Exam 10: Security Strategies

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With respect to the default users and password settings, how can you use Group Policy to make your system more secure?

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Using Group Policy, you can set security policies to help secure a workstation. For example, you can set policies to require all users to have passwords and to rename default user accounts.

After initially installing Windows 7, you need to disable the Guest account so nobody can use it.

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What statement regarding passwords on Windows is accurate?

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What is a rootkit and why is it so difficult to detect?

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Using a PIN or password in addition to TPM is an example of what type of authentication?

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What command can be used to take full access of a file?

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Using Group Policy, you can set security policies to help secure a workstation.

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On a peer-to-peer network, authentication is the responsibility of the domain.

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Requiring users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to get a logon window is more secure than the welcome screen.

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When an attacker presents a program or himself as someone else to obtain private information and pretends to be a legitimate website, network, FTP site, or person in a chat session, what type of attack is occurring?

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What statement is true regarding the Guest account in Windows 7?

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If you wish to monitor logon failures, what should you do?

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CryptoLocker is an example of what type of malware?

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If you don't want to use BitLocker to protect your computer, you can still configure a power-on password using which of the following?

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Describe file and folder encryption in Windows (not how you encrypt a file).

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Match each item with a statement below.
a code used to identify and authenticate a person or organization sending data over a network
dictionary attack
A type of malware that tricks you into opening it by substituting itself for a legitimate program
digital certificate
when someone who is unauthorized follows the employee through a secured entrance to a room or building
keylogger
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a code used to identify and authenticate a person or organization sending data over a network
dictionary attack
A type of malware that tricks you into opening it by substituting itself for a legitimate program
digital certificate
when someone who is unauthorized follows the employee through a secured entrance to a room or building
keylogger
A program that is potentially harmful or potentially unwanted
grayware
the practice of tricking people into giving out private information or allowing unsafe programs into the network or computer
tailgating
an attack that can be used to crack a long password by trying words and word combinations
adware
a computer that has been hacked, and the hacker is using the computer to run repetitive software in the background without the user's knowledge
social engineering
an infestation designed to copy itself repeatedly to memory, on drive space, or on a network
Trojan
type of spyware that tracks your keystrokes, including passwords
zombie
software installed on a computer that produces pop-up ads using your browser
worm
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Describe how you can control how a user logs on to a Windows system and how doing so can make a system more secure.

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What type of malware can hijack internal Windows components and often goes undetected because it is already loaded when the antivirus software loads?

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A root certificate is the original certificate issued by the CA.

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When using the Windows Encrypted File System, what statement is accurate?

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