V. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms

accountable, allow, bad guy, blank, check, choose, closed, controlled, deny, employee, empty, establish, grant, house, install, locked, modify, not allow, pick, place, rogue, upgrade, vet, worker

VI. Answer about the article

1. What is the purpose of having a logon process?

2. What can a bad guy do if he learns your password?

3. What words should not be used in your passwords?

4. What is the recommended way of picking a password?

5. What are the other ways to identify oneself to the system?

6. What can an administrator do to keep a computer up and running?

7. What can an untrustworthy administrator do?

8. What must you do when hiring a system administrator?

9. Why should you have a sign-in/ sign-out sheets?

10. What should you do to minimize the power of one administrator?

VII. Insert prepositions

1. If a bad guy learns your password, he can log … as you.

2. Maybe you have more privileges … the network than he does.

3. Or maybe he just wants to do something malicious and blame it … you.

4. Don’t use your dog’s name, your anniversary date, or the name … the local football team.

5. If you absolutely must write it …, at the very least keep it … a safe.

6. The first thing a bad guy who’s hunting … passwords will do is check … a yellow sticky note … the side of your screen.

7. Finally, consider using something stronger than passwords to identify yourself … the system.

8. Every computer must have an administrator: someone who can handle all management tasks associated … keeping a computer up and running.

9. By definition, these tasks require that he have control … the computer.

10. Call his references, and ask them … his previous work record, especially … regard … any security incidents … previous employers.

11. Require that your administrators pass a complete background check … hiring time, and … periodic intervals afterward.

12. Finally, consider taking steps to make it more difficult … a rogue administrator to cover his tracks.

VIII. Insert the proper words (see the words below)

1. The purpose of having a logon process is to … who you are.

2. Once the operating system knows who you are, it can grant or … requests for system resources appropriately.

3. If a bad guy learns your password, he can … on as you.

4. Or maybe he just wants to do something malicious and … it on you.

5. Don’t use your dog’s name, your … date, or the name of the local football team.

6. Pick a password that has a mix of upper- and … letters, number, punctuation marks, and so forth.

7. Don’t tell anyone what your … is.

8. Windows 2000, for instance, supports the use of … cards.

9. You may also want to consider biometric products like fingerprint and … scanners.

10. A computer is only as secure as the administrator is …

11. This puts the administrator in a position of … power.

12. An untrustworthy administrator can … virtually any protective measure in the operating system, because he controls it.

13. When … a system administrator, recognize the position of trust that administrators occupy, and only hire people who warrant that trust.

14. Require that your administrators pass a complete … check at hiring time.

15. Whatever criteria you select, … them across the board.

16. Don’t give anyone administrative privileges on your network unless they’ve been …

17. Use sign-in/sign-out sheets to … who’s been in the server room.

18. Finally, consider taking steps to make it more difficult for a … administrator to cover his tracks.

1. anniversary

2. apply

3. background

4. blame

5. deny

6. establish

7. hiring

8. log

9. lowercase

10. password

11. retina

12. rogue

13. smart

14. subvert

15. track

16. trustworthy

17. unequalled

18. vetted