Security Interview Questions
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What is an easy way to configure a network to allow only a single computer to login on a particular jack?

1 6258

You are remoted in to a headless system in a remote area. You have no physical access to the hardware and you need to perform an OS installation. What do you do?

1 4082

On a Windows network, why is it easier to break into a local account than an AD account?

1 5742

 What is the difference between an HIDS and a NIDS?

1 6747

What is the CIA triangle?

1 2031

You find out that there is an active problem on your network. You can fix it, but it is out of your jurisdiction. What do you do?

1 3573

You are an employee for a tech department in a non-management position. A high-level executive demands that you break protocol and allow him to use his home laptop at work. What do you do?

1 2510

 What is the difference between a vulnerability and an exploit?

1 2230

 How would you compromise an “Office Workstation” at a hotel?

1 4858

What is worse in Firewall Detection, a false negative or a false positive? And why?

1 7922

What’s better, a red team or a blue team?

1 2150

 What’s the difference between a White Box test and a Black Box test?

2 2285

 What is the difference between Information Protection and Information Assurance?

1 2086

 How would you lock down a mobile device?

1 1904

What is the difference between closed-source and open-source? Which is better?

1 2207


Un-Answered Questions { Security }

 What is Exfiltration?

1421


How do I crack vms passwords?

1


What is meant by computer application?

545


Do blue boxes still work?

1


Who is the best hacker in the world?

506






What is a ringback number?

1


What laptops hackers use?

462


How do I modify the irc client to hide my real username?

1


Who is the most dangerous hacker?

481


How do I access the password file under unix?

1


1. Assume that passwords are selected from four-character combination of 26 alphabetic characters. Assume that an adversary is able to attempt passwords at a rate of one per second. a. Assuming no feedback to the adversary until each attempt has been completed, what is the expected time to recover the correct password? b. Assuming feedback to the adversary flagging an error as each incorrect character is entered, what is the expected time to discover the correct password?

1674


Does indexing slow down computer?

574


What is a spooler on a computer?

563


Is a console a computer?

554


What tools do real hackers use?

450