Section 8: Application Security

Question 1

How do you ensure you web browser is secure?

Answer 1

Ensure you web browser is updated

don’t adopt the newest browser immediately

Question 2

Four General actions to best secure your browser

Answer 2

implement policies

train your users

use proxy and content filtering

prevent malicious code

Question 3

Cookies

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Tracking Cookie

Answer 4

Used to spy on you

Question 5

Session Cookie

Answer 5

Keeps track of users and their preferences and maybe even the things they’re putting into their shopping carts

Question 6

Locally Shared Objects (LSO)

Answer 6

aka flashes. They are stored in your Windows user profile under the flash folder inside of your appdata folder

Question 7

Add-Ons

Answer 7

Smaller browser extensions and plugins that provide additional functionality to the browser

Question 8

Advanced Security Options

Answer 8

Browser configs and settings for numerous options such as SSL/TLS settings, local storage/cache size, browsing, etc.