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68 LAB #8 | Auditing the Remote Access Domain for Compliance Lab #8 - Assessment Worksheet

Auditing the Remote Access Domain for Compliance Course Name and Number: _____________________________________________________ Student Name: ________________________________________________________________ Instructor Name: ______________________________________________________________ Lab Due Date: ________________________________________________________________

Overview

In this lab, you learned how to audit the Remote Access Domain. You identified common risks, threats, and vulnerabilities found in the Remote Access Domain, you assessed common risks, threats, and vulnerabilities found in the Remote Access Domain, you identified network and security policies needed to properly secure the Remote Access Domain portion of the network infrastructure, and you audited and assessed the implementation of security controls in the Remote Access Domain.

Lab Assessment Questions & Answers

1. What are some common risks, threats, and vulnerabilities found in the Remote Access Domain that must be mitigated through a layered security strategy?

2. What default configuration should be placed on host-based firewalls when accessing the network

remotely?

3. What risks, threats, and vulnerabilities are introduced by implementing a remote access server?

4. What is a recommended best practice when implementing a remote access policy server user authentication service?

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5. What is a Remediation LAN?

6. Explain the concept of a Remediation Server and traffic separation as it relates to remote access.

7. What is a VPN? Distinguish between VPN server, VPN client, VPN router, and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPNs.

8. What is the difference between a tunnel-mode VPN and a split-tunneling VPN?

9. According to the Remote Access Policy STIG, what personally owned devices are considered acceptable to perform privileged (administrative) tasks on a DoD network?

10. When connected to a public network or shared public Internet access point, what are some precautions that remote users should take to ensure confidentiality of communications?

11. What are the three types of remote access users as defined by the DoD in the Secure Remote Computing STIG?

12. What are the additional elements required of a network architecture if the enclave is to support

remote access through the public Internet?

13. Name three security best practices for mobile workers as defined in the Secure Remote Computing STIG.

14. True or false: A thin client is a PC or laptop without a hard drive or storage space.

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15. What are the five elements of a Remote Access Security Readiness Review?

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