Chapter 1

Question 1

PII is an abbreviation for what?

Answer 1

Personally identifiable information

Question 2

List examples of Personally identifiable information.

Answer 2

1. ) Name
2. ) Social security number
3. ) Birthdate
4. ) Credit card numbers
5. ) Bank account numbers
6. ) Government issued ID
7. ) Address information (street, email, phone numbers)

Question 3

PHI is an abbreviation for what?

Answer 3

Protected Health Information

Question 4

List examples of Protected Health Information.

Answer 4

1. ) Diagnoses
2. ) Treatment information
3. ) Medical test results
4. ) Prescription information

Question 5

What are the three elements of a Security Operations Center (SOC)?

Answer 5

1. ) People
2. ) Technology
3. ) Process

Question 6

In a SOC, a manager will oversee this levels. Name the three tiers

Answer 6

1. ) Tier 1 - Alert Analyst
2. ) Tier 2 - Incident Responder
3. ) Tier 3 - Subject Matter Expert (SME)/Hunter

Question 7

Name 3 tasks that a Tier 1 analyst does?

Answer 7

1. ) Monitors Incidents
2. ) Opens tickets
3. ) Basic Threat Mitigation

Question 8

Name 2 tasks that a Tier 2 analyst does?

Answer 8

1. ) Deep investigation

2. ) Advises remediation

Question 9

Name 3 tasks that a Tier 3 analyst does?

Answer 9

1. ) In-depth knowledge
2. ) Threat hunting
3. ) Preventative measures

Question 10

SIEM is an abbreviation for what?

Answer 10

Security Information and Event Management

Question 11

What type of information is captured by a SIEM?

Answer 11

1. ) Network Traffic
2. ) Network flows
3. ) System logs
4. ) Endpoint data
5. ) Security Events

Question 12

In terms of availability, what is meant by the term “five nines”?

Answer 12

1. ) This means an uptime of 99.999%.

2. ) Over the course of the year, only 5.256 minutes of downtime is allowed.