CH09 Application Security

Question 1

What is Proxy?

Answer 1

Proxies cache the website to reduce requests and bandwidth usage

Question 2

What are Cookies ?

Answer 2

Text files placed on a client’s computer to store information about the user’s browsing habits, credentials, and other data

Question 3

What are Tracking cookies ?

Answer 3

usually used by spyware to gather details on you. They’re trying to learn what websites you go to, for how long, and what type of things you click on.

Question 4

What are Session Cookies

Answer 4

used to keep track of users and their preferences and maybe even the things that they’re putting into their shopping cart.

Question 5

What is LSO ?

Answer 5

LSO = Locally Shared Object

Also known as Flash cookies, they are stored in your Windows user profile under the Flash folder inside of your AppData folder

Question 6

What are some of the ways to secure your applications?

Answer 6

Use Password protection for the MS Office
Disable Macro.
Use Digital Certificates
Consider Encrypting the documents
Digital Signatures and digital certificates are used by MS Outlook for email security

Question 7

What is User Account Control ?

Answer 7

Prevents unauthorized access and avoid user error in the form of accidental changes