Term
An achievement in providing worldwide Internet security was the signing of certificates associated with which of the following protocols?
A. TCP/IP
B. SSL
C. SCP
D. SSH |
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A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) wants to implement two-factor authentication within the company. Which of the following would fulfill the CISO's
requirements?
A. Username and password
B. Retina scan and fingerprint scan
C. USB token and PIN
D. Proximity badge and token |
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Which of the following can a security administrator implement on mobile devices that will help prevent unwanted people from viewing the data if the device is left
unattended?
A. Screen lock
B. Voice encryption
C. GPS tracking
D. Device encryption |
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Which of the following would a security administrator implement in order to identify a problem between two systems that are not communicating properly?
A. Protocol analyzer
B. Baseline report
C. Risk assessment
D. Vulnerability scan |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following can result in significant administrative overhead from incorrect reporting?
A. Job rotation
B. Acceptable usage policies
C. False positives
D. Mandatory vacations |
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Definition
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A security administrator wants to perform routine tests on the network during working hours when certain applications are being accessed by the most people.
Which of the following would allow the security administrator to test the lack of security controls for those applications with the least impact to the system?
A. Penetration test
B. Vulnerability scan
C. Load testing
D. Port scanner |
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Term
Which of the following risk concepts requires an organization to determine the number of failures per year?
A. SLE
B. ALE
C. MTBF
D. Quantitative analysis |
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A system security analyst using an enterprise monitoring tool notices an unknown internal host exfiltrating files to several foreign IP addresses. Which of the
following would be an appropriate mitigation technique?
A. Disabling unnecessary accounts
B. Rogue machine detection
C. Encrypting sensitive files
D. Implementing antivirus |
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Definition
| B. Rogue machine detection |
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Three of the primary security control types that can be implemented are.
A. Supervisory, subordinate, and peer.
B. Personal, procedural, and legal.
C. Operational, technical, and management.
D. Mandatory, discretionary, and permanent. |
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Definition
| C. Operational, technical, and management. |
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The helpdesk reports increased calls from clients reporting spikes in malware infections on their systems. Which of the following phases of incident response is
MOST appropriate as a FIRST response?
A. Recovery
B. Follow-up
C. Validation
D. Identification
E. Eradication
F. Containment |
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Which of the following protocols operates at the HIGHEST level of the OSI model?
A. ICMP
B. IPSec
C. SCP
D. TCP |
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Definition
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Term
Joe, the system administrator, has been asked to calculate the Annual Loss Expectancy (ALE) for a $5,000 server, which often crashes. In the past year, the server
has crashed 10 times, requiring a system reboot to recover with only 10% loss of data or function. Which of the following is the ALE of this server?
A. $500
B. $5,000
C. $25,000
D. $50,000 |
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Term
Which of the following should an administrator implement to research current attack methodologies?
A. Design reviews
B. Honeypot
C. Vulnerability scanner
D. Code reviews |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following can be implemented in hardware or software to protect a web server from cross-site scripting attacks?
A. Intrusion Detection System
B. Flood Guard Protection
C. Web Application Firewall
D. URL Content Filter |
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Definition
| C. Web Application Firewall |
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Term
Which of the following means of wireless authentication is easily vulnerable to spoofing?
A. MAC Filtering
B. WPA - LEAP
C. WPA - PEAP
D. Enabled SSID |
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Definition
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Term
The BEST methods for a web developer to prevent the website application code from being vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (XSRF) are to: (Select TWO).
A. permit redirection to Internet-facing web URLs.
B. ensure all HTML tags are enclosed in angle brackets, e.g., "<" and ">".
C. validate and filter input on the server side and client side.
D. use a web proxy to pass website requests between the user and the application.
E. restrict and sanitize use of special characters in input and URLs. |
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Definition
C. validate and filter input on the server side and client side.
E. restrict and sanitize use of special characters in input and URLs. |
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Jane, a security administrator, needs to implement a secure wireless authentication method that uses a remote RADIUS server for authentication.
Which of the following is an authentication method Jane should use?
A. WPA2-PSK
B. WEP-PSK
C. CCMP
D. LEAP |
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Term
Computer evidence at a crime scene is documented with a tag stating who had possession of the evidence at a given time.
Which of the following does this illustrate?
A. System image capture
B. Record time offset
C. Order of volatility
D. Chain of custody |
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Term
A network administrator is configuring access control for the sales department which has high employee turnover. Which of the following is BEST suited when
assigning user rights to individuals in the sales department?
A. Time of day restrictions
B. Group based privileges
C. User assigned privileges
D. Domain admin restrictions |
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Definition
| B. Group based privileges |
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Term
Which of the following is being tested when a company's payroll server is powered off for eight hours?
A. Succession plan
B. Business impact document
C. Continuity of operations plan
D. Risk assessment plan |
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Definition
| C. Continuity of operations plan |
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Term
A security analyst, Ann, is reviewing an IRC channel and notices that a malicious exploit has been created for a frequently used application. She notifies the
software vendor and asks them for remediation steps, but is alarmed to find that no patches are available to mitigate this vulnerability.
Which of the following BEST describes this exploit?
A. Malicious insider threat
B. Zero-day
C. Client-side attack
D. Malicious add-on |
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Definition
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Term
A security administrator has concerns about new types of media which allow for the mass distribution of personal comments to a select group of people. To mitigate
the risks involved with this media, employees should receive training on which of the following?
A. Peer to Peer
B. Mobile devices
C. Social networking
D. Personally owned devices |
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Term
A network administrator is responsible for securing applications against external attacks. Every month, the underlying operating system is updated. There is no
process in place for other software updates.
Which of the following processes could MOST effectively mitigate these risks?
A. Application hardening
B. Application change management
C. Application patch management
D. Application firewall review |
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Definition
| C. Application patch management |
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Term
A software developer is responsible for writing the code on an accounting application. Another software developer is responsible for developing code on a system in
human resources. Once a year they have to switch roles for several weeks.
Which of the following practices is being implemented?
A. Mandatory vacations
B. Job rotation
C. Least privilege
D. Separation of duties |
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Definition
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Term
A network engineer is designing a secure tunneled VPN. Which of the following protocols would be the MOST secure?
A. IPsec
B. SFTP
C. BGP
D. PPTP |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following implementation steps would be appropriate for a public wireless hot- spot?
A. Reduce power level
B. Disable SSID broadcast
C. Open system authentication
D. MAC filter |
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Definition
| C. Open system authentication |
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Term
Which of the following is a step in deploying a WPA2-Enterprise wireless network?
A. Install a token on the authentication server
B. Install a DHCP server on the authentication server
C. Install an encryption key on the authentication server
D. Install a digital certificate on the authentication server |
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Definition
| D. Install a digital certificate on the authentication server |
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Term
Which of the following controls would allow a company to reduce the exposure of sensitive systems from unmanaged devices on internal networks?
A. 802.1x
B. Data encryption
C. Password strength
D. BGP |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following preventative controls would be appropriate for responding to a directive to reduce the attack surface of a specific host?
A. Installing anti-malware
B. Implementing an IDS
C. Taking a baseline configuration
D. Disabling unnecessary services |
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Definition
| D. Disabling unnecessary services |
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Term
A security manager must remain aware of the security posture of each system. Which of the following supports this requirement?
