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 6557

What’s the difference between Symmetric and Asymmetric encryption?

1 3724

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

1 6496

How would you find out what a POST code means?

1 4005

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

1 3313

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

1 3456

What is XSS?

1 3343

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

1786

What are salted hashes?

1 5136

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

1 3531

What are the three ways to authenticate a person?

1 5841

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

2 9108

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

1 4112

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

1 5893

How do you protect your home Wireless Access Point?

1 3437

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What are the most common computer applications?

889

What is data source in computer?

927

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

1786

Is a console a computer?

951

What is a spooler on a computer?

1068

What is the most commonly used computer application?

916

What is dora process in DHCP and how it works?

2997

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?

4280

What is Exfiltration?

1810

What is meant by computer application?

899

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?

2138

What is a table in computer?

924

What is the difference between a virus and a trojan?

971

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?

2093

Does indexing slow down computer?

998

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