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

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 7104

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 5067

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

1 6787

What is the difference between an HIDS and a NIDS?

1 7616

What is the CIA triangle?

1 2643

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 4306

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 3254

What is the difference between a vulnerability and an exploit?

1 2994

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

1 5627

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

1 8667

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

1 2783

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

2 3190

What is the difference between Information Protection and Information Assurance?

1 2821

How would you lock down a mobile device?

1 2529

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

1 2981

Un-Answered Questions { Security }

What tools do real hackers use?

809

What is a spooler on a computer?

1073

How do I crack unix passwords?

What is a blue box?

What laptops do hackers use?

892

What is a black box?

Who is the most dangerous hacker?

881

What is dora process in DHCP and how it works?

2999

What is data source in computer?

932

What is the most commonly used computer application?

918

How do I break out of a restricted shell?

How do I access the password file under unix?

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?

2142

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?

2109

What laptops hackers use?

772

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