A. Training staff on security policies
B. Establishing baseline reporting
C. Installing anti-malware software
D. Disabling unnecessary accounts/services |
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Definition
| B. Establishing baseline reporting |
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Term
Deploying a wildcard certificate is one strategy to:
A. Secure the certificate's private key.
B. Increase the certificate's encryption key length.
C. Extend the renewal date of the certificate.
D. Reduce the certificate management burden. |
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Definition
| D. Reduce the certificate management burden. |
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Term
The security administrator needs to manage traffic on a layer 3 device to support FTP from a new remote site. Which of the following would need to be
implemented?
A. Implicit deny
B. VLAN management
C. Port security
D. Access control lists |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following ports is used for SSH, by default?
A. 23
B. 32
C. 12
D. 22 |
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Term
A network administrator has been tasked with securing the WLAN. Which of the following cryptographic products would be used to provide the MOST secure
environment for the WLAN?
A. WPA2 CCMP
B. WPA
C. WPA with MAC filtering
D. WPA2 TKIP |
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Definition
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Term
A server with the IP address of 10.10.2.4 has been having intermittent connection issues. The logs show repeated connection attempts from the following IPs:
10.10.3.16
10.10.3.23
212.178.24.26
217.24.94.83
These attempts are overloading the server to the point that it cannot respond to traffic. Which of the following attacks is occurring?
A. XSS
B. DDoS
C. DoS
D. Xmas |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following ciphers would be BEST used to encrypt streaming video?
A. RSA
B. RC4
C. SHA1
D. 3DES |
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Definition
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Term
A user attempting to log on to a workstation for the first time is prompted for the following information before being granted access: username, password, and a
four-digit security pin that was mailed to him during account registration. This is an example of which of the following?
A. Dual-factor authentication
B. Multifactor authentication
C. Single factor authentication
D. Biometric authentication |
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Definition
| C. Single factor authentication |
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Term
After analyzing and correlating activity from multiple sensors, the security administrator has determined that a group of very well organized individuals from an
enemy country is responsible for various attempts to breach the company network, through the use of very sophisticated and targeted attacks. Which of the
following is this an example of?
A. Privilege escalation
B. Advanced persistent threat
C. Malicious insider threat
D. Spear phishing |
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Definition
| B. Advanced persistent threat |
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Term
Which of the following is true about input validation in a client-server architecture, when data integrity is critical to the organization?
A. It should be enforced on the client side only.
B. It must be protected by SSL encryption.
C. It must rely on the user's knowledge of the application.
D. It should be performed on the server side. |
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Definition
| D. It should be performed on the server side. |
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Term
A merchant acquirer has the need to store credit card numbers in a transactional database in a high performance environment. Which of the following BEST
protects the credit card data?
A. Database field encryption
B. File-level encryption
C. Data loss prevention system
D. Full disk encryption |
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Definition
| A. Database field encryption |
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Term
A bank has a fleet of aging payment terminals used by merchants for transactional processing. The terminals currently support single DES but require an upgrade in
order to be compliant with security standards. Which of the following is likely to be the simplest upgrade to the aging terminals which will improve in-transit protection
of transactional data?
A. AES
B. 3DES
C. RC4
D. WPA2 |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following is BEST at blocking attacks and providing security at layer 7 of the OSI model?
A. WAF
B. NIDS
C. Routers
D. Switches |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following is BEST used to capture and analyze network traffic between hosts on the same network segment?
A. Protocol analyzer
B. Router
C. Firewall
D. HIPS |
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Definition
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Term
After a number of highly publicized and embarrassing customer data leaks as a result of social engineering attacks by phone, the Chief Information Officer (CIO)
has decided user training will reduce the risk of another data leak. Which of the following would be MOST effective in reducing data leaks in this situation?
A. Information Security Awareness
B. Social Media and BYOD
C. Data Handling and Disposal
D. Acceptable Use of IT Systems |
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Definition
| A. Information Security Awareness |
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Term
Which of the following functions provides an output which cannot be reversed and converts data into a string of characters?
A. Hashing
B. Stream ciphers
C. Steganography
D. Block ciphers |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following encrypts data a single bit at a time?
A. Stream cipher
B. Steganography
C. 3DES
D. Hashing |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following is used to verify data integrity?
A. SHA
B. 3DES
C. AES
D. RSA |
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Definition
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Term
By default, which of the following uses TCP port 22? (Select THREE).
A. FTPS
B. STELNET
C. TLS
D. SCP
E. SSL
F. HTTPS
G. SSH
H. SFTP |
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Definition
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Term
Access mechanisms to data on encrypted USB hard drives must be implemented correctly otherwise:
A. user accounts may be inadvertently locked out.
B. data on the USB drive could be corrupted.
C. data on the hard drive will be vulnerable to log analysis.
D. the security controls on the USB drive can be bypassed. |
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Definition
| D. the security controls on the USB drive can be bypassed. |
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Term
Maintenance workers find an active network switch hidden above a dropped-ceiling tile in the CEO's office with various connected cables from the office. Which of
the following describes the type of attack that was occurring?
A. Spear phishing
B. Packet sniffing
C. Impersonation
D. MAC flooding |
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Definition
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Term
A security administrator is segregating all web-facing server traffic from the internal network and restricting it to a single interface on a firewall. Which of the
following BEST describes this new network?
A. VLAN
B. Subnet
C. VPN
D. DMZ |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following was based on a previous X.500 specification and allows either unencrypted authentication or encrypted authentication through the use of
TLS?
A. Kerberos
B. TACACS+
C. RADIUS
D. LDAP |
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Definition
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Term
The Quality Assurance team is testing a new third party developed application. The Quality team does not have any experience with the application. Which of the
following is the team performing?
A. Grey box testing
B. Black box testing
C. Penetration testing
D. White box testing |
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Term
Which of the following has a storage root key?
A. HSM
B. EFS
C. TPM
D. TKIP |
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Definition
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Term
A datacenter requires that staff be able to identify whether or not items have been removed from the facility. Which of the following controls will allow the
organization to provide automated notification of item removal?
A. CCTV
B. Environmental monitoring
C. RFID
D. EMI shielding |
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Definition
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Term
A malicious person gained access to a datacenter by ripping the proximity badge reader off the wall near the datacenter entrance. This caused the electronic locks
on the datacenter door to release because the:
A. badge reader was improperly installed.
B. system was designed to fail open for life-safety.
C. system was installed in a fail closed configuration.
D. system used magnetic locks and the locks became demagnetized. |
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Definition
| B. system was designed to fail open for life-safety. |
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Term
The concept of rendering data passing between two points over an IP based network impervious to all but the most sophisticated advanced persistent threats is
BEST categorized as which of the following?
A. Stream ciphers
B. Transport encryption
C. Key escrow
D. Block ciphers |
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Definition
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Term
On Monday, all company employees report being unable to connect to the corporate wireless network, which uses 802.1x with PEAP. A technician verifies that no
configuration changes were made to the wireless network and its supporting infrastructure, and that there are no outages.
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause for this issue?
A. Too many incorrect authentication attempts have caused users to be temporarily disabled.
B. The DNS server is overwhelmed with connections and is unable to respond to queries.
C. The company IDS detected a wireless attack and disabled the wireless network.
D. The Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service server certificate has expired. |
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Definition
| D. The Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service server certificate has expired. |
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Term
Which of the following would BEST deter an attacker trying to brute force 4-digit PIN numbers to access an account at a bank teller machine?
A. Account expiration settings
B. Complexity of PIN
C. Account lockout settings
D. PIN history requirements |
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Definition
| C. Account lockout settings |
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Term
An administrator discovers that many users have used their same passwords for years even though the network requires that the passwords be changed every six
weeks. Which of the following, when used together, would BEST prevent users from reusing their existing password? (Select TWO).
