Security Flashcards
1
Q
Hardening
A
The act of eliminating as many security risks as possible
2
Q
OWASP
A
Open Web Application Security Project:
Top 10 most dangerous attacks:
- Injection
- Broken Authentication
- Sensitive Data Exposure
- XML External Entities (XXE)
- Broken Access Control
- Security Misconfigurations
- Cross site Scripting (XXS)
- Insecure Deserialization
- Using Components with known vulnerabilities
- Insufficient logging and monitoring
3
Q
DDOS attack
A
Distributed Denial of Service; A malicous attempt to disrupt normal traffic by flooding a website with a large amount of fake traffic.
4
Q
PenTesting
A
AKA Penetration Testing;
An authorized simulated cyberattack on a computer system, performed to evaluate the security of the system.
