Cyber Security Engineer Interview Questions

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What is Cryptography? What is the difference between Symmetric and Asymmetric encryption? What is the difference between IDS and IPS? Explain CIA triad. How is Encryption different from Hashing? What is a Firewall and why is it used? What is the difference between VA(Vulnerability Assessment) and PT(Penetration Testing)? What is a three-way handshake? What are the response codes that can be received from a Web Application? What is traceroute? Why is it used?
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Cyber Security Engineer

Interviewed at Chennai Petroleum

4.2
Sep 8, 2023

What is Cryptography? What is the difference between Symmetric and Asymmetric encryption? What is the difference between IDS and IPS? Explain CIA triad. How is Encryption different from Hashing? What is a Firewall and why is it used? What is the difference between VA(Vulnerability Assessment) and PT(Penetration Testing)? What is a three-way handshake? What are the response codes that can be received from a Web Application? What is traceroute? Why is it used?

I was given a task for the interview to do the following: 1) Create a file storage and then implement various constraints to secure the data on cloud. 2) We have placed a bug on the website of Olcademy. Try to find the loophole or any bug that you can on the website
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Cyber Security Intern

Interviewed at Olcademy

4.5
Oct 20, 2021

I was given a task for the interview to do the following: 1) Create a file storage and then implement various constraints to secure the data on cloud. 2) We have placed a bug on the website of Olcademy. Try to find the loophole or any bug that you can on the website

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