A. Length of password
B. Password history
C. Minimum password age
D. Password expiration
E. Password complexity
F. Non-dictionary words |
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Definition
B. Password history
C. Minimum password age |
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Term
A recent audit has discovered that at the time of password expiration clients are able to recycle the previous credentials for authentication. Which of the following
controls should be used together to prevent this from occurring? (Select TWO).
A. Password age
B. Password hashing
C. Password complexity
D. Password history
E. Password length |
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Definition
A. Password age
D. Password history |
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Term
A system administrator is configuring UNIX accounts to authenticate against an external server. The configuration file asks for the following information
DC=ServerName and DC=COM. Which of the following authentication services is being used?
A. RADIUS
B. SAML
C. TACACS+
D. LDAP |
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Definition
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Term
In Kerberos, the Ticket Granting Ticket (TGT) is used for which of the following?
A. Identification
B. Authorization
C. Authentication
D. Multifactor authentication |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following network design elements allows for many internal devices to share one public IP address?
A. DNAT
B. PAT
C. DNS
D. DMZ |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following components of an all-in-one security appliance would MOST likely be configured in order to restrict access to peer-to-peer file sharing
websites?
A. Spam filter
B. URL filter
C. Content inspection
D. Malware inspection |
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Definition
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Term
When considering a vendor-specific vulnerability in critical industrial control systems which of the following techniques supports availability?
A. Deploying identical application firewalls at the border
B. Incorporating diversity into redundant design
C. Enforcing application white lists on the support workstations
D. Ensuring the systems' anti-virus definitions are up-to-date |
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Definition
| B. Incorporating diversity into redundant design |
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Term
During the information gathering stage of a deploying role-based access control model, which of the following information is MOST likely required?
A. Conditional rules under which certain systems may be accessed
B. Matrix of job titles with required access privileges
C. Clearance levels of all company personnel
D. Normal hours of business operation |
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Definition
| B. Matrix of job titles with required access privileges |
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Term
The Chief Technical Officer (CTO) has been informed of a potential fraud committed by a database administrator performing several other job functions within the
company. Which of the following is the BEST method to prevent such activities in the future?
A. Job rotation
B. Separation of duties
C. Mandatory Vacations
D. Least Privilege |
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Definition
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Term
Ann would like to forward some Personal Identifiable Information to her HR department by email, but she is worried about the confidentiality of the information.
Which of the following will accomplish this task securely?
A. Digital Signatures
B. Hashing
C. Secret Key
D. Encryption |
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Definition
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Term
A company is trying to limit the risk associated with the use of unapproved USB devices to copy documents. Which of the following would be the BEST technology
control to use in this scenario?
A. Content filtering
B. IDS
C. Audit logs
D. DLP |
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Definition
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Term
A company is trying to implement physical deterrent controls to improve the overall security posture of their data center. Which of the following BEST meets their
goal?
A. Visitor logs
B. Firewall
C. Hardware locks
D. Environmental monitoring |
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Definition
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Term
A company's employees were victims of a spear phishing campaign impersonating the CEO. The company would now like to implement a solution to improve the
overall security posture by assuring their employees that email originated from the CEO. Which of the following controls could they implement to BEST meet this
goal?
A. Spam filter
B. Digital signatures
C. Antivirus software
D. Digital certificates |
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Definition
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Term
A security technician is attempting to improve the overall security posture of an internal mail server. Which of the following actions would BEST accomplish this
goal?
A. Monitoring event logs daily
B. Disabling unnecessary services
C. Deploying a content filter on the network
D. Deploy an IDS on the network |
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Definition
| B. Disabling unnecessary services |
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Term
A bank has recently deployed mobile tablets to all loan officers for use at customer sites. Which of the following would BEST prevent the disclosure of customer
data in the event that a tablet is lost or stolen?
A. Application control
B. Remote wiping
C. GPS
D. Screen-locks |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following is the primary security concern when deploying a mobile device on a network?
A. Strong authentication
B. Interoperability
C. Data security
D. Cloud storage technique |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following technical controls is BEST used to define which applications a user can install and run on a company issued mobile device?
A. Authentication
B. Blacklisting
C. Whitelisting
D. Acceptable use policy |
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Definition
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Term
After a company has standardized to a single operating system, not all servers are immune to a well-known OS vulnerability. Which of the following solutions would
mitigate this issue?
A. Host based firewall
B. Initial baseline configurations
C. Discretionary access control
D. Patch management system |
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Definition
| D. Patch management system |
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Term
A security administrator discovers an image file that has several plain text documents hidden in the file. Which of the following security goals is met by camouflaging
data inside of other files?
A. Integrity
B. Confidentiality
C. Steganography
D. Availability |
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Definition
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Term
A company determines a need for additional protection from rogue devices plugging into physical ports around the building.
Which of the following provides the highest degree of protection from unauthorized wired network access?
A. Intrusion Prevention Systems
B. MAC filtering
C. Flood guards
D. 802.1x |
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Definition
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Term
A company is preparing to decommission an offline, non-networked root certificate server. Before sending the server's drives to be destroyed by a contracted company, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) wants to be certain that the data will not be accessed. Which of the following, if implemented, would BEST reassure the
CSO? (Select TWO).
A. Disk hashing procedures
B. Full disk encryption
C. Data retention policies
D. Disk wiping procedures
E. Removable media encryption |
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Definition
B. Full disk encryption
D. Disk wiping procedures |
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Term
During the analysis of a PCAP file, a security analyst noticed several communications with a remote server on port 53. Which of the following protocol types is
observed in this traffic?
A. FTP
B. DNS
C. Email
D. NetBIOS |
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Definition
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Term
A compromised workstation utilized in a Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack has been removed from the network and an image of the hard drive has been
created. However, the system administrator stated that the system was left unattended for several hours before the image was created. In the event of a court case,
which of the following is likely to be an issue with this incident?
A. Eye Witness
B. Data Analysis of the hard drive
C. Chain of custody
D. Expert Witness |
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Term
During which of the following phases of the Incident Response process should a security administrator define and implement general defense against malware?
A. Lessons Learned
B. Preparation
C. Eradication
D. Identification |
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Definition
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Term
Due to hardware limitation, a technician must implement a wireless encryption algorithm that uses the RC4 protocol. Which of the following is a wireless encryption
solution that the technician should implement while ensuring the STRONGEST level of security?
A. WPA2-AES
B. 802.11ac
C. WPA-TKIP
D. WEP |
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Definition
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Term
Joe, a user, wants to send an encrypted email to Ann. Which of the following will Ann need to use to verify that the email came from Joe and decrypt it? (Select
TWO).
A. The CA's public key
B. Ann's public key
C. Joe's private key
D. Ann's private key
E. The CA's private key
F. Joe's public key |
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Definition
D. Ann's private key
F. Joe's public key |
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Term
Joe, a user, wants to send an encrypted email to Ann. Which of the following will Ann need to use to verify the validity's of Joe's certificate? (Select TWO).
A. The CA's public key
B. Joe's private key
C. Ann's public key
D. The CA's private key
E. Joe's public key
F. Ann's private key |
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Definition
A. The CA's public key
E. Joe's public key |
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Term
A technician wants to implement a dual factor authentication system that will enable the organization to authorize access to sensitive systems on a need-to-know
basis. Which of the following should be implemented during the authorization stage?
A. Biometrics
B. Mandatory access control
C. Single sign-on
D. Role-based access control |
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Definition
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Term
A security researcher wants to reverse engineer an executable file to determine if it is malicious. The file was found on an underused server and appears to contain
a zero-day exploit. Which of the following can the researcher do to determine if the file is malicious in nature?
