CYSE 101

How does the principle of least privilege apply to operating system hardening? - prevents attack actions that require administrator or root privilege What is the difference between a port scanner and a vulnerability assessment tool? - port scanners discover listening ports; vulnerability assessment tools report known vulnerabilities on listening ports What does applying a vendor OS update (patch) usually do? - What does executable space protection do for us and how? - prevents buffer ove...

What Kismet used for? - Finding wireless access points even when attempts have made it difficult to do so. What is the concept of network segmentation and why do it? - Divide networks into subnets. Do this for controlling network traffic. Boost Performance. Troubleshooting network issues. Why is a BYOD policy bad for an enterprise network? - Potential for malware to be brought into the network from outside sources is high. Rogue access points. Three main protocols of wire encryption? - ...

What is access control? - A security technique that regulates who or what can view or use resources in a computing environment It enables administrators to manage access at a more granular level Authentication - Authentication is the step after identification It is to determine whether the claim of the identity is true Because access control is typically based on the identity of the user who requests access to a resource, authentication is essential to effective security. What is the role...