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 5046

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

1 6774

What is the difference between an HIDS and a NIDS?

1 7603

What is the CIA triangle?

1 2629

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 4288

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 3241

What is the difference between a vulnerability and an exploit?

1 2975

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

1 5613

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

1 8656

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

1 2771

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

2 3178

What is the difference between Information Protection and Information Assurance?

1 2808

How would you lock down a mobile device?

1 2516

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

1 2965

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What is meant by computer application?

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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?

2087

What is the most commonly used computer application?

909

What is a table in computer?

922

What are accessories in computer?

904

What is data source in computer?

915

What is a driver in computer?

896

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?

2136

What is dora process in DHCP and how it works?

2991

What is the difference between a virus and a trojan?

963

Does indexing slow down computer?

989

What is a spooler on a computer?

1059

What is database in a computer?

954

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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Is a console a computer?

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