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A High security defense installation recently began utilizing large guard dogs that bark very loudly and excitedly at the slightest provocation. which of the following types of controls does this BEST describe. A.deterrent B. preventative C. Detective D. Compensating
Answer. A
An incident responder receives a call from a user who reports a computer exhibiting symptoms consist with malware infection. Which of the following steps should responder perform next. A. Capture and document necessary information to assist in the response. B. Request the user capture and provide a screenshot or recording of the symptoms. C. Use a remote desktop client to collect and analyze the malware in real time. D. Ask the use to back up files for later recovery
Answer. A
Multiple organizations operating in the same vertical want to provide seamless wireless access for their employees as they visit the other organizations. Which of the following should be implemented if all the organizations use the native 802.1x client on their mobile devices. A. Shibboleth B. RADIUS federation C. SAML D. OAuth E. OpenID connect
Answer. B
An analyst wants to implement a more secure wireless authentication for office points. Which of the following techniques allows for encrypted authentication of wireless clients over TLS? A. PEAP B. EAP C. WPA2 D. RADIUS
Answer. A
A security analyst is hardening an authentication server. One of the primary requirements is to ensure there is a mutual authentication and delegation. Given these requirements, which of the following technologies should the analyst recommend and configure? A. LDAP services B. Kerberos services C. NTLM services D. CHAP services
Answer B
An organization wishes to provide better security for its name resolution services. Which of the following technologies BEST supports the deployment DNSSEC at the organization. A. LDAP B. TPM C. TLS D. SSL E. PW
Answer. C
Ann, an employee in the payroll department, has contacted the help desk citing multiple issues with her device, including: -Slow performance -Word documents, PDF’s, and image no longer opening -A pop-up Ann states the issue began after she opened an invoice that a vendor emailed to he. Upon opening the invoice, she had to click several security warnings to view it in her word processor. Which of the following is the device MOST likely infected? A. Spyware B. Crypto-malware C. Rootkit D. Backdoor
Answer. B
A department head at a university resigned on the first day of spring semester. It was subsequently determined that the department head deleted numerous files and directories from the server-based home directory while the campus was closed. Which of the following policies or procedures could have prevented this from occurring? A. Time-of-day restrictions B. Permission auditing and review C. Offboarding D. Account expiration
Answer. A
A company is using a mobile device deployment model in which employees use their personal devices for work at their own discretion. Some of the problems the company is encountering include the following: -There is no standardization. -Employees ask for reimbursement for their devices. -Employees do not replace their devices often enough to keep them running efficiently. -The company does not have enough control over the devices. Which of the following is a deployment model that would help the company overcome these problems? A. BYOD B. VDI C. COPE D. CYOD
Answer. C
A security administrator is developing controls for creating audit trails and tracking if a PHI data breach occur. The administrator has been given the following requirements: -All access must be correlated to a user account. -All user accounts must be assigned to a single individual -User access to the PHI data must be reported. -Logs and records cannot be deleted or modified. Which of the following should the administrator implement the above requirements? (choose Three) A. Eliminate shared accounts B. Create a standard naming convention for accounts C. Implement usage auditing review . D. Enable account lockout thresholds E. Copy logs in real time to a secure WORM drive F. Implement time-of-day restrictions G. Perform regular permission audits and reviews.
Answer. ACE
Which of the following can be provided to a AAA system for the identification phase? A. Username B. Permissions C. One-Time token D. Private certificate
Answer. A
Despite having implemented passwords policies, users continue to set the same weak passwords and reuse old passwords. Which one of the following technical controls would help prevent these policy violations? (select two) A. Password expiration B. Password length C. Password complexity D. Password history E. Password lockout
Answer. CD
An organization finds that most help desk calls ate regarding account lockout due to a variety of applications running on different systems. Manager is looking for a solution to reduce the number of account lockouts while improving security. Which of the following is the BEST solution for this organization? A. Create multiple applications accounts for each user. B. Provide secure tokens. C. Implement SSO. D. Utilize role-based access control.
