Questions And Answers

Question 1

A user is attempting to navigate to a website from inside the company network using a desktop. When the user types in the URL, https://www.site.com, the user is presented with a certificate mismatch warning from the browser. The user does not receive a warning when visiting http://www.anothersite.com. Which of the following describes this attack?

A. On-path
B. Domain hijacking
C. DNS poisoning
D. Evil twin

Answer 1

C. DNS poisoning

Question 2

Which of the following tools is effective in preventing a user from accessing unauthorized removable media?

A. USB data blocker
B. Faraday cage
C. Proximity reader
D. Cable lock

Answer 2

A. USB data blocker

Question 3

A Chief Security Officer is looking for a solution that can provide increased scalability and flexibility for back-end infrastructure, allowing it to be updated and modified without disruption to services. The security architect would like the solution selected to reduce the back-end server resources and has highlighted that session persistence is not important for the applications running on the back-end servers. Which of the following would BEST meet the requirements?

A. Reverse proxy
B. Automated patch management
C. Snapshots
D. NIC teaming

Answer 3

A. Reverse proxy

Question 4

Which of the following describes a social engineering technique that seeks to exploit a person’s sense of urgency?

A. A phishing email stating a cash settlement has been awarded but will expire soon
B. A smishing message stating a package is scheduled for pickup
C. A vishing call that requests a donation be made to a local charity
D. A SPIM notification claiming to be undercover law enforcement investigating a cybercrime

Answer 4

A. A phishing email stating a cash settlement has been awarded but will expire soon

Question 5

A security analyst is reviewing application logs to determine the source of a breach and locates the following log: https://www.comptia.com/login.php?id=’%20or%20’1’1=’1
Which of the following has been observed?

A. DLL Injection
B. API attack
C. SQLi
D. XSS

Answer 5

C. SQLi

Question 6

An audit identified PII being utilized in the development environment of a critical application. The Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) is adamant that this data must be removed; however, the developers are concerned that without real data they cannot perform functionality tests and search for specific data. Which of the following should a security professional implement to BEST satisfy both the CPO’s and the development team’s requirements?

A. Data anonymization
B. Data encryption
C. Data masking
D. Data tokenization

Answer 6

A. Data anonymization

Question 7

A company is implementing a DLP solution on the file server. The file server has PII, financial information, and health information stored on it. Depending on what type of data that is hosted on the file server, the company wants different DLP rules assigned to the data. Which of the following should the company do to help accomplish this goal?

A. Classify the data.
B. Mask the data.
C. Assign the application owner.
D. Perform a risk analysis.

Answer 7

A. Classify the data.

Question 8

A forensics investigator is examining a number of unauthorized payments that were reported on the company’s website. Some unusual log entries show users received an email for an unwanted mailing list and clicked on a link to attempt to unsubscribe. One of the users reported the email to the phishing team, and the forwarded email revealed the link to be:
<a>Click here to unsubscribe</a>
Which of the following will the forensics investigator MOST likely determine has occurred?

A. SQL injection
B. Broken authentication
C. XSS
D. XSRF

Answer 8

D. XSRF

Question 9

A report delivered to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) shows that some user credentials could be exfiltrated. The report also indicates that users tend to choose the same credentials on different systems and applications. Which of the following policies should the CISO use to prevent someone from using the exfiltrated credentials?

A. MFA
B. Lockout
C. Time-based logins
D. Password history

Answer 9

A. MFA

Question 10

A company wants to simplify the certificate management process. The company has a single domain with several dozen subdomains, all of which are publicly accessible on the internet. Which of the following BEST describes the type of certificate the company should implement?

A. Subject alternative name
B. Wildcard
C. Self-signed
D. Domain validation

Answer 10

B. Wildcard

Question 11

Which of the following is an effective tool to stop or prevent the exfiltration of data from a network?

A. DLP
B. NIDS
C. TPM
D. FDE

Answer 11

A. DLP

Question 12

Several attempts have been made to pick the door lock of a secure facility. As a result, the security engineer has been assigned to implement a stronger preventative access control. Which of the following would BEST complete the engineer’s assignment?

A. Replacing the traditional key with an RFID key
B. Installing and monitoring a camera facing the door
C. Setting motion-sensing lights to illuminate the door on activity
D. Surrounding the property with fencing and gates

Answer 12

A. Replacing the traditional key with an RFID key

Question 13

Which of the following can be used by a monitoring tool to compare values and detect password leaks without providing the actual credentials?

