Practice Test B

Question 1

UTM

Answer 1

Unified Threat Management. This is an appliance that acts as a traditional firewall. It is commonly located in the core of the network. It watches traffic flows across a network.

Question 2

WAF

Answer 2

Web Application Firewall. A firewall for web-based applications. Commonly used to protect against application attacks such as injections, cross site scripting, and invalid input types.

Question 3

Trunking

Answer 3

A technique used to send data from multiple VLANs across a single cable. Typically done by adding a VLAN header to the frame.

Question 4

IPsec

Answer 4

A protocol suite used to create an encrypted tunnel between sites or end points. Used to create a VPN.

Question 5

RAID

Answer 5

Redundant Array of Independent Disks is a data storage technology that combines multiple physical disk drives into logical units to improve performance and data redundancy

Question 6

SDN

Answer 6

Software-Defined Networking. This separates the control plane of devices from the data plane, allowing for more automation and dynamic changes to the infrastructure.

Question 7

Incident Response Process

Answer 7

Preparation > Detection > Analysis > Containment > Eradication > Recovery > Lessons Learned

Question 8

Exposure Factor

Answer 8

Describes the loss of value to an organization if a security event occurs.

Question 9

HIPS

Answer 9

Host Based Intrusion Protection System. It monitors device traffic, and hardware to look for known attack patterns as well as abnormal activity