Experts agree that to fight the growing number of cyberattacks and prevent cybercrime, a new kind of hero is needed. What’s your role in the cybersecurity kingdom? Take our quiz and find out.
Your son keeps leaving the front door of the house unlocked. You:
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There’s been a rise in boat thefts in a nearby lakeside community. You notice a neighbor’s boat is vulnerable. You:
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You’re shopping at the farmer’s market for strawberries to make a pie to impress your friends at tonight’s potluck. One vendor has the absolute best strawberries, but his credit card scanner is old and looks questionable. You:
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Your significant other has been using his/her laptop computer since he/she got home. He/she abruptly gets up without logging off of his/her computer, tells you that he/she has to run a quick errand and leaves the house. You:
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A fellow employee from the IT department comes to your office to run diagnostics on your slow-running computer. Your computer is locked and requires a password. She asks you for your password so that she can log on to your machine. You politely refuse, and:
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Hackers have breached the account of a top-level banking executive at the bank where you work and transferred thousands of dollars into dummy accounts, which are then withdrawn by “mules” and funneled back to the hacker.
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If you didn’t want to be a cybersecurity professional, which of the following careers would most appeal to you?
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