Hardening Flashcards
Hardening
Act of configuring an operating system securely by updating it, creating rules and policies to govern it, and removing unnecessary applications and services
Least Functionality
Process of configuring workstation or server to only provide essential applications and services
SCCM
Microsoft’s System Center Configuration Management
Application Whitelist
Only applications that are on the list are allowed to be run by the operating system while all other applications are blocked
Application Blacklist
Any application placed on the list will be prevented from running while all others will be permitted to run
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
Patches
A single problem-fixing piece of software for an operating system or application
Hotfix
A single problem-fixing piece of software for an operating system or
application
Security Update
Software code that is issued for a product-specific security-related vulnerability
Critical Update
Software code for a specific problem addressing a critical, nonsecurity bug in the software
Service Pack
A tested, cumulative grouping of patches, hotfixes, security updates, critical updates, and possibly some feature or design changes