Hardening

Question 1

Hardening

Answer 1

Act of configuring an operating system securely by updating it, creating rules and policies to govern it, and removing unnecessary applications and services

Question 2

Least Functionality

Answer 2

Process of configuring workstation or server to only provide essential applications and services

Question 3

SCCM

Answer 3

Microsoft’s System Center Configuration Management

Question 4

Application Whitelist

Answer 4

Only applications that are on the list are allowed to be run by the operating system while all other applications are blocked

Question 5

Application Blacklist

Answer 5

Any application placed on the list will be prevented from running while all others will be permitted to run

Question 6

Trusted Operating System

Answer 6

§ An operating system that meets the requirements set forth by government and has multilevel security
§ Windows 7 (and newer)
§ Mac OS X 10.6 (and newer)
§ FreeBSD (TrustedBSD)
§ Red Hat Enterprise Server

Question 7

Patches

Answer 7

A single problem-fixing piece of software for an operating system or application

Question 8

Hotfix

Answer 8

A single problem-fixing piece of software for an operating system or
application

Question 9

Security Update

Answer 9

Software code that is issued for a product-specific security-related vulnerability

Question 10

Critical Update

Answer 10

Software code for a specific problem addressing a critical, nonsecurity bug in the software

Question 11

Service Pack

Answer 11

A tested, cumulative grouping of patches, hotfixes, security updates, critical updates, and possibly some feature or design changes