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PerSEC Lab
SRA 111 – Dr. Glantz
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PART 1 System/Hardware
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FOR WINDOWS 7
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Go to Start/Windows button
“All programs”
“Accessories”
“System Tools”
“System Information”
• From this you will be able to determine: Operating System
(In part 2), Manufacturer, Model, Processor, RAM
• Go to “components”
• Click “display” – will get your Video Interface (Graphics
Card)
• Click “network” then “adapter” – look for “Ethernet” for
wired adapter name & “wireless” for the wireless adapter
FOR WINDOWS 8
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Go to search menu; type and click “Control Panel”
Click “System and Security”
Click “Administrative Tools”
Click “System Information”
• “System Summary” – will get your Operating System,
Manufacturer, Model, System bits (In part 2), Processor,
RAM
• Expand “Components” & click “Display” – gives you
Graphics Controller
• Expand “Storage” & click “Disks” – “Size” = your Hard
Drive Storage
• Expand “Network” & click “Adapter” – gives you Wired
Ethernet and Wireless Adapters
FOR WINDOWS 10
• Go to search box; type in msinfo32 or system and press
enter
• “System Summary” – provides Operating System,
Manufacturer, Model, System bits (In part 2), Processor,
RAM
• Expand “Components” & click “Display” – gives you
Graphics Controller
• Expand “Storage” & click “Storage,” “Drives” – “Size” =
your Hard Drive Storage
• Expand “Network” & click “Adapter” – gives you Wired
Ethernet and Wireless Adapter Product Types
FOR MAC
• Go to Apple Icon
• “About this MAC”
• Will show your Operating system (Part 2)
• Will show RAM and Processor
• “More Info…”
• Will show your Graphics Card
• “System Report”
• Click “Ethernet Cards” – will show Wired Adapter
• Click Wi-Fi – will show Wireless Adapter
• Go back to “About This Mac” – click “Storage”
• Will show your Hard drive storage
IP Address:
Go to Google and type in “IP Address”
OR
Go to http://whatismyip.com
Only share the digits following the last two dots
Ex: above IP address would include **.***.74.14
PART 2 Software
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To find Operating System Bits
For Windows:
• Pull up “System Information”
• Look at “System Type” line (x64 = 64 bit; x86 = 32 bit)
For Mac:
• Look at processor name from Part 1.
• Compare to list below:
Applications – choose three you frequently use
For Windows:
• Go to Start/Search button
• “My Computer” (called “This PC” in Windows 8 and 10)
• Click on C Drive (ends with “C:”)
• Open “Program Files” and “Program Files (x86)”
• Your application will be in one of those two folders
• Example of an Installed Path: C:\Program
Files\Google\Chrome\Application
For Mac:
• Open Finder app
• Click “Applications”
• If application is there simply type “/Applications/Chrome.app”
Software License Type
• Commercial: Copyrighted applications license to users at a price (aka
“Payware”)
• Example: MS Office, Pages, Keynote
• Freeware: Copyrighted application licensed to users at no cost or
optional donation
• Example: iTunes, Google Chrome, Visual Studio Express
• Open Source: Software application licensed to users at no cost with
source code available
• Example: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chromium, Linux
• Shareware: Copyrighted application licensed to users at a modest price,
often including either a free trial period, or try-before-you-buy version
with reduced features
• Parallels, Spotify, Norton Antivirus
Application Data – Choose your two largest
For Windows
• Go to “My Computer” (“This PC”) and click on your C drive
• Click “Users” then select your user name
• Right click and select “Properties” – shows the size of the folder
• Data Path example: C:\Users\Lauren\My Pictures
For Mac
• Go to Apple Icon and “About this Mac”
• Click “More info…” and at top click “Storage” tab
• Will look like this:
• Data Path example: Users/Lauren/Pictures
• Alternate: Open finder and enter “/” to go to root or home directory
PART 3 Disaster Recovery
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PART 4 Business Continuity
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PART 5 Online Security Plan
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Answer only one letter item in each question below
“Tool” and “Security Tool” refers to antivirus
Important Note about Part 5
Select ONE LETTER from ALL FOUR NUMBERS
Example:
1. Security Tool Configuration – B
2. Tool Update Source – C
3. Tool Upgrades – A
4. Tool support – B
Once you have completed the above parts you
are ready to submit!
• Go to Angel’s PerSEC folder in Lessons
• We recommend you complete the “Copy/Paste PRACTICE”
before you submit
• Open “PerSEC graded” folder and click “PerSEC graded”
assignment
• Copy ONLY the TABLES by using “HTML editor” and “Paste
from word”
• ONLY COPY THE ANSWERS FOR PARTS 3-5 DO NOT INCLUDE
THE DIRECTIONS!
• Click submit at the bottom!
If you worked with a Partner make sure the person who did not submit the
lab completes the “PerSEC: Partner Confirmation Submission”