General Security

Question 1

What certificate feature allows a single certificate to secure multiple subdomains in addition to the primary domain?

Answer 1

Wildcard certificate

Question 2

What process improves the security of stored passwords by applying thousands of hashing iterations?

Answer 2

Key stretching

Question 3

What foundational element in a PKI is critical for establishing the trustworthiness of all issued certificates?

Answer 3

Root of Trust

Question 4

What cryptographic tool securely generates, stores, and manages encryption keys in a hardware device?

Answer 4

Hardware Security Module (HSM)

Question 5

What security control is designed to reduce risk when an exception to security policies is required?

Answer 5

Compensating control

Question 6

What type of encryption employs a pair of keys—one public and one private—to secure communications?

Answer 6

Asymmetric encryption

Question 7

What is the process of replacing sensitive data with unique identifiers stored separately in a lookup table?

Answer 7

Tokenization