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

Trusted Operating System:TOS

Answer 2

Trusted Operating System:
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 3

Patch/Hotfix

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Security Update

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Critical Update

Answer 5

Software code for a specific problem addressing a critical, non-security bug in the software

Question 6

Service Pack

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Group Policy

Answer 7

A set of rules or policies that can be applied to a set of users or computer accounts within the operating system

Access the Group Policy Editor by opening the Run prompt and enter gpedit

Question 8

Baselining

Answer 8

Process of measuring changes in the network, hardware, and software environment

A baseline establishes what is normal so you can find deviations

Question 9

File Systems

Answer 9

Windows: NTFS, FAT32
Apple: HFS+, APFS
Linux: ext3, ext4