A. Hashing
B. Tokenization
C. Masking
D. Encryption

Answer 13

A. Hashing

Question 14

A security engineer is building a file transfer solution to send files to a business partner. The users would like to drop off the files in a specific directory and have the server send the file to the business partner. The connection to the business partner is over the internet and needs to be secure. Which of the following can be used?

A. S/MIME
B. LDAPS
C. SSH
D. SRTP

Answer 14

C. SSH

Question 15

An administrator needs to protect user passwords and has been advised to hash the passwords. Which of the following BEST describes what the administrator is being advised to do?

A. Perform a mathematical operation on the passwords that will convert them into unique strings.
B. Add extra data to the passwords so their length is increased, making them harder to brute force.
C. Store all passwords in the system in a rainbow table that has a centralized location.
D. Enforce the use of one-time passwords that are changed for every login session.

Answer 15

A. Perform a mathematical operation on the passwords that will convert them into unique strings.

Question 16

Which of the following would be indicative of a hidden audio file found inside of a piece of source code?

A. Steganography
B. Homomorphic encryption
C. Cipher suite
D. Blockchain
.

Answer 16

A. Steganography

Question 17

A user enters a username and a password at the login screen for a web portal. A few seconds later the following message appears on the screen:
Please use a combination of numbers, special characters, and letters in the password field.
Which of the following concepts does this message describe?

A. Password complexity
B. Password reuse
C. Password history
D. Password age

Answer 17

A. Password complexity

Question 18

A company recently experienced an inside attack using a corporate machine that resulted in data compromise. Analysis indicated an unauthorized change to the software circumvented technological protection measures. The analyst was tasked with determining the best method to ensure the integrity of the systems remains intact and local and remote boot attestation can take place. Which of the following would provide the BEST solution?

A. HIPS
B. FIM
C. TPM
D. DLP

Answer 18

C. TPM

Question 19

Which of the following is a reason to publish files’ hashes?

A. To validate the integrity of the files
B. To verify if the software was digitally signed
C. To use the hash as a software activation key
D. To use the hash as a decryption passphrase

Answer 19

A. To validate the integrity of the files

Question 20

A security manager has tasked the security operations center with locating all web servers that respond to an unsecure protocol. Which of the following commands could an analyst run to find the requested servers?

A. nslookup 10.10.10.0
B. nmap -p 80 10.10.10.0/24
C. pathping 10.10.10.0 -p 80
D. ne -l -p 80

Answer 20

B. nmap -p 80 10.10.10.0/24

Question 21

Which biometric error would allow an unauthorized user to access a system?

A. False acceptance
B. False entrance
C. False rejection
D. False denial

Answer 21

A. False acceptance

Question 22

A company is auditing the manner in which its European customers’ personal information is handled. Which of the following should the company consult?

A. GDPR
B. ISO
C. NIST
D. PCI DSS

Answer 22

A. GDPR

Question 23

Which of the following are common VoIP-associated vulnerabilities? (Choose two.)

A. SPIM
B. Vishing
C. Hopping
D. Phishing
E. Credential harvesting
F. Tailgating

Answer 23

B. Vishing

E. Credential harvesting

Question 24

Which of the following describes the exploitation of an interactive process to gain access to restricted areas?

A. Persistence
B. Buffer overflow
C. Privilege escalation
D. Pharming

Answer 24

C. Privilege escalation

Question 25

An organization is planning to open other data centers to sustain operations in the event of a natural disaster. Which of the following considerations would BEST support the organization’s resiliency?

A. Geographic dispersal
B. Generator power
C. Fire suppression
D. Facility automation

Answer 25

A. Geographic dispersal

Question 26

A security engineer is deploying a new wireless network for a company. The company shares office space with multiple tenants. Which of the following should the engineer configure on the wireless network to ensure that confidential data is not exposed to unauthorized users?

A. EAP
B. TLS
C. HTTPS
D. AES

Answer 26

D. AES

Question 27

The Chief Compliance Officer from a bank has approved a background check policy for all new hires. Which of the following is the policy MOST likely protecting against?