Answer. C
Which of the following threat actors is MOST likely to steal a companies proprietary information to gain a market edge and reduce time to market? A. competitor B. Hacktivist C. Insider D. Organized Crime
Answer. A
When trying to log into a company’s new ticket system, some employees receive the following message: Access Denied; Too many concurrent sessions: The ticketing system was recently installed on a small VM with only the recommended hardware specifications. Which of the following is the most likely cause for this error message? A. Network resources have been exceeded. B. The software is out of license. C. The VM does not have enough processing power D. The firewall is misconfigured.
Answer. C
A network administrator at as small office wants to simplify the configuration of mobile clients connecting to an encrypted wireless network. Which of the following should be implemented if the administrators does not want to provide the wireless password or certificate to the employee? A. WPS B. 802.1x C. WPA2-PSK D. TKIP
Answer. A
A company is developing a new and secure technology and requires computers being used for development to be isolated. Which of the following should be implemented to provide the most secure environment? A. A perimeter Firewall and IDS B. An air gapped complier network C. A honeypot residing in a DMZ D. A ad hoc network with NAT E. A bastion host
Answer. B
Which of the following explains why vendors publish MD5 values when they provide software patches for their customers to download over the internet? A. The recipient can verify integrity of the software patch B. The recipient can verify the authenticity of the site used to download the patch. C. The recipient can request future updates to the software using the published MD5 value. D. The recipient can successfully activate the software patch.
Answer. A
A database backup scheduled consists of weekly full backups performed on Saturday at 12:00 A.M and daily differential backups also performed at 12:00 A.M. If the database is restored on Tuesday afternoon, which of the following is the number of individual backups that would need to be applied to complete the database recovery? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
Answer. B
Which of the following technologies employ the use of SAML? (select two) A. Single sign-on B. Federation C. LDAP D. Secure token E. RADIUS
Answer. AB
An organization is using a tool to perform a source code review. Which of the following describes the case in which the tool incorrectly identifies the vulnerability? A. False negative B. True negative C. False positive D. True positive
Answer. C
In a corporation where compute utilization spikes several times a year, the chief information officer (CIO) has requested a cost-effective architecture to handle the variable capacity demand. Which of the following characteristics BEST describes what the CIO has requested? A. Elasticity B. Scalability C. High availability D. Redundancy
Answer. A
A security analyst is diagnosing an incident in which a system was compromised from an external IP address. The socket identified on the firewall was traced to 207.46.130.6666. Which of the following should the security analyst do to determine if the compromised system still has an active connection? A. tracert B. netstat C. Ping D. nslookup
Answer. B
Which of the following BEST describes an important security advantage yielded by implementing vendor diversity? A. Sustainability B. Homogeneity C. Resiliency D. Configurability
Answer. C
Which of the following encryption methods does PKI typically use to securely protect keys? A. Elliptic curve B. Digital signatures C. Asymmetric D. Obfuscation
Answer. C
Which of the following characteristics differentiate a rainbow table attack from brute force attacks? (select two) A. Rainbow table attacks greatly reduce compute cycles at attack time. B. Rainbow tables must include precompiled hashes C. Rainbow table attacks do not require access to hashed passwords D. Rainbow tables attacks must be performed on the network E. Rainbow table attacks bypass maximum failed login restrictions.
Answer. AB
Which of the following BEST describes a routine in which semicolons, dashes, quotes, and commas are removed from a string. A. Error handling to protect against program exploitation B. Exception handling to protect against XSRF attacks C. Input validation to protect against SQL injection D. Padding to protect against string buffer overflows.