A. TCP/IP socket design review
B. Executable code review
C. OS Baseline comparison
D. Software architecture review |
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Definition
| C. OS Baseline comparison |
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Term
A recent spike in virus detections has been attributed to end-users visiting www.compnay.com. The business has an established relationship with an organization
using the URL of www.company.com but not with the site that has been causing the infections. Which of the following would BEST describe this type of attack?
A. Typo squatting
B. Session hijacking
C. Cross-site scripting
D. Spear phishing |
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Term
A company has proprietary mission critical devices connected to their network which are configured remotely by both employees and approved customers. The
administrator wants to monitor device security without changing their baseline configuration. Which of the following should be implemented to secure the devices
without risking availability?
A. Host-based firewall
B. IDS
C. IPS
D. Honeypot |
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An administrator has a network subnet dedicated to a group of users. Due to concerns regarding data and network security, the administrator desires to provide
network access for this group only. Which of the following would BEST address this desire?
A. Install a proxy server between the users' computers and the switch to filter inbound network traffic.
B. Block commonly used ports and forward them to higher and unused port numbers.
C. Configure the switch to allow only traffic from computers based upon their physical address.
D. Install host-based intrusion detection software to monitor incoming DHCP Discover requests. |
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| C. Configure the switch to allow only traffic from computers based upon their physical address. |
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Which of the following is a security concern regarding users bringing personally-owned devices that they connect to the corporate network?
A. Cross-platform compatibility issues between personal devices and server-based applications
B. Lack of controls in place to ensure that the devices have the latest system patches and signature files
C. Non-corporate devices are more difficult to locate when a user is terminated
D. Non-purchased or leased equipment may cause failure during the audits of company-owned assets |
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| B. Lack of controls in place to ensure that the devices have the latest system patches and signature files |
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Due to issues with building keys being duplicated and distributed, a security administrator wishes to change to a different security control regarding a restricted area.
The goal is to provide access based upon facial recognition. Which of the following will address this requirement?
A. Set up mantraps to avoid tailgating of approved users.
B. Place a guard at the entrance to approve access.
C. Install a fingerprint scanner at the entrance.
D. Implement proximity readers to scan users' badges. |
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Definition
| B. Place a guard at the entrance to approve access. |
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A security administrator has concerns regarding employees saving data on company provided mobile devices. Which of the following would BEST address the administrator's concerns?
A. Install a mobile application that tracks read and write functions on the device.
B. Create a company policy prohibiting the use of mobile devices for personal use.
C. Enable GPS functionality to track the location of the mobile devices.
D. Configure the devices so that removable media use is disabled. |
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Definition
| D. Configure the devices so that removable media use is disabled. |
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Identifying residual risk is MOST important to which of the following concepts?
A. Risk deterrence
B. Risk acceptance
C. Risk mitigation
D. Risk avoidance |
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The information security technician wants to ensure security controls are deployed and functioning as intended to be able to maintain an appropriate security
posture. Which of the following security techniques is MOST appropriate to do this?
A. Log audits
B. System hardening
C. Use IPS/IDS
D. Continuous security monitoring |
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Definition
| D. Continuous security monitoring |
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A small company can only afford to buy an all-in-one wireless router/switch. The company has 3 wireless BYOD users and 2 web servers without wireless access.
Which of the following should the company configure to protect the servers from the user devices? (Select TWO).
A. Deny incoming connections to the outside router interface.
B. Change the default HTTP port
C. Implement EAP-TLS to establish mutual authentication
D. Disable the physical switch ports
E. Create a server VLAN
F. Create an ACL to access the server |
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Definition
E. Create a server VLAN
F. Create an ACL to access the server |
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Users can authenticate to a company's web applications using their credentials from a popular social media site. Which of the following poses the greatest risk with
this integration?
A. Malicious users can exploit local corporate credentials with their social media credentials
B. Changes to passwords on the social media site can be delayed from replicating to the company
C. Data loss from the corporate servers can create legal liabilities with the social media site
D. Password breaches to the social media site affect the company application as well |
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Definition
| D. Password breaches to the social media site affect the company application as well |
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A security team has established a security awareness program. Which of the following would BEST prove the success of the program?
A. Policies
B. Procedures
C. Metrics
D. Standards |
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A company needs to receive data that contains personally identifiable information. The company requires both the transmission and data at rest to be encrypted.
Which of the following achieves this goal? (Select TWO).
A. SSH
B. TFTP
C. NTLM
D. TKIP
E. SMTP
F. PGP/GPG |
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Definition
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An organization does not have adequate resources to administer its large infrastructure. A security administrator wishes to combine the security controls of some of
the network devices in the organization. Which of the following methods would BEST accomplish this goal?
A. Unified Threat Management
B. Virtual Private Network
C. Single sign on
D. Role-based management |
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Definition
| A. Unified Threat Management |
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Term
Which of the following would allow the organization to divide a Class C IP address range into several ranges?
A. DMZ
B. Virtual LANs
C. NAT
D. Subnetting |
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Definition
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The security administrator is currently unaware of an incident that occurred a week ago. Which of the following will ensure the administrator is notified in a timely
manner in the future?
A. User permissions reviews
B. Incident response team
C. Change management
D. Routine auditing |
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Definition
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Term
An access point has been configured for AES encryption but a client is unable to connect to it. Which of the following should be configured on the client to fix this
issue?
A. WEP
B. CCMP
C. TKIP
D. RC4 |
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Definition
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Term
The system administrator is tasked with changing the administrator password across all 2000 computers in the organization. Which of the following should the
system administrator implement to accomplish this task?
A. A security group
B. A group policy
C. Key escrow
D. Certificate revocation |
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Term
A network administrator wants to block both DNS requests and zone transfers coming from outside IP addresses. The company uses a firewall which implements
an implicit allow and is currently configured with the following ACL applied to its external interfacE.
PERMIT TCP ANY ANY 80
PERMIT TCP ANY ANY 443
Which of the following rules would accomplish this task? (Select TWO).
A. Change the firewall default settings so that it implements an implicit deny
B. Apply the current ACL to all interfaces of the firewall
C. Remove the current ACL
D. Add the following ACL at the top of the current ACL DENY TCP ANY ANY 53
E. Add the following ACL at the bottom of the current ACL DENY ICMP ANY ANY 53
F. Add the following ACL at the bottom of the current ACL DENY IP ANY ANY 53 |
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A. Change the firewall default settings so that it implements an implicit deny
F. Add the following ACL at the bottom of the current ACL DENY IP ANY ANY 53 |
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Which of the following attacks would cause all mobile devices to lose their association with corporate access points while the attack is underway?
A. Wireless jamming
B. Evil twin
C. Rogue AP
D. Packet sniffing |
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Term
An administrator wants to ensure that the reclaimed space of a hard drive has been sanitized while the computer is in use. Which of the following can be
implemented?
A. Cluster tip wiping
B. Individual file encryption
C. Full disk encryption
D. Storage retention |
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Definition
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A company is looking to improve their security posture by addressing risks uncovered by a recent penetration test. Which of the following risks is MOST likely to
affect the business on a day-to-day basis?
A. Insufficient encryption methods
B. Large scale natural disasters
C. Corporate espionage
D. Lack of antivirus software |
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Definition
| D. Lack of antivirus software |
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Ann, an employee, is cleaning out her desk and disposes of paperwork containing confidential customer information in a recycle bin without shredding it first. This is
MOST likely to increase the risk of loss from which of the following attacks?