A. Preventing any current employees’ siblings from working at the bank to prevent nepotism
B. Hiring an employee who has been convicted of theft to adhere to industry compliance
C. Filtering applicants who have added false information to resumes so they appear better qualified
D. Ensuring no new hires have worked at other banks that may be trying to steal customer information

Answer 27

B. Hiring an employee who has been convicted of theft to adhere to industry compliance

Question 28

An engineer recently deployed a group of 100 web servers in a cloud environment. Per the security policy, all web-server ports except 443 should be disabled.
Which of the following can be used to accomplish this task?

A. Application allow list
B. SWG
C. Host-based firewall
D. VPN

Answer 28

C. Host-based firewall

Question 29

A technician was dispatched to complete repairs on a server in a data center. While locating the server, the technician entered a restricted area without authorization. Which of the following security controls would BEST prevent this in the future?

A. Use appropriate signage to mark all areas.
B. Utilize cameras monitored by guards.
C. Implement access control vestibules.
D. Enforce escorts to monitor all visitor

Answer 29

C. Implement access control vestibules

Question 30

Which of the following would BEST provide a systems administrator with the ability to more efficiently identify systems and manage permissions and policies based on location, role, and service level?

A. Standard naming conventions
B. Domain services
C. Baseline configurations
D. Diagrams

Answer 30

A. Standard naming conventions

Question 31

Which of the following would detect intrusions at the perimeter of an airport?

A. Signage
B. Fencing
C. Motion sensors
D. Lighting
E. Bollards

Answer 31

C. Motion sensors

Question 32

A security analyst is concerned about critical vulnerabilities that have been detected on some applications running inside containers. Which of the following is the
BEST remediation strategy?

A. Update the base container Image and redeploy the environment.
B. Include the containers in the regular patching schedule for servers.
C. Patch each running container individually and test the application.
D. Update the host in which the containers are running.

Answer 32

A. Update the base container Image and redeploy the environment.

Question 33

An organization has decided to purchase an insurance policy because a risk assessment determined that the cost to remediate the risk is greater than the five- year cost of the insurance policy. The organization is enabling risk:

A. avoidance.
B. acceptance.
C. mitigation.
D. transference.

Answer 33

D. transference

Question 34

A security analyst receives an alert from the company’s SIEM that anomalous activity is coming from a local source IP address of 192.168.34.26. The Chief Information Security Officer asks the analyst to block the originating source. Several days later, another employee opens an internal ticket stating that vulnerability scans are no longer being performed properly. The IP address the employee provides is 192.168.34.26. Which of the following describes this type of alert?

A. True negative
B. True positive
C. False positive
D. False negative

Answer 34

C. False positive

Question 35

A security analyst wants to reference a standard to develop a risk management program. Which of the following is the BEST source for the analyst to use?

A. SSAE SOC 2
B. ISO 31000
C. NIST CSF
D. GDPR

Answer 35

B. ISO 31000

Question 36

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) requested a report on potential areas of improvement following a security incident. Which of the following incident response processes is the CISO requesting?

A. Lessons learned
B. Preparation
C. Detection
D. Containment
E. Root cause analysis

Answer 36

A. Lessons learned

Question 37

A company is providing security awareness training regarding the importance of not forwarding social media messages from unverified sources. Which of the following risks would this training help to prevent?

A. Hoaxes
B. SPIMs
C. Identity fraud
D. Credential harvesting

Answer 37

A. Hoaxes

Question 38

A security analyst is receiving numerous alerts reporting that the response time of an internet-facing application has been degraded. However, the internal network performance was not degraded. Which of the following MOST likely explains this behavior?

A. DNS poisoning
B. MAC flooding
C. DDoS attack
D. ARP poisoning

Answer 38

C. DDoS attack

Question 39

Which of the following will increase cryptographic security?

A. High data entropy
B. Algorithms that require less computing power
C. Longer key longevity
D. Hashing

Answer 39

A. High data entropy

Question 40

Which of the following statements BEST describes zero-day exploits?

A. When a zero-day exploit is discovered, the system cannot be protected by any means.
B. Zero-day exploits have their own scoring category in CVSS.
C. A zero-day exploit is initially undetectable, and no patch for it exists.
D. Discovering zero-day exploits is always performed via bug bounty programs.