Answer. C
Which of the following is an important step to take BEFORE moving any installation packages from a test environment to production? A. Roll back changes in the test environment B. Verify the hashes of files C. Archive and compress the files D. update the secure baseline
Answer B
Which of the following cryptographic attacks would salting of passwords render ineffective? A. Brute force B. Dictionary C. Rainbow tables D. Birthday
Answer. B
A network administrator wants to implement a method of securing internal routing. Which of the following should the administrator implement? A. DMZ B. NAT C. VPN D. PAT
Answer. C
Which of the following types of keys is found in a key escrow? A. Public B. Private C. Shared D. Session
Answer. B
A senior Incident response manager receives a call about some external IPs communicating with internal computers during off hours. Which of the following types of malware is MOST likely causing the issue? A. Botnet B. Ransomware C. Polymorphic Malware D. Armored virus
Answer. A
A company is currently using the following configuration: -IAS server with certificate-based EAP-PEAP and MSCHAP -Unencrypted authentication via PAP A security administrator needs to configure a new wireless setup with the following configurations: -PAP authentication method -PEAP and EAP provide two-factor authentication Which of the following forums of authenticating are being used? (select two) A. PAP B. PEAP C. MSCHAP D. PEAP-MSCHAP E. EAP D. EAP-PEAP
Answer. AC
A security Administrator is trying to encrypt communication. For which of the following reasons should administrator tale advantage of the subject Alternative Name (SAM) attribute of a certificate? A. It can protect multiple domains B. It provides extended site validation C. It does not require a trusted certificate authority D. It protects unlimited subdomains
Answer. B
After a merger between two companies a security analyst has been asked to ensure that the organizations systems are secure against infiltration by any former employees that were terminated during the transition. Which of the following actions are MOST appropriate to harden applications against infiltration by former employees? (select two) A. Monitor VPN client access B. Reduce failed login out settings C. Develop and implement updated access control policies D. Review and address invalid login attempts E. Increase password complexity requirements F. Assess and eliminate inactive accounts
Answer. CF
A new mobile application is being developed in-house. Security reviews did not pick up any major flaws, however vulnerability scanning results show fundamental issues at the very end of the project cycle. Which of the following security activities should also have been performed to discover vulnerabilities earlier in the life cycle? A. Architecture review B. Risk assessment C. Protocol Analysis D. Code review
Answer. D
A security administrator is creating a subnet on one of the corporate firewall interfaces to use a DMZ which is expected to accommodate at most 14 physical hosts. Which of the following subnets would BEST meet the requirements? A. (192.168.0.16)(255.25.255.248) B. (192.168.0.16/28) C. (192.168.1.50)(255.255.25.240) D. (192.168.2.32/27)
Answer. B
A company has a security policy that specifies all endpoint computing devices should be assigned a unique identifier that can be tracked via an inventory management system. Recent changes to airline security regulations have caused many executives in the company to travel with mini tablet devices instead of laptops. These tablet devices are difficult to tag and track. An RDP application is used from the tablet to connect into the company network . Which of the following should be implemented in order to meet the security policy requirements. A. Virtual desktop Infrastructure (IDI) B. WS-security and geo-fencing C. A-Hardware security module (HSM) D. RFID tagged system E. MDM software F. Security Requirements Tractability Matrix (SRTM)
Answer. E
The security administrators receives an email on a non-company account from a coworker stating that some reports are not exporting correctly. Attached to the email was an example report file with several customers names and credit card numbers with the PIN. Which of the following is the BEST technical controls that will help mitigate this risk of disclosing sensitive data? A. Configure the mail server to require TLS connections for every email to ensure all transport data is encrypted B. Create a user training program to identify to identify the correct use of email and perform regular audits to ensure compliance. C. Implement a DLP solution on the email gateway to scan email and remove sensitive data or files. D. Classify all data according to its sensitivity and inform the user of data that is prohibited to share.
