Section 6 Hardening Flashcards
Act of configuring an operating system securely by updating it, creating rules and policies to govern it, and removing unnecessary applications and services.
Hardneing
Process of configuring workstation or server to only provide essential applications and services.
Least Functionality
Only applications that are on the list are allowed to be run by the operating system while all other applications are blocked.
Applicaiton Whitelist
Any application placed on the list will be prevented form running while all others will be permitted to run.
Application Blacklist
An operating system that meets the requirements set forth by government and has multilevel security.
Trusted Operating System (TOS)
A single problem fixing piece of software for an operating system or application.
Patches
Software code that is issued for a product specific security related vulnerability.
Security Update
Software code for a specific problem addressing a critical non security bug in the software.
Critical udpate
A tested, cumulative grouping of patches, hot fixes, security updates, critical updates, and possibly some feature or design changes.
Service Pack
Recommended update to fix an non critical problem that users have found, as well as to provide additional features or capabilities.
Windows Update
Updated device driver to fix a security issue or add a feature to a supported.
Driver Update
Process of planning, testing, implementing, and auditing of software patches.
Patch Management
A set if rules or policies that can be applied to a set of users or computer accounts within the operating system.
Group Policy
A group of policies that can be loaded through one procedure.
Security Template
Process of measuring changes in the network, hardware, and software environment.
Baselining
