Security+ SY0-801
Mitigations, Hardening and Asset Management
Mitigation techniques
- What is meant by hardening a system? Easy
- What is a sandbox used for in IT security? Easy
- What is a honeypot? Easy
- What is a honeytoken? Easy
- What does an allow list permit in application control? Easy
- What distinguishes an IPS from an IDS? Easy
- Where does a HIDS operate? Easy
- What is a web application firewall (WAF)? Easy
Mitigation techniques
Mitigation techniques
- A firewall has these rules in this order: 1. Allow TCP from all sources to all destinations on port 443. 2. Deny everything from the guest network to the server network. 3. Deny everything. What is the problem? Hard
- A company runs a public web application and sees many attacks such as SQL injection in the log. Which measures make sense? Hard