Answer 40

C. A zero-day exploit is initially undetectable, and no patch for it exists.

Question 41

A company wants to restrict emailing of PHI documents. The company is implementing a DLP solution. In order to restrict PHI documents, which of the following should be performed FIRST?

A. Retention
B. Governance
C. Classification
D. Change management

Answer 41

C. Classification

Question 42

A security analyst is investigating some users who are being redirected to a fake website that resembles www.comptia.org. The following output was found on the naming server of the organization:

Name
WWW
serverl
server2
file
A
A
A
A
Data
192.168.1.10
10.10.10.10
10.10.10.11
10.10.10.12

Which of the following attacks has taken place?

A. Domain reputation
B. Domain hijacking
C. Disassociation
D. DNS poisoning

Answer 42

D. DNS poisoning

Question 43

Which of the following describes the continuous delivery software development methodology?

A. Waterfall
B. Spiral
C. V-shaped
D. Agile

Answer 43

D. Agile

Question 44

Which of the following is the BEST example of a cost-effective physical control to enforce a USB removable media restriction policy?

A. Putting security/antitamper tape over USB ports, logging the port numbers, and regularly inspecting the ports
B. Implementing a GPO that will restrict access to authorized USB removable media and regularly verifying that it is enforced
C. Placing systems into locked, key-controlled containers with no access to the USB ports
D. Installing an endpoint agent to detect connectivity of USB and removable media

Answer 44

B. Implementing a GPO that will restrict access to authorized USB removable media and regularly verifying that it is enforced

Question 45

A company suspects that some corporate accounts were compromised. The number of suspicious logins from locations not recognized by the users is increasing.
Employees who travel need their accounts protected without the risk of blocking legitimate login requests that may be made over new sign-in properties. Which of the following security controls can be implemented?

A. Enforce MFA when an account request reaches a risk threshold.
B. Implement geofencing to only allow access from headquarters.
C. Enforce time-based login requests that align with business hours.
D. Shift the access control scheme to a discretionary access control.

Answer 45

A. Enforce MFA when an account request reaches a risk threshold.

Question 46

An organization wants to participate in threat intelligence information sharing with peer groups. Which of the following would MOST likely meet the organization’s requirement?

A. Perform OSINT investigations.
B. Subscribe to threat intelligence feeds.
C. Submit RFCs.
D. Implement a TAXII server.

Answer 46

D. Implement a TAXII server.

Question 47

Which of the following is the MOST effective control against zero-day vulnerabilities?

A. Network segmentation
B. Patch management
C. Intrusion prevention system
D. Multiple vulnerability scanners

Answer 47

A. Network segmentation

Question 48

Which of the following is the GREATEST security concern when outsourcing code development to third-party contractors for an internet-facing application?

A. Intellectual property theft
B. Elevated privileges
C. Unknown backdoor
D. Quality assurance

Answer 48

C. Unknown backdoor

Question 49

An organization has hired a red team to simulate attacks on its security posture. Which of the following will the blue team do after detecting an IoC?

A. Reimage the impacted workstations.
B. Activate runbooks for incident response.
C. Conduct forensics on the compromised system.
D. Conduct passive reconnaissance to gather information.

Answer 49

B. Activate runbooks for incident response.

Question 50

An amusement park is implementing a biometric system that validates customers’ fingerprints to ensure they are not sharing tickets. The park’s owner values customers above all and would prefer customers’ convenience over security. For this reason, which of the following features should the security team prioritize
FIRST?

A. Low FAR
B. Low efficacy
C. Low FRR
D. Low CER

Answer 50

C. Low FRR

Question 51

Which of the following organizations sets frameworks and controls for optimal security configuration on systems?

A. ISO
B. GDPR
C. PCI DSS
D. NIST

Answer 51

D. NIST

Question 52

An organization discovered files with proprietary financial data have been deleted. The files have been recovered from backup, but every time the Chief Financial
Officer logs in to the file server, the same files are deleted again. No other users are experiencing this issue. Which of the following types of malware is MOST likely causing this behavior?

A. Logic bomb
B. Cryptomalware
C. Spyware
D. Remote access Trojan

Answer 52

A. Logic bomb

Question 53

A security analyst has identified malware spreading through the corporate network and has activated the CSIRT. Which of the following should the analyst do
NEXT?