A. Shoulder surfing
B. Dumpster diving
C. Tailgating
D. Spoofing |
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Definition
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Term
A recently installed application update caused a vital application to crash during the middle of the workday. The application remained down until a previous version
could be reinstalled on the server, and this resulted in a significant loss of data and revenue.
Which of the following could BEST prevent this issue from occurring again?
A. Application configuration baselines
B. Application hardening
C. Application access controls
D. Application patch management |
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Definition
| D. Application patch management |
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A security administrator wishes to increase the security of the wireless network. Which of the following BEST addresses this concern?
A. Change the encryption from TKIP-based to CCMP-based.
B. Set all nearby access points to operate on the same channel.
C. Configure the access point to use WEP instead of WPA2.
D. Enable all access points to broadcast their SSIDs. |
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Definition
| A. Change the encryption from TKIP-based to CCMP-based. |
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Term
The system administrator has deployed updated security controls for the network to limit risk of attack. The security manager is concerned that controls continue to
function as intended to maintain appropriate security posture.
Which of the following risk mitigation strategies is MOST important to the security manager?
A. User permissions
B. Policy enforcement
C. Routine audits
D. Change management |
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Term
A company is about to release a very large patch to its customers. An administrator is required to test patch installations several times prior to distributing them to
customer PCs.
Which of the following should the administrator use to test the patching process quickly and often?
A. Create an incremental backup of an unpatched PC
B. Create an image of a patched PC and replicate it to servers
C. Create a full disk image to restore after each installation
D. Create a virtualized sandbox and utilize snapshots |
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Definition
| D. Create a virtualized sandbox and utilize snapshots |
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An auditing team has found that passwords do not meet best business practices. Which of the following will MOST increase the security of the passwords? (Select
TWO).
A. Password Complexity
B. Password Expiration
C. Password Age
D. Password Length
E. Password History |
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Definition
A. Password Complexity
D. Password Length |
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A vulnerability scan is reporting that patches are missing on a server. After a review, it is determined that the application requiring the patch does not exist on the
operating system.
Which of the following describes this cause?
A. Application hardening
B. False positive
C. Baseline code review
D. False negative |
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Term
Company A submitted a bid on a contract to do work for Company B via email. Company B was insistent that the bid did not come from Company A. Which of the
following would have assured that the bid was submitted by Company A?
A. Steganography
B. Hashing
C. Encryption
D. Digital Signatures |
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Ann, a sales manager, successfully connected her company-issued smartphone to the wireless network in her office without supplying a username/password
combination. Upon disconnecting from the wireless network, she attempted to connect her personal tablet computer to the same wireless network and could not
connect.
Which of the following is MOST likely the reason?
A. The company wireless is using a MAC filter.
B. The company wireless has SSID broadcast disabled.
C. The company wireless is using WEP.
D. The company wireless is using WPA2. |
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Definition
| A. The company wireless is using a MAC filter. |
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Term
A network technician is on the phone with the system administration team. Power to the server room was lost and servers need to be restarted. The DNS services
must be the first to be restarted. Several machines are powered off. Assuming each server only provides one service, which of the following should be powered on
FIRST to establish DNS services?
A. Bind server
B. Apache server
C. Exchange server
D. RADIUS server |
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Term
A security administrator is reviewing the company's continuity plan. The plan specifies an RTO of six hours and RPO of two days. Which of the following is the plan
describing?
A. Systems should be restored within six hours and no later than two days after the incident.
B. Systems should be restored within two days and should remain operational for at least six hours.
C. Systems should be restored within six hours with a minimum of two days worth of data.
D. Systems should be restored within two days with a minimum of six hours worth of data. |
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Definition
| C. Systems should be restored within six hours with a minimum of two days worth of data. |
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Term
The incident response team has received the following email messagE.
From: monitor@ext-company.com
To: security@company.com
Subject: Copyright infringement
A copyright infringement alert was triggered by IP address 13.10.66.5 at 09: 50: 01 GMT. After reviewing the following web logs for IP 13.10.66.5, the team is unable
to correlate and identify the incident.
09: 45: 33 13.10.66.5 http: //remote.site.com/login.asp?user=john
09: 50: 22 13.10.66.5 http: //remote.site.com/logout.asp?user=anne
10: 50: 01 13.10.66.5 http: //remote.site.com/access.asp?file=movie.mov
11: 02: 45 13.10.65.5 http: //remote.site.com/download.asp?movie.mov=ok
Which of the following is the MOST likely reason why the incident response team is unable to identify and correlate the incident?
A. The logs are corrupt and no longer forensically sound.
B. Traffic logs for the incident are unavailable.
C. Chain of custody was not properly maintained.
D. Incident time offsets were not accounted for. |
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| D. Incident time offsets were not accounted for. |
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A server dedicated to the storage and processing of sensitive information was compromised with a rootkit and sensitive data was exfiltrated. Which of the following
incident response procedures is best suited to restore the server?
A. Wipe the storage, reinstall the OS from original media and restore the data from the last known good backup.
B. Keep the data partition, restore the OS from the most current backup and run a full system antivirus scan.
C. Format the storage and reinstall both the OS and the data from the most current backup.
D. Erase the storage, reinstall the OS from most current backup and only restore the data that was not compromised. |
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Definition
| A. Wipe the storage, reinstall the OS from original media and restore the data from the last known good backup. |
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Term
Which of the following describes a type of malware which is difficult to reverse engineer in a virtual lab?
A. Armored virus
B. Polymorphic malware
C. Logic bomb
D. Rootkit |
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Term
Using a heuristic system to detect an anomaly in a computer's baseline, a system administrator was able to detect an attack even though the company signature
based IDS and antivirus did not detect it. Further analysis revealed that the attacker had downloaded an executable file onto the company PC from the USB port,
and executed it to trigger a privilege escalation flaw. Which of the following attacks has MOST likely occurred?
A. Cookie stealing
B. Zero-day
C. Directory traversal
D. XML injection |
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Definition
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Term
After copying a sensitive document from his desktop to a flash drive, Joe, a user, realizes that the document is no longer encrypted. Which of the following can a
security technician implement to ensure that documents stored on Joe's desktop remain encrypted when moved to external media or other network based storage?
A. Whole disk encryption
B. Removable disk encryption
C. Database record level encryption
D. File level encryption |
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Term
A security administrator must implement a system to allow clients to securely negotiate encryption keys with the company's server over a public unencrypted
communication channel.
Which of the following implements the required secure key negotiation? (Select TWO).
A. PBKDF2
B. Symmetric encryption
C. Steganography
D. ECDHE
E. Diffie-Hellman |
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D. ECDHE
E. Diffie-Hellman |
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Acme Corp has selectively outsourced proprietary business processes to ABC Services. Due to some technical issues, ABC services wants to send some of Acme
Corp's debug data to a third party vendor for problem resolution. Which of the following MUST be considered prior to sending data to a third party?
A. The data should be encrypted prior to transport
B. This would not constitute unauthorized data sharing
C. This may violate data ownership and non-disclosure agreements
D. Acme Corp should send the data to ABC Services' vendor instead |
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Definition
| C. This may violate data ownership and non-disclosure agreements |
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An organization has introduced token-based authentication to system administrators due to risk of password compromise. The tokens have a set of numbers that
automatically change every 30 seconds. Which of the following type of authentication mechanism is this?
A. TOTP
B. Smart card
C. CHAP
D. HOTP |
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Term
A security technician at a small business is worried about the Layer 2 switches in the network suffering from a DoS style attack caused by staff incorrectly cabling
network connections between switches.
