IT Security_ Defense against the digital dark arts - Defense in Depth - Week 5
8. How is binary whitelisting a better option than antivirus
software?: It can block unknown or emerging threats
9. What does full-disk encryption protect against?: Data theft,
Tampering with system files
10. What's the purpose of escrowing a disk encryption key?:
Performing data recovery
11. Why is it important to keep software up-to-date?: To
address any security vulnerabilities
12. What are some types of software that you'd want to have
an explicit application policy for?: Video Games, Filesharing
Software
13. How are attack vectors and attack surfaces related?: An
attack surface is the sum of all attack vectors
14. Having detailed logging serves which of the following
purposes?: Event
Reconstruction, Auditing
15. What is a class of vulnerabilities that are unknown before
they are ex- ploited?: 0-Days
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