Beginner’s Guide: Cybersecurity Questions for Interviews – 1

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I am starting the series of CYBERSECURITY interview questions. Today sharing part 1. Every part will have 10 questions.

This article will also help to prepare Exam – SC – 900: Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals.

Q 1. What is CYBERSECURITY?

Cybersecurity refers to

• Technologies,
• Processes, and
• Training

That help to protect

• systems,
• networks,
• programs, and data from cyberattacks, damage, and unauthorized access

Q 2. What is goal of CYBERSECURITY?

Goal of CYBERSECURITY is to guarantee the CONFIDENTIALITY, INTEGRITY and AVAILABILITY (CIA) of an information.

• CONFIDENTIALITY – Ensuring only authorized persons can access data. Right data available to right people.
• INTEGRITY – Ensuring information is correct and only authorized and right people can change it.
• AVAILABILITY – Ensuring information is accessible when needed.

Q 3. How to manage CYBERSECURITY threats at basic level? OR what are the basic strategies to manage CYBERSECURITY?

Some of the basic strategies are

• Regular Updates to software’s
• Strong Passwords
• Multi-Factor authentication
• Employee Training
• Data Encryption
• Backup Data

Q 4. What is MAC address ?

• Media Access Control Address.
• A MAC address is a unique, unchanging identifier for every network device.
• Organizations may use MAC addresses to whitelist approved computers for remote workers.

Q 5. What is Security Operation Center (SOC)?

• The SOC is centralized function within an organization.
• SOC involves peoples (employee of our organization) processes and technology to continuously monitor and improve an organization’s security posture.
• This involves preventing, detecting, analyzing and responding to Cybersecurity incidents.

Q 6. What is an attack vector?

• An attack vector is an entry point or route for an attacker to gain access to a system.
• Email is most common attack vector.
• Wireless Network is another common example.
• Some other examples are
  • Removable Media
  • Browsers
  • Employees
  • Cloud Services

Q 7. What are APIs

• Application Programming Interfaces
• APIs are published instructions to interface with a product or service.
• APIs allow developers to assemble a command or ask for a service or data. Developers can submit it and receive an output.

Q 8. What is Security Breach?

• Any attack that results in someone gaining unauthorized access to devices, services or networks is considered a security breach.
• Security Breach comes in different forms
  • Social engineering attacks
  • Browser attacks
  • Password attacks

Q 9. What are CYBERATTACKS?

• CYBERATTACK is trying to get the illegal access to any digital device to damage it
• A CYBERATTACK is an effort to unlawfully access a computer or any digital device.
• It is meant to cause harm.

Q 10. What is GDPR?

• General Data Protection Regulation.
• GDPR is compliance regulation that provide citizens of European Union (EU) greater control over their personal data.
• GDPR is also applies to all the organizations outside of EU but provides services to customers in the EU.
• This act come to force on May 25, 2018.

REFERENCES

• Preparing exam SC – 900 – Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals – Explaining few terms related to Security – Part 1 – https://microsoft365junction.com/2022/05/26/preparing-exam-sc-900-microsoft-security-compliance-and-identity-fundamentals-explaining-few-terms-related-to-security-part-1/
• Cybersecurity terminologies – Letter C – https://knowledge-junction.in/2024/11/12/cybersecurity-terminologies-c/

Thank you for reading!

If you have any question or topic which you want to include here, please feel free to add the comment. Happy to add in the list.

HAVE a GREAT LEARNING! YOU ARE AWESOME 🙂 STAY SAFE.