Operating System Hardening and Attack Surfaces Quiz

Operating System Hardening

• One of the main goals of operating system hardening is to reduce the attack surface by removing or disabling unused features and services.
• Another main goal is to configure the system to provide only the necessary functionality and services, reducing the opportunities for exploitation.
• The main goal is NOT to make the system more user-friendly or to increase its performance.

Attack Surface

• The term 'attack surface' refers to the sum of all vulnerabilities in a system that an attacker could exploit to compromise the system.
• It includes all the potential entry points that an attacker could use to gain unauthorized access to the system.

Decreasing Attack Surface

• Decreasing the attack surface can be achieved by removing or disabling unused features and services, patching known vulnerabilities, and configuring the system to provide only the necessary functionality and services.
• It CANNOT be achieved by installing more software or enabling more features, as this would increase the attack surface.

Test your knowledge on operating system hardening and attack surfaces with this quiz. Learn about the main goals of operating system hardening and how it can help reduce the vulnerability of your system to potential attacks. Challenge yourself to improve your understanding of information security concepts.