Answer. C
A technician is configuring a wireless guest network. After applying the most recent changes the technician finds the new devices can no longer find the wireless network by name but existing devices are still able to use the wireless network. Which of the following security measures did the technician MOST likely implement to cause this scenario? A. Deactivation of SSID bradcast B. Reduction of WAP signal output power C. Activation of 802.1x with RADIUS D. Implementation of MAC filtering E. Beacon interval was decreased
Answer. A
A security administrator has been assigned to review the security posture of the standard corporate system image for virtual machines. The security administrator conducts a thorough review of the system logs, installations procedures, and networks configuration of the VM image. Upon reviewing the access logs and user accounts, the security administrators determines that several accounts will not be used in production. Which of the following would correct the deficiencies? A. Mandatory access control B. Disable remote login C. Host hardening D. Disabling services
Answer. C
Although a web enabled application appears to only allow letters in the comment field of a web form, malicious user was able to carry a SQL injection attack by sending special characters through the web comment field. Which of the following has the application programmer failed to implement? A. Revision control system B. Client side exception handling C. Server side validation D. Server hardening
Answer. C
An attacker discovers a new vulnerability in an enterprise application. The attacker takes advantage by developing new malware. After installing the malware the attacker is provided with the access to the infected machine. Which of the following is being described? A. Zero-day attack B. Remote code execution C. Session hijacking D. Command injection
Answer. A
A security administrator returning from a short vacation receives an account lock-out message when attempting to log into the computer. After getting the account unlocked the security administrator immediately notices a large amount of email alerts pertaining to several different user accounts being locked out during the past three days. The security administrator uses system logs to determine that the lock-outs were due to a brute-force attack on all accounts that has been previously logged into that machine. Which of the following can be implemented to reduce the likelihood of this attack going undetected? A. Password complexity rules B. Continuous monitoring C. User access reviews D. Account lockout policies
Answer. B
A bank requires tellers to get manager approval when a customer wants to open a new account. A recent audit shows that there have been four cases in the previous year where tellers opened accounts without manager approval. The bank president thought separation of duties would prevent this from happening. In order to implement a true separation of duties approach the bank could: A. Require the use of two different passwords held by two different individuals to open an account. B. Administer account creation on a role based access control approach. C. Require all new accounts to be handled by someone else other than a teller since they have different duties. D. Administer account creation on a rule based access control approach.
Answer. C
A security administrator has been tasked with improving the overall security posture related to desktop machines on the network. An author has recently that several machines with confidential customer information displayed in the screens are left unattended during the course of the day. Which of the following could the security administrator implement to reduce the risk associated with the finding? A. Implement a clean desk policy B. Security training to prevent shoulder surfing C. enable group policy based screensavers timeouts D. install privacy screens on monitors
Answer. C
Company policy requires that use if passphrases instead of passwords. Which of the following technical controls MUST be in place in order to promote the use of passphrases? A. Reuse B. Length C. History D. Complexity
Answer. D
During a routine audit, it is discovered that someone has been using a stale administrator account to log into a seldom use server. The person has been using the server to view inappropriate websites that are prohibited to end users. Which of the following could best prevent this from occurring again? A. credential management B. Group policy management C. Acceptable use policy D. Account expiration policy
Answer. D
Which of the following should identify critical system and components? A. MOU B. BPA C. ITCP D. BCP
Answer. D
Which of the following works by implanting software on systems but delays execution until a specific set of conditions is met? A. Logic Bomb B. Trojan C. Scareware D. Ransomware
Answer. A
A web application is configured to target browsers and allow access to bank accounts to siphon money to a foreign account. This is an example of which of the following attacks? A. SQL injection B. Header manipulation C. Cross-site scripting D. Flash cookie exploitation
Answer. C
Technicians working with servers hosted at the company’s data center are increasingly complaining of electrical shocks when touching metal items which have been linked to hard drive failures. Which of the following should be implemented to correct this issue? A. Decrease the room temperature B. Increase the humidity in the room C. Utilize better hot/cold aisle configurations D. implement EMI shielding
Answer. B
A portable storage device has been determined to have malicious firmware. Which of the following is the BEST course of action to ensure data confidentiality? A. Format the device B. Re-image the device C. Perform virus scan in the device D. Physically destroy the device
