Examining Firewalls Across OS
Checklist: "Firewall Configuration Checklist." (NetSPI)
Identifying Software Versions
Device Encryption By OS
Identifying if a device is using encryption by OS
Encryption availablility by OS
Encryption Guides
Anti-Virus Updates
Identifying Odd/One-Off Services
ACTIVITIES
DEVICE AND SOFTWARE VERSION ASSESSMENT
Summary
The auditor checks staff devices for updated systems and software, anti-virus and other
security capabilities, and identifies software runing on computers and its current version.
The auditor checks for known vulnerabilities to any out of date software.
This is used to develop a report component exposing how un-updated software can lead
to large vulnerabilities.
Overview
Identify what privilege level services are running under -- Are users using accounts
with admin privelges, or are they using another user and have to type in a password
to get admin rights? 46
Check for existence and status of anti-virus (and anti-malware tools) on the device.
47
Record the version and patch levels of software on the device.48
Identify what level of encryption is being used and is available for data storage on
the device. 49
Using the list of software versions and patches identify attacks and, if possible,
identified malware that devices in the office are vulnerable to.
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