Question 1
An enterprise hosts their servers (include both Linux and Windows servers) in a traditional IDC. Every night hackers with IP addresses from many countries try to crack the password of their servers, making the administrator terribly worried about this. However, because of work requirements, the remote management port of these servers must be opened to public network.
The administrator heard that Alibaba Cloud has solutions that can help customers improve the security of their systems. Therefore, he/she wants to migrate the system to Alibaba Cloud. Which of the following functions should the administrator activate in Alibaba Cloud to reduce the possibility of brute force password cracking?
Server Guard is a cloud-based security service that provides real-time protection for servers against intrusion events, such as brute force password cracking. Server Guard consists of a lightweight agent that is installed on the server and a cloud protection center that analyzes and responds to security threats.Server Guard can help the administrator to reduce the possibility of brute force password cracking by providing the following features1:
Password cracking protection: Server Guard can detect and block password cracking attempts on servers, such as SSH brute force attacks on Linux servers and RDP brute force attacks on Windows servers. Server Guard can also alert the administrator of the attack source, time, and frequency, and provide suggestions for password strengthening.
Webshell detection and removal: Server Guard can scan and remove webshells that are maliciously implanted on servers by hackers. Webshells are scripts that allow hackers to remotely execute commands on servers, such as stealing data, uploading files, or launching attacks. Server Guard can identify and delete webshells based on signature matching, behavior analysis, and machine learning.
Anti-virus and anti-ransomware: Server Guard can detect and terminate various types of malware, such as ransomware, mining programs, backdoor programs, worms, and trojans. Server Guard can also prevent the encryption and deletion of files by ransomware, and restore the files to their original state.
Security baseline check: Server Guard can perform security baseline checks on servers to evaluate their security posture and compliance level. Server Guard can check more than 40 security items, such as system configuration, account management, network security, and log audit. Server Guard can also provide security hardening suggestions and one-click fixes for the detected issues.
Security situation awareness: Server Guard can provide a comprehensive and visualized view of the security situation of the servers, such as the number of attacks, the attack sources, the attack types, the attack trends, and the security score. Server Guard can also provide security reports and recommendations for improving the security level of the servers.Reference:Security Center