Computer 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?

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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?

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

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 What is the difference between an HIDS and a NIDS?

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What is the CIA triangle?

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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?

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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?

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 What is the difference between a vulnerability and an exploit?

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

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

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

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

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 What is the difference between Information Protection and Information Assurance?

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 How would you lock down a mobile device?

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

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 What is Exfiltration?

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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?

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What are the most common computer applications?

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What is data source in computer?

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What is meant by computer application?

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A phonetic password generator picks two segments randomly for each six-letter password. The form of each segment is CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant), where V= < a, e, i, o, u > and C = (V.) ̅ What is the total password population? What is the probability of an adversary guessing a password correctly?

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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?

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What is a table in computer?

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What is database in a computer?

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What is dora process in DHCP and how it works?

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What is the difference between a virus and a trojan?

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What is a driver in computer?

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What is a spooler on a computer?

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

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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?

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