Which of the following will BEST mitigate the risk if implemented on the switches?
A. Spanning tree
B. Flood guards
C. Access control lists
D. Syn flood |
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Term
An administrator wants to establish a WiFi network using a high gain directional antenna with a narrow radiation pattern to connect two buildings separated by a very
long distance. Which of the following antennas would be BEST for this situation?
A. Dipole
B. Yagi
C. Sector
D. Omni |
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Definition
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Term
An attacker used an undocumented and unknown application exploit to gain access to a file server. Which of the following BEST describes this type of attack?
A. Integer overflow
B. Cross-site scripting
C. Zero-day
D. Session hijacking
E. XML injection |
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Term
Which of the following is an XML based open standard used in the exchange of authentication and authorization information between different parties?
A. LDAP
B. SAML
C. TACACS+
D. Kerberos |
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Term
Which of the following ports and protocol types must be opened on a host with a host-based firewall to allow incoming SFTP connections?
A. 21/UDP
B. 21/TCP
C. 22/UDP
D. 22/TCP |
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Term
A user, Ann, is reporting to the company IT support group that her workstation screen is blank other than a window with a message requesting payment or else her
hard drive will be formatted. Which of the following types of malware is on Ann's workstation?
A. Trojan
B. Spyware
C. Adware
D. Ransomware |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following controls can be implemented together to prevent data loss in the event of theft of a mobile device storing sensitive information? (Select
TWO).
A. Full device encryption
B. Screen locks
C. GPS
D. Asset tracking
E. Inventory control |
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A. Full device encryption
B. Screen locks |
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A way to assure data at-rest is secure even in the event of loss or theft is to use:
A. Full device encryption.
B. Special permissions on the file system.
C. Trusted Platform Module integration.
D. Access Control Lists. |
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| A. Full device encryption. |
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Term
A security audit identifies a number of large email messages being sent by a specific user from their company email account to another address external to the
company. These messages were sent prior to a company data breach, which prompted the security audit. The user was one of a few people who had access to the
leaked data. Review of the suspect's emails show they consist mostly of pictures of the user at various locations during a recent vacation. No suspicious activities
from other users who have access to the data were discovered.
Which of the following is occurring?
A. The user is encrypting the data in the outgoing messages.
B. The user is using steganography.
C. The user is spamming to obfuscate the activity.
D. The user is using hashing to embed data in the emails. |
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Definition
| B. The user is using steganography. |
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Term
A security analyst is reviewing firewall logs while investigating a compromised web server. The following ports appear in the log:
22, 25, 445, 1433, 3128, 3389, 6667
Which of the following protocols was used to access the server remotely?
A. LDAP
B. HTTP
C. RDP
D. HTTPS |
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Term
An organization does not want the wireless network name to be easily discovered. Which of the following software features should be configured on the access
points?
A. SSID broadcast
B. MAC filter
C. WPA2
D. Antenna placement |
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Definition
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Term
A computer is suspected of being compromised by malware. The security analyst examines the computer and finds that a service called Telnet is running and
connecting to an external website over port 443. This Telnet service was found by comparing the system's services to the list of standard services on the company's
system image. This review process depends on:
A. MAC filtering.
B. System hardening.
C. Rogue machine detection.
D. Baselining. |
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Definition
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Term
A software developer wants to prevent stored passwords from being easily decrypted. When the password is stored by the application, additional text is added to
each password before the password is hashed. This technique is known as:
A. Symmetric cryptography.
B. Private key cryptography.
C. Salting.
D. Rainbow tables. |
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Term
In which of the following steps of incident response does a team analyze the incident and determine steps to prevent a future occurrence?
A. Mitigation
B. Identification
C. Preparation
D. Lessons learned |
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Definition
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Term
A security technician has been asked to recommend an authentication mechanism that will allow users to authenticate using a password that will only be valid for a
predefined time interval. Which of the following should the security technician recommend?
A. CHAP
B. TOTP
C. HOTP
D. PAP |
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Definition
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Term
A security administrator must implement a wireless encryption system to secure mobile devices' communication. Some users have mobile devices which only
support 56-bit encryption. Which of the following wireless encryption methods should be implemented?
A. RC4
B. AES
C. MD5
D. TKIP |
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Term
After a security incident involving a physical asset, which of the following should be done at the beginning?
A. Record every person who was in possession of assets, continuing post-incident.
B. Create working images of data in the following order: hard drive then RAM.
C. Back up storage devices so work can be performed on the devices immediately.
D. Write a report detailing the incident and mitigation suggestions. |
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Definition
| A. Record every person who was in possession of assets, continuing post-incident. |
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Term
Which of the following is the GREATEST security risk of two or more companies working together under a Memorandum of Understanding?
A. Budgetary considerations may not have been written into the MOU, leaving an entity to absorb more cost than intended at signing.
B. MOUs have strict policies in place for services performed between the entities and the penalties for compromising a partner are high.
C. MOUs are generally loose agreements and therefore may not have strict guidelines in place to protect sensitive data between the two entities.
D. MOUs between two companies working together cannot be held to the same legal standards as SLAs. |
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Definition
| C. MOUs are generally loose agreements and therefore may not have strict guidelines in place to protect sensitive data between the two entities. |
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Term
Joe, a user, reports to the system administrator that he is receiving an error stating his certificate has been revoked. Which of the following is the name of the
database repository for these certificates?
A. CSR
B. OSCP
C. CA
D. CRL |
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Term
A software company has completed a security assessment. The assessment states that the company should implement fencing and lighting around the property.
Additionally, the assessment states that production releases of their software should be digitally signed. Given the recommendations, the company was deficient in
which of the following core security areas? (Select TWO).
A. Fault tolerance
B. Encryption
C. Availability
D. Integrity
E. Safety
F. Confidentiality |
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Term
A user was reissued a smart card after the previous smart card had expired. The user is able to log into the domain but is now unable to send digitally signed or
encrypted email. Which of the following would the user need to perform?
A. Remove all previous smart card certificates from the local certificate store.
B. Publish the new certificates to the global address list.
C. Make the certificates available to the operating system.
D. Recover the previous smart card certificates. |
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Definition
| B. Publish the new certificates to the global address list. |
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Term
Users are encouraged to click on a link in an email to obtain exclusive access to the newest version of a popular Smartphone. This is an example of.
A. Scarcity
B. Familiarity
C. Intimidation
D. Trust |
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Term
Which of the following types of attacks involves interception of authentication traffic in an attempt to gain unauthorized access to a wireless network?
A. Near field communication
B. IV attack
C. Evil twin
D. Replay attack |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following is a BEST practice when dealing with user accounts that will only need to be active for a limited time period?
A. When creating the account, set the account to not remember password history.
B. When creating the account, set an expiration date on the account.
C. When creating the account, set a password expiration date on the account.
D. When creating the account, set the account to have time of day restrictions. |
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Definition
| B. When creating the account, set an expiration date on the account. |
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Term
Which of the following types of authentication packages user credentials in a ticket?
A. Kerberos
B. LDAP
C. TACACS+
D. RADIUS |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following is required to allow multiple servers to exist on one physical server?
A. Software as a Service (SaaS)
B. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
C. Virtualization
D. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) |
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Definition
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Term
Several employees submit the same phishing email to the administrator. The administrator finds that the links in the email are not being blocked by the company's
security device. Which of the following might the administrator do in the short term to prevent the emails from being received?
