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

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?

1 4943

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

1 6682

What is the difference between an HIDS and a NIDS?

1 7485

What is the CIA triangle?

1 2551

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 4214

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 3165

What is the difference between a vulnerability and an exploit?

1 2874

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

1 5527

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

1 8571

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

1 2705

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

2 3094

What is the difference between Information Protection and Information Assurance?

1 2716

How would you lock down a mobile device?

1 2433

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

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What is Exfiltration?

1754

What are accessories in computer?

857

Does indexing slow down computer?

944

What is meant by computer application?

842

Is a console a computer?

894

What is the most commonly used computer application?

861

What is a spooler on a computer?

1004

What is a table in computer?

874

What is the difference between a virus and a trojan?

924

What are the most common computer applications?

840

What is a driver in computer?

853

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?

1663

What is data source in computer?

871

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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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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