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

Computer Security Interview Questions

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Why would you want to use SSH from a Windows pc?

1 6679

What’s the difference between Symmetric and Asymmetric encryption?

1 3797

What is SSL and why is it not enough when it comes to encryption?

1 6570

How would you find out what a POST code means?

1 4102

What is the difference between a Black Hat and a White Hat?

1 3391

You need to reset a password-protected BIOS configuration. What do you do?

1 3518

What is XSS?

1 3412

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

1816

What are salted hashes?

1 5217

What do you think of social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn?

1 3604

What are the three ways to authenticate a person?

1 5921

How would you judge if a remote server is running IIS or Apache?

2 9206

What is data protection in transit vs data protection at rest?

1 4185

You see a user logging in as root to perform basic functions. Is this a problem?

1 5966

How do you protect your home Wireless Access Point?

1 3530

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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?

1755

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?

2181

What is a spooler on a computer?

1127

What are the most common computer applications?

931

What is database in a computer?

1001

What are accessories in computer?

946

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?

4339

What is the most commonly used computer application?

953

What is Exfiltration?

1856

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?

2147

Is a console a computer?

991

What is dora process in DHCP and how it works?

3044

Does indexing slow down computer?

1041

What is data source in computer?

976

What is the difference between a virus and a trojan?

1009

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