this wizardry ?

I’ve read the above.

No Answer

TASK 2 : Swift catch up

What is the name of OSI layer 6 ? (x layer)

Answer : Presentation Layer

ModBUS is an example of a protocol used at what layer of the TCP/IP layer ? (x layer)

Answer : Application Layer

At what level of the OSI layers do normal firewalls work ? (x layer)

Answer : Transport Layer

Between what layers do next-generation firewalls work through ? ( Layer x - y)

Answer : Layer 4 - 5

On what layer of the OSI layer do web applications work ?

Answer : Layer 7

On what layer of the OSI layer do load balancers usually work? ( Layer x and Layer y)

Answer : Layer 3 and Layer 4

TASK 3 : Cloud … Firewalls ?

I’ve read the above.

No Answer

TASK 4 : Firewalls … Continued

What are the first layers of security that protect an organisation from outside attackers ? (plural)

Answer : Firewalls

When was Meraki founded ?

Answer : 2006

Answer : https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense

What operating system do FortiGate devices use ?

Answer : FortiOS

What operating system do Palo Alto’s NGFWs use ?

Answer : PAN-OS

TASK 5 : Everything as a Service !

For the following four questions, match the below to one of the solutions from the image above.

No Answer

Company X is using Office 365.

Answer : Software as a Service

Craig is deciding which size of EC2 is suitable for his company’s website.

Answer : Infrastructure as a Service

Max and his team are working really hard to finish the new cloud solution for his company. They decided to use App Services and Azure CDN to move away from the hosting provider.

Answer : Platform as a Service

Jon has to ensure that his on-premise setup is not vulnerable to possible exploits.

Answer : Traditionnal IT

TASK 6 : Web of things

Define the type of load balancer used by the following: Bob’s company has a load balancer in his server rack. (Hardware/Software)

Answer : Hardware

Define the type of load balancer used by the following: Jon’s company has a load balancer in his datacentre. (Hardware/Software)

Answer : Hardware

Define the type of load balancer used by the following: Ben’s organisation is using Nginx for load balancing. (Hardware/Software)

Answer : Software

Define the type of redundancy offered by the following: Rick has a website hosted on AWS, and as soon as the monitoring software he uses notices a delay in response time, the load balancer distributes part of the load to the second webserver.(Active/Passive or Active/Active)

Answer : Active/Passive

Define the type of redundancy offered by the following: Penn has a number of web servers hosted on Azure. The web application is designed in such a way that every other request goes to the second webserver to be processed.(Active/Passive or Active/Active)

Answer : Active/Active

TASK 7 : Pretty Clouds !

I’ve read and understood the above.

No Answer

TASK 8 : Proxy Servers

I’ve read the above.

No Answer

TASK 9 : Web Application Testing

I have understood !

No Answer

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