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

Computer Security Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is your opinion on hacktivist groups such as Anonymous?

1 3517

What is the Three-way handshake? How can it be used to create a DOS attack?

1 6346

Why would you bring in an outside contractor to perform a penetration test?

1 4149

If you were going to break into a database-based website, how would you do it?

1 6126

Why are internal threats oftentimes more successful than external threats?

1 5055

What is residual risk?

1 2421

Why is deleted data not truly gone when you delete it?

1 3823

What is the Chain of Custody?

1 2762

How would you permanently remove the threat of data falling into the wrong hands?

1 4987

What is Exfiltration?

1801

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

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?

1705

How many security protocols available?

1 3178

What is dora process in DHCP and how it works?

2991

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?

2135

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

1775

What is Exfiltration?

1801

What are accessories in computer?

904

2087

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?

4272

What is a driver in computer?

896

What are the most common computer applications?

880

What is data source in computer?

915

What is the difference between a virus and a trojan?

961

What is a table in computer?

921

What is a spooler on a computer?

1057

Does indexing slow down computer?

989

What is meant by computer application?

891

What is the most commonly used computer application?

909

What is database in a computer?

954

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