Exam 7: Host Hardening

A(n) ________ is defined as an attack that comes before fixes are released.

Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of MMCs?

A company should decide upon a single security baseline for use with its client PCs.

A shoulder surfing attack will not be successful unless the attacker can read the entire password.

________ are sets of specific actions to be taken to harden all hosts of a particular type and of particular versions within each type.

Which of the following is not a common problem with antivirus protections?

Standard configurations ________.

Inheritance ________ labor costs in assigning permissions.

Since Windows Server 2003, servers can be programmed to check for updates automatically.

Which of the following security protections are provided by recent version of Windows Server?

________ is a family of operating systems that share interoperability at the kernel level.

To get to the super user account in UNIX, the administrator should use the ________ command.

Antivirus protections may be deliberately turned off by users.

A company should not replace default passwords during configuration.

CLI shells use more system resources than GUIs.

A systems administrator may manage ________.

The super user account in UNIX is called ________.

In UNIX, the Execute permission gives the permission to make changes.

Attackers frequently create exploits within hours or days after a fix is released by a vendor.

The core part of the LINUX operating system is called ________.