A. Configure an ACL
B. Implement a URL filter
C. Add the domain to a block list
D. Enable TLS on the mail server |
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Definition
| C. Add the domain to a block list |
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Term
A company has several conference rooms with wired network jacks that are used by both employees and guests. Employees need access to internal resources and
guests only need access to the Internet. Which of the following combinations is BEST to meet the requirements?
A. NAT and DMZ
B. VPN and IPSec
C. Switches and a firewall
D. 802.1x and VLANs |
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Definition
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Term
LDAP and Kerberos are commonly used for which of the following?
A. To perform queries on a directory service
B. To store usernames and passwords for Federated Identity
C. To sign SSL wildcard certificates for subdomains
D. To utilize single sign-on capabilities |
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Definition
| D. To utilize single sign-on capabilities |
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Term
An administrator needs to renew a certificate for a web server. Which of the following should be submitted to a CA?
A. CSR
B. Recovery agent
C. Private key
D. CRL |
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Definition
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Term
An administrator needs to submit a new CSR to a CA. Which of the following is a valid FIRST step?
A. Generate a new private key based on AES.
B. Generate a new public key based on RSA.
C. Generate a new public key based on AES.
D. Generate a new private key based on RSA. |
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Definition
| D. Generate a new private key based on RSA. |
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Term
The security team would like to gather intelligence about the types of attacks being launched against the organization. Which of the following would provide them
with the MOST information?
A. Implement a honeynet
B. Perform a penetration test
C. Examine firewall logs
D. Deploy an IDS |
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Definition
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Term
After recovering from a data breach in which customer data was lost, the legal team meets with the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to discuss ways to better protect
the privacy of customer data.
Which of the following controls support this goal?
A. Contingency planning
B. Encryption and stronger access control
C. Hashing and non-repudiation
D. Redundancy and fault tolerance |
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Definition
| B. Encryption and stronger access control |
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Term
A security engineer, Joe, has been asked to create a secure connection between his mail server and the mail server of a business partner. Which of the following
protocol would be MOST appropriate?
A. HTTPS
B. SSH
C. FTP
D. TLS |
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Term
A new network administrator is setting up a new file server for the company. Which of the following would be the BEST way to manage folder security?
A. Assign users manually and perform regular user access reviews
B. Allow read only access to all folders and require users to request permission
C. Assign data owners to each folder and allow them to add individual users to each folder
D. Create security groups for each folder and assign appropriate users to each group |
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Definition
| D. Create security groups for each folder and assign appropriate users to each group |
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A recent vulnerability scan found that Telnet is enabled on all network devices. Which of the following protocols should be used instead of Telnet?
A. SCP
B. SSH
C. SFTP
D. SSL |
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A network engineer is setting up a network for a company. There is a BYOD policy for the employees so that they can connect their laptops and mobile devices.
Which of the following technologies should be employed to separate the administrative network from the network in which all of the employees' devices are
connected?
A. VPN
B. VLAN
C. WPA2
D. MAC filtering |
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A network administrator is asked to send a large file containing PII to a business associate. Which of the following protocols is the BEST choice to use?
A. SSH
B. SFTP
C. SMTP
D. FTP |
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When performing the daily review of the system vulnerability scans of the network Joe, the administrator, noticed several security related vulnerabilities with an
assigned vulnerability identification number. Joe researches the assigned vulnerability identification number from the vendor website. Joe proceeds with applying the
recommended solution for identified vulnerability.
Which of the following is the type of vulnerability described?
A. Network based
B. IDS
C. Signature based
D. Host based |
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A malicious individual is attempting to write too much data to an application's memory. Which of the following describes this type of attack?
A. Zero-day
B. SQL injection
C. Buffer overflow
D. XSRF |
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Ann, a security administrator, wishes to replace their RADIUS authentication with a more secure protocol, which can utilize EAP. Which of the following would BEST
fit her objective?
A. CHAP
B. SAML
C. Kerberos
D. Diameter |
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Ann, a security administrator, has concerns regarding her company's wireless network. The network is open and available for visiting prospective clients in the
conference room, but she notices that many more devices are connecting to the network than should be.
Which of the following would BEST alleviate Ann's concerns with minimum disturbance of current functionality for clients?
A. Enable MAC filtering on the wireless access point.
B. Configure WPA2 encryption on the wireless access point.
C. Lower the antenna's broadcasting power.
D. Disable SSID broadcasting. |
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| C. Lower the antenna's broadcasting power. |
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A distributed denial of service attack can BEST be described as:
A. Invalid characters being entered into a field in a database application.
B. Users attempting to input random or invalid data into fields within a web browser application.
C. Multiple computers attacking a single target in an organized attempt to deplete its resources.
D. Multiple attackers attempting to gain elevated privileges on a target system. |
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| C. Multiple computers attacking a single target in an organized attempt to deplete its resources. |
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Joe analyzed the following log and determined the security team should implement which of the following as a mitigation method against further attempts?
Host 192.168.1.123
[00: 00: 01]Successful Login: 015 192.168.1.123 : local [00: 00: 03]Unsuccessful Login: 022 214.34.56.006 : RDP 192.168.1.124 [00: 00: 04]UnSuccessful Login:
010 214.34.56.006 : RDP 192.168.1.124 [00: 00: 07]UnSuccessful Login: 007 214.34.56.006 : RDP 192.168.1.124 [00: 00: 08]UnSuccessful Login: 003
214.34.56.006 : RDP 192.168.1.124
A. Reporting
B. IDS
C. Monitor system logs
D. Hardening |
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A computer supply company is located in a building with three wireless networks. The system security team implemented a quarterly security scan and saw the following.
SSID State Channel Level
Computer AreUs1 connected 1 70dbm
Computer AreUs2 connected 5 80dbm
Computer AreUs3 connected 3 75dbm
Computer AreUs4 connected 6 95dbm
Which of the following is this an example of?
A. Rogue access point
B. Near field communication
C. Jamming
D. Packet sniffing |
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A systems administrator has implemented PKI on a classified government network. In the event that a disconnect occurs from the primary CA, which of the following
should be accessible locally from every site to ensure users with bad certificates cannot gain access to the network?
A. A CRL
B. Make the RA available
C. A verification authority
D. A redundant CA |
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While configuring a new access layer switch, the administrator, Joe, was advised that he needed to make sure that only devices authorized to access the network would be permitted to login and utilize resources. Which of the following should the administrator implement to ensure this happens?
A. Log Analysis
B. VLAN Management
C. Network separation
D. 802.1x |
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A vulnerability assessment indicates that a router can be accessed from default port 80 and default port 22. Which of the following should be executed on the router
to prevent access via these ports? (Select TWO).
A. FTP service should be disabled
B. HTTPS service should be disabled
C. SSH service should be disabled
D. HTTP service should disabled
E. Telnet service should be disabled |
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C. SSH service should be disabled
D. HTTP service should disabled |
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Results from a vulnerability analysis indicate that all enabled virtual terminals on a router can be accessed using the same password. The company's network
device security policy mandates that at least one virtual terminal have a different password than the other virtual terminals. Which of the following sets of commands
would meet this requirement?
A. line vty 0 6 P@s5W0Rd password line vty 7 Qwer++!Y password
B. line console 0 password password line vty 0 4 password P@s5W0Rd
C. line vty 0 3 password Qwer++!Y line vty 4 password P@s5W0Rd
D. line vty 0 3 password Qwer++!Y line console 0 password P@s5W0Rd |
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| C. line vty 0 3 password Qwer++!Y line vty 4 password P@s5W0Rd |
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Joe, an employee, was escorted from the company premises due to suspicion of revealing trade secrets to a competitor. Joe had already been working for two
hours before leaving the premises.
