CYB-205 System Hardening and Cybersecurity Risk Management, Response, and Recovery.Questions & Answers

CYB-205 System Hardening and Cybersecurity Risk Management, Response, and Recovery. System Hardening - Answer- Is designed to reduce vulnerabilities and mitigate risks within thesystem. System hardening involves implementing various securitymeasures to make the system more robust and secure. These measures may include removing unnecessary services,configuring access controls, etc Hardening the OS - Answer- make the OS more secure by closing ports you don't need and disabling services you don't need Benefits of System Hardening - Answer- Improved system performance, Compliance with Security Standards, Business Continuity, Defense in Depth Defense in Depth - Answer- employing multiple layers of controls to avoid a single point-of-failure OS Security - Answer- Secure Boot and Trusted Boot, Measured Boot. Operating System Security Baseline - Answer- Limit admin access to systems, Patch management. Malware Prevention - Answer- A term used to describe a range of harmful programs that intended to exploit or damage computer systems. Application Management - Answer- A role of the operating system that manages applications or programs that are installed on a system. Applications are run, configured, and deleted through application management. Cyber Risk - Answer- Any risk of financial loss, disruption of business, or damage to an organization's reputation due to a failure of its information technology systems. Risk - Answer- Likelihood that something bad will happen to an asset Threat - Answer- Something bad that might happen to an organization Vulnerability - Answer- Any exposure that could allow a threat to be realized Impact - Answer- The amount of risk or harm caused by a threat or vulnerability that is exploited by a perpetrator Event - Answer- A measurable occurrence that has an impact on the business Incident - Answer- Any event that violates or threatens to violate your security policy Control - Answer- Includes both safeguards and countermeasures