Security

Question 1

Disk Encryption

Answer 1

data security

Question 2

partition encryption

Answer 2

data security

Question 3

update software apps regulary

Answer 3

app > system

Question 4

APIS

Answer 4

app > cloud

Question 5

Disable root login

Answer 5

authentication and authorization

Question 6

implement intrusion detection

Answer 6

file > system

Question 7

setup dedicated users for services

Answer 7

app > system

Question 8

remove unnecessary packages

Answer 8

app > system

Question 9

implement ssh key pairs

Answer 9

authentication and authroization

Question 10

reduce number of servcies provided by a single host

Answer 10

network

Question 11

data at rest

Answer 11

data > cloud

Question 12

virtual switches

Answer 12

network> cloud

Question 13

compute resources

Answer 13

compute > cloud

Question 14

serverless

Answer 14

app > cloud

Question 15

inventory managmeent

Answer 15

compute >cloud

Question 16

implement a local firewall

Answer 16

network

Question 17

implement an intrusion prevention system

Answer 17

network

Question 18

standard apps, microservices and containers

Answer 18

app > cloud

Question 19

network perimeter

Answer 19

network > cloud

Question 20

apply kernely security patches

Answer 20

kernel > system

Question 21

set a grub bootloader password

Answer 21

kernel > system

Question 22

file encryption

Answer 22

data

Question 23

offsite backups

Answer 23

data

Question 24

disable booting from external drives

Answer 24

kernel > system

Question 25

implement a VPN

Answer 25

network

Question 26

interact with services

Answer 26

systemct network

Question 27

view sockets processes and open files

Answer 27

ss, ps, lsof

Question 28

data in transit/motion

Answer 28

data > cloud

Question 29

cryotography and key management

Answer 29

data > cloud

Question 30

virtual firewalls

Answer 30

network > cloud

Question 31

hypervisors

Answer 31

compute > cloud

Question 32

middleware and runtime

Answer 32

compute > cloud

Question 33

disable unecessary services

Answer 33

app > system

Question 34

setup dedicated users for services

Answer 34

app > security

Question 35

implement security best practices for common system services

Answer 35

app > system

Question 36

use separate partitions for suers files and system files

Answer 36

file > system

Question 37

implement selinux for apparmor

Answer 37

file > system

Question 38

manage bash history

Answer 38

file > system

Question 39

update /etc/syscrl.conf with secure configurations

Answer 39

kernel > system

Question 40

enforce strong passwords and password expiration

Answer 40

authorization and authentication

Question 41

operating systems and virtual machines

Answer 41

compute >cloud

Question 42

involves the protection of hypervisors vms and os

Answer 42

compute based security

Question 43

concerned with protections around storing and transferring data whcih generally includes cryptography

Answer 43

data > cloud

Question 44

network security groups

Answer 44

netowrk > cloud

Question 45

remote backups

Answer 45

data>cloud

Question 46

Interact with firewall

Answer 46

firewall-cmd red hat and ufw debian

Question 47

transport layer seucirty TLS when possible or secure socket layer

Answer 47

network

Question 48

implement a centralized authentications ervice kerberos

Answer 48

network

Question 49

use encryption for data transfer

Answer 49

network

Question 50

open only necessary ports in the firewall

Answer 50

network

Question 51

utilize relevant mount options for security file

Answer 51

system

Question 52

userspace program that provides disk encrpytion

Answer 52

cryptsetup

Question 53

used for encrypting partitions and files

Answer 53

dm crypt

Question 54

tools for data transfer and communication

Answer 54

scp, ssh, rsync sftp network

Question 55

investigate and analysis tools

Answer 55

wireshark, nmap, traceroute network