C836 CHAPTER 11 WGU Exam Questions & Answers. Graded A+

C836 CHAPTER 11 WGU Exam Questions & Answers. Graded A+ OS hardening - -the process of reducing the number of available avenues through which our OS might be attacked attack surface - -The total of the areas through which our operating system might be attacked 6 main hardening categories - -1. Removing unnecessary software 2. Removing or turning off unessential services 3. Making alterations to common accounts 4. Applying the principle of least privilege 5. Applying software updates in a timely manner 6. Making use of logging and auditing functions Principle of Least Privilege - -states we should only allow a party the absolute minimum permission needed for it to carry out its function stuxnet - -A particularly complex and impactful item of malware that targeted the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems that run various industrial processes; this piece of malware raised the bar for malware from largely being a virtual-based attack to actually being physically destructive anti-malware tool - -A type of tool that uses signature matching or anomaly detection (heuristics) to detect malware threats, either in real-time or by performing scans of files and processes heuristics - -the process of anomaly detection used by anti-malware tools to detect malware without signatures