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In 2015, the unemployment rate for information security managers averaged 0.9%, which is as close to full employment as you can get. However, one of the things hiring managers still complain about is a lack of skilled IT professionals, as evidenced by the frustration CISOs and others express after interviewing candidates.  \nBelow is a list of interview questions categorized by different cybersecurity job roles intended to reveal a candidate’s strengths and most glaring weaknesses. Categories include:  \n• General IT Security Administration  \n• Network Security  \n• Application Security  \n• Security Architect  \n• Risk Management  \n• Security Audit, Testing and Incident Response  \n• Cryptography  \nThe questions evaluate a broad range of candidate’s technical skills, understanding of cybersecurity terminology and technology as well as their ability to think and solve problems.  \n1. What is information security and how is it achieved?  \n2. What are the core principles of information security?  \n3. What is non-repudiation (as it applies to IT security)?  \n4. What is the relationship between information security and data availability?  \n5. What is a security policy and why do we need one?  \n6. What is the difference between logical and physical security? Can you give an example of both?  \n7. What’s an acceptable level of risk?  \n8. What are the most common types of attacks that threaten enterprise data security?  \n9. What is the difference between a threat and a vulnerability?  \n10. Can you give me an example of common security vulnerabilities?  \n11. Are you familiar with any security management frameworks such as ISO/IEC 27002?  \n12. What is a security control?  \n13. What are the different types of security control?  \n14. Can you describe the information lifecycle? How do you ensure information security at each phase?  \n15. What is Information Security Governance?  \n16. What are your professional values? Why are professional ethics important in the information security field?  \n17. Are open-source projects more or less secure than proprietary ones?  \n18. Who do you look up to within the field of Information Security? Why?  \n19. Where do you get your security news from?  \n20. What’s the difference between symmetric and public-key cryptography?  \n21. What kind of network do you have at home?  \n22. What are the advantages offered by bug bounty programs over normal testing practices?  \n23. What are your first three steps when securing a Linux server?  \n24. What are your first three steps when securing a Windows server?  \n25. Who’s more dangerous to an organization, insiders or outsiders?  \n26. Why is DNS monitoring important?  \n27. How would traceroute help you find out where a breakdown in communication is?  \n28. Why would you want to use SSH from a Windows PC?  \n29. How would you find out what a POST code means?  \n30. What is the difference between a black hat and a white hat?  \n31. What do you think of social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn?  \n32. Why are internal threats often more successful than external threats?  \n33. Why is deleted data not truly gone when you delete it?  \n34. What is the Chain of Custody?  \n35. How would you permanently remove the threat of data falling into the wrong hands?  \n36. What is exfiltration?  \n37. How do you protect your home wireless access point?  \n38. If you were going to break into a database-based website, how would you do it?  \n39. What is the CIA triangle?  \n40. What is the difference between information protection and information assurance?  \n41. How would you lock down a mobile device?  \n42. What is the difference between closed-source and open-source? Which is better?  \n43. What is your opinion on hacktivist groups such as Anonymous?  \nNetwork security  \n44. What port does ping work over?  \n45. Do you prefer filtered ports or closed ports o","cbCaiqpJemFkzXaP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqpJemFkzXaP","pdf",80193,"English","# General IT Security Administration\n## General security principles and governance\n## Risk, controls, and information lifecycle\n## Cryptography basics and incident-related topics\n# Network Security\n## Core protocols and firewall/IDS concepts\n## Network boundaries and intrusion detection\n## Cloud and advanced networking\n# Application Security\n## Secure development lifecycle\n## Secure login and application hardening","[{\"question\":\"What do these IT security interview questions assess in candidates?\",\"answer\":\"They assess technical skills, understanding of cybersecurity terminology and technology, and the ability to think and solve problems across multiple job roles.\"},{\"question\":\"Which cybersecurity job roles are covered by the question categories?\",\"answer\":\"Categories include general IT security administration, network security, application security, security architect, risk management, security audit/testing/incident response, and cryptography.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of security topics appear in the questions?\",\"answer\":\"Topics include information security principles, security policies and controls, threat vs. vulnerability, CIA triangle, encryption concepts, and practical measures for securing systems such as Linux and Windows servers.\"}]","200 IT Security Job Interview Questions - The Questions IT Leaders Ask | PDF",1790359461,15]