Answer. C
A security administer must implement a system to ensure that invalid certificates are not used by a custom developed application. The system must be able to check the validity of certificates even when internet access is unavailable. Which of the following MUST be implemented to support this requirement? A. CSR B. OCSP C. CLR D. SSH
Answer. C
A technician has installed new vulnerability scanner software on a server that is joined to the company domain. The vulnerability scanner is able to provide visibility over the patch posture of all company’s clients. Which of the following is being used? A. Gray box vulnerability testing B. Passive scan C. Credentialed D. Bypassing security controls
Answer. C
The Chief Security Officer (CISO) at a multinational banking cooperation is reviewing a plan to upgrade the entire corporate IT infrastructure. The architecture consists of a centralized cloud environment hosting the majority of data, small server clusters at each corporate location to handle the majority of customer transaction processing, ATM’s and a new mobile banking application accessible from smartphones, tablets, and the internet via HTTP. The corporation does business having varying data retention and privacy laws. Which of the following technical modifications to the architecture and corresponding security controls should be implemented to provide the MOST complete protection of data? A. Revoke exiting root certificates, re-issue new customer certificates, and ensure all transactions are digitally signed to minimize fraud, implement encryption for all data in-transit between data centers. B. Ensure all data is encryption according to the most stringent regulatory guidance applicable, implement encryption for all data in-transit between data centers, increase data availability by replicating all data, transaction data, logs between each corporate location. C. Store customer data based on national borders, ensure end-to end encryption between ATM’s shifted from one legal jurisdiction to another with more stringent regulations. D. Install redundant servers to handle corporate customer processing, encrypt all customer data to ease the transfer from one country to another, implement end-to-end encryption between mobile applications and the cloud.
Answer. C
While reviewing the monthly internet usage it is noted that there is a large spike in traffic classified as “Unknown” and does not appear to be within the bounds of the organisations Acceptable Use Policy. Which of the following tool or technology would work BEST for obtaining more information on this traffic? A. Firewall Logs B. IDS Logs C. Increased spam filtering D. Protocol analyzer
Answer. B
A network administrator wants to ensure that users do not connect to unauthorized devices to the company networks . Each desk needs to connect a VoIP phone and computer. Which of the following is the BEST way to accomplish this? A. Enforce authentication for network devices B. Configure the phones on the VLAN, and computers on another C. Enable and configure port channels D. Make users sign an Acceptable use Agreement
Answer. A
An administrator has concerns regarding the traveling sales team who works primarily from smart phones. Given the sensitive nature of their work, which of the following would BEST prevent access to the data in case of loss or theft? A. Enable screensaver locks when the phones are not in use to prevent unauthorized access B. Configure the smart phones so that the stored data can be destroyed from a centralized location C. Configure the smart phones so that all data is saved to removable media and kept separate from the device. D. Enable GPS tracking on all smart phones so they can be quickly located and recovered.
Answer. B
A user of the wireless network is unable to gain access to the network. The symptoms are: 1.) Unable to connect to both internal and internet resources. 2.) The wireless icon shows connectivity but has no network access The wireless network is WPA2 Enterprise and users must be a member of the wireless security group to authenticate. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the connectivity issues? A. The wireless signal is not strong enough B. A remote DDoS attack against RADIUS server is taking place C. The user’s laptop only supports WPA and WEP D. The DHCP scope is full E. The dynamic encryption key did not update while the user was offline.
Answer. C
A Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has asked the chief information (CISO) to provide responses to a recent audit report detaining deficiencies in the organization security controls. The CFO would like to know ways in which the organization can improve its authorization controls. Given the request by the CFO, which of the following controls should the CISO focus on in the report? (select three) A. Password complexity policies B. Hardware tokens C. Biometric systems D. Role-based permissions E. One time passwords F. Separation of duties G. Multifactor authentication H. Single sign-on I. Lease privilege
Answer. DFI
A mobile device user is concerned about geographical positioning information being included in messages sent between users on a popular social network platform. The user turns off the functionality in the application, but wants to ensure the application cannot re-enable the setting without the knowledge of the user. Which of the following mobile device capabilities should the user disable to achieve the stated goal? A. Device access control B. Location based services C. Application control D. GEO-Tagging
Answer. D
