Security Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

Security Interview Questions

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Why would you want to use SSH from a Windows pc?

1 3244

What’s the difference between Symmetric and Asymmetric encryption?

1 1655

What is SSL and why is it not enough when it comes to encryption?

1 4176

How would you find out what a POST code means?

1 1621

What is the difference between a Black Hat and a White Hat?

1 1411

You need to reset a password-protected BIOS configuration. What do you do?

1 1354

What is XSS?

1 1317

How would you login to Active Directory from a Linux or Mac box?

656

What are salted hashes?

1 1265

What do you think of social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn?

1 1506

What are the three ways to authenticate a person?

1 3137

How would you judge if a remote server is running IIS or Apache?

2 3829

What is data protection in transit vs data protection at rest?

1 2125

You see a user logging in as root to perform basic functions. Is this a problem?

1 2584

How do you protect your home Wireless Access Point?

1 1270

Un-Answered Questions { Security }

How do I gain root from a suid script or program?

What are the 3 types of hackers?

I run an SMB. I have 4 people in my entire company and a web-based store. I don’t have the time, patience or manpower to have a computer guy. Why should I care about exploits and computer jibberish?

772

What is Exfiltration?

790

explain step by step role design process in sap security

512

What is a driver in computer?

I’m the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. I make more in an afternoon than you make in a year. I don’t care about this stupid security stuff, it just costs time and money and slows everything down. Why should I care about this junk?

736

Explain what is DOS (Denial of service) attack? What are the common forms of DOS attack?

547

What's Security Tests

How would you login to Active Directory from a Linux or Mac box?

656

Is a console a computer?

Does indexing slow down computer?

How do I access the password file under vms?

What is a ringback number?

What is the most commonly used computer application?

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