A security technician was asked to prepare a report of files that had changed since last night's integrity scan.
Which of the following could the technician use to prepare the report? (Select TWO).
A. PGP
B. MD5
C. ECC
D. AES
E. Blowfish
F. HMAC |
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Ann has read and write access to an employee database, while Joe has only read access. Ann is leaving for a conference.
Which of the following types of authorization could be utilized to trigger write access for Joe when Ann is absent?
A. Mandatory access control
B. Role-based access control
C. Discretionary access control
D. Rule-based access control |
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| D. Rule-based access control |
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Human Resources suspects an employee is accessing the employee salary database. The administrator is asked to find out who it is. In order to complete this task,
which of the following is a security control that should be in place?
A. Shared accounts should be prohibited.
B. Account lockout should be enabled
C. Privileges should be assigned to groups rather than individuals
D. Time of day restrictions should be in use |
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| A. Shared accounts should be prohibited. |
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An administrator finds that non-production servers are being frequently compromised, production servers are rebooting at unplanned times and kernel versions are
several releases behind the version with all current security fixes.
Which of the following should the administrator implement?
A. Snapshots
B. Sandboxing
C. Patch management
D. Intrusion detection system |
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An auditor's report discovered several accounts with no activity for over 60 days. The accounts were later identified as contractors' accounts who would be returning
in three months and would need to resume the activities. Which of the following would mitigate and secure the auditors finding?
A. Disable unnecessary contractor accounts and inform the auditor of the update.
B. Reset contractor accounts and inform the auditor of the update.
C. Inform the auditor that the accounts belong to the contractors.
D. Delete contractor accounts and inform the auditor of the update. |
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| A. Disable unnecessary contractor accounts and inform the auditor of the update. |
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Ann, the security administrator, wishes to implement multifactor security. Which of the following should be implemented in order to compliment password usage and
smart cards?
A. Hard tokens
B. Fingerprint readers
C. Swipe badge readers
D. Passphrases |
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Customers' credit card information was stolen from a popular video streaming company. A security consultant determined that the information was stolen, while in
transit, from the gaming consoles of a particular vendor. Which of the following methods should the company consider to secure this data in the future?
A. Application firewalls
B. Manual updates
C. Firmware version control
D. Encrypted TCP wrappers |
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| D. Encrypted TCP wrappers |
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A new intern was assigned to the system engineering department, which consists of the system architect and system software developer's teams. These two teams
have separate privileges. The intern requires privileges to view the system architectural drawings and comment on some software development projects. Which of
the following methods should the system administrator implement?
A. Group based privileges
B. Generic account prohibition
C. User access review
D. Credential management |
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| A. Group based privileges |
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One of the system administrators at a company is assigned to maintain a secure computer lab. The administrator has rights to configure machines, install software,
and perform user account maintenance. However, the administrator cannot add new computers to the domain, because that requires authorization from the
Information Assurance Officer. This is an example of which of the following?
A. Mandatory access
B. Rule-based access control
C. Least privilege
D. Job rotation |
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A small business needs to incorporate fault tolerance into their infrastructure to increase data availability. Which of the following options would be the BEST solution
at a minimal cost?
A. Clustering
B. Mirrored server
C. RAID
D. Tape backup |
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A new application needs to be deployed on a virtual server. The virtual server hosts a SQL server that is used by several employees.
Which of the following is the BEST approach for implementation of the new application on the virtual server?
A. Take a snapshot of the virtual server after installing the new application and store the snapshot in a secure location.
B. Generate a baseline report detailing all installed applications on the virtualized server after installing the new application.
C. Take a snapshot of the virtual server before installing the new application and store the snapshot in a secure location.
D. Create an exact copy of the virtual server and store the copy on an external hard drive after installing the new application. |
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| C. Take a snapshot of the virtual server before installing the new application and store the snapshot in a secure location. |
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Ann wants to send a file to Joe using PKI. Which of the following should Ann use in order to sign the file?
A. Joe's public key
B. Joe's private key
C. Ann's public key
D. Ann's private key |
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Which of the following protocols is used to validate whether trust is in place and accurate by returning responses of either "good", "unknown", or "revoked"?
A. CRL
B. PKI
C. OCSP
D. RA |
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During a recent investigation, an auditor discovered that an engineer's compromised workstation was being used to connect to SCADA systems while the engineer
was not logged in. The engineer is responsible for administering the SCADA systems and cannot be blocked from connecting to them. The SCADA systems cannot
be modified without vendor approval which requires months of testing.
Which of the following is MOST likely to protect the SCADA systems from misuse?
A. Update anti-virus definitions on SCADA systems
B. Audit accounts on the SCADA systems
C. Install a firewall on the SCADA network
D. Deploy NIPS at the edge of the SCADA network |
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| D. Deploy NIPS at the edge of the SCADA network |
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A security administrator must implement a network authentication solution which will ensure encryption of user credentials when users enter their username and
password to authenticate to the network.
Which of the following should the administrator implement?
A. WPA2 over EAP-TTLS
B. WPA-PSK
C. WPA2 with WPS
D. WEP over EAP-PEAP |
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Several employees have been printing files that include personally identifiable information of customers. Auditors have raised concerns about the destruction of
these hard copies after they are created, and management has decided the best way to address this concern is by preventing these files from being printed.
Which of the following would be the BEST control to implement?
A. File encryption
B. Printer hardening
C. Clean desk policies
D. Data loss prevention |
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The company's sales team plans to work late to provide the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with a special report of sales before the quarter ends. After working for
several hours, the team finds they cannot save or print the reports.
Which of the following controls is preventing them from completing their work?
A. Discretionary access control
B. Role-based access control
C. Time of Day access control
D. Mandatory access control |
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| C. Time of Day access control |
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A security engineer is asked by the company's development team to recommend the most secure method for password storage.
Which of the following provide the BEST protection against brute forcing stored passwords? (Select TWO).
A. PBKDF2
B. MD5
C. SHA2
D. Bcrypt
E. AES
F. CHAP |
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After entering the following information into a SOHO wireless router, a mobile device's user reports being unable to connect to the network:
PERMIT 0A: D1: FA. B1: 03: 37
DENY 01: 33: 7F: AB: 10: AB
Which of the following is preventing the device from connecting?
A. WPA2-PSK requires a supplicant on the mobile device.
B. Hardware address filtering is blocking the device.
C. TCP/IP Port filtering has been implemented on the SOHO router.
D. IP address filtering has disabled the device from connecting. |
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| B. Hardware address filtering is blocking the device. |
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The call center supervisor has reported that many employees have been playing preinstalled games on company computers and this is reducing productivity.
Which of the following would be MOST effective for preventing this behavior?
A. Acceptable use policies
B. Host-based firewalls
C. Content inspection
D. Application whitelisting |
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| D. Application whitelisting |
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When creating a public / private key pair, for which of the following ciphers would a user need to specify the key strength?
A. SHA
B. AES
C. DES
D. RSA |
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A company has decided to move large data sets to a cloud provider in order to limit the costs of new infrastructure. Some of the data is sensitive and the Chief
Information Officer wants to make sure both parties have a clear understanding of the controls needed to protect the data.
Which of the following types of interoperability agreement is this?
A. ISA
B. MOU
C. SLA
D. BPA |
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Which of the following solutions provides the most flexibility when testing new security controls prior to implementation?
A. Trusted OS
B. Host software baselining
C. OS hardening
D. Virtualization |
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