Lab- Implementing an Information Systems Security Policy

Overview

In this lab, you acted as a member of the network security team. You were given an assignment to implement two security standards that have been accepted by the organization. First, you enforced a newly adopted corporate password policy using the Group Policy Management console. Additionally, you joined a standalone Linux machine to the Active Directory domain using an open source tool, PowerBroker Identity Services Open.

Lab Assessment Questions & Answers

1. What is the correct command syntax to force GPO settings?

a. /force GPO
b. gpupdate /now
c. gpupdate /force
d. policyupdate /force

2. Why is it important to set a strict password policy as part of your security template?

3. Why is it important to bring standalone systems into the Domain?

4. What was the command line syntax to connect as the root user to 172.30.0.11 using PuTTY?

5. Name five different Windows password policies.