A. Review how the malware was introduced to the network.
B. Attempt to quarantine all infected hosts to limit further spread.
C. Create help desk tickets to get infected systems reimaged.
D. Update all endpoint antivirus solutions with the latest updates.

Answer 53

B. Attempt to quarantine all infected hosts to limit further spread.

Question 54

During an incident response, an analyst applied rules to all inbound traffic on the border firewall and implemented ACLs on each critical server. Following an investigation, the company realizes it is still vulnerable because outbound traffic is not restricted, and the adversary is able to maintain a presence in the network.
In which of the following stages of the Cyber Kill Chain is the adversary currently operating?

A. Reconnaissance
B. Command and control
C. Actions on objective
D. Exploitation

Answer 54

B. Command and control

Question 55

A recent security breach exploited software vulnerabilities in the firewall and within the network management solution. Which of the following will MOST likely be used to identify when the breach occurred through each device?

A. SIEM correlation dashboards
B. Firewall syslog event logs
C. Network management solution login audit logs
D. Bandwidth monitors and interface sensors

Answer 55

A. SIEM correlation dashboards

Question 56

Which of the following is the FIRST environment in which proper, secure coding should be practiced?

A. Stage
B. Development
C. Production
D. Test

Answer 56

B. Development

Question 57

A cloud service provider has created an environment where customers can connect existing local networks to the cloud for additional computing resources and block internal HR applications from reaching the cloud. Which of the following cloud models is being used?

A. Public
B. Community
C. Hybrid
D. Private

Answer 57

C. Hybrid

Question 58

An organization has developed an application that needs a patch to fix a critical vulnerability. In which of the following environments should the patch be deployed
LAST?

A. Test
B. Staging
C. Development
D. Production

Answer 58

D. Production

Question 59

An organization is building backup server rooms in geographically diverse locations. The Chief Information Security Officer implemented a requirement on the project that states the new hardware cannot be susceptible to the same vulnerabilities in the existing server room. Which of the following should the systems engineer consider?

A. Purchasing hardware from different vendors
B. Migrating workloads to public cloud infrastructure
C. Implementing a robust patch management solution
D. Designing new detective security controls

Answer 59

A. Purchasing hardware from different vendors

Question 60

A security analyst is working on a project to implement a solution that monitors network communications and provides alerts when abnormal behavior is detected.
Which of the following is the security analyst MOST likely implementing?

A. Vulnerability scans
B. User behavior analysis
C. Security orchestration, automation, and response
D. Threat hunting

Answer 60

B. User behavior analysis

Question 61

Data exfiltration analysis indicates that an attacker managed to download system configuration notes from a web server. The web-server logs have been deleted, but analysts have determined that the system configuration notes were stored in the database administrator’s folder on the web server. Which of the following attacks explains what occurred? (Choose two.)

A. Pass-the-hash
B. Directory traversal
C. SQL injection
D. Privilege escalation
E. Cross-site scripting
F. Request forgery

Answer 61

B. Directory traversal

D. Privilege escalation

Question 62

A junior security analyst is conducting an analysis after passwords were changed on multiple accounts without users’ interaction. The SIEM have multiple login entries with the following text: suspicious event - user: scheduledtasks successfully authenticate on AD on abnormal time suspicious event - user: scheduledtasks failed to execute c:\weekly_checkups\amazing-3rdparty-domain-assessment.py suspicious event - user: scheduledtasks failed to execute c:\weekly_checkups\secureyourAD-3rdparty-compliance.sh suspicious event - user: scheduledtasks successfully executed c:\weekly_checkups\amazing-3rdparty-domain-assessment.py
Which of the following is the MOST likely attack conducted on the environment?

A. Malicious script
B. Privilege escalation
C. Domain hijacking
D. DNS poisoning

Answer 62

A. Malicious script

Question 63

A customer service representative reported an unusual text message that was sent to the help desk. The message contained an unrecognized invoice number with a large balance due and a link to click for more details. Which of the following BEST describes this technique?

A. Vishing
B. Whaling
C. Phishing
D. Smishing

Answer 63

D. Smishing

Question 64

Which of the following actions would be recommended to improve an incident response process?

A. Train the team to identify the difference between events and incidents.
B. Modify access so the IT team has full access to the compromised assets.
C. Contact the authorities if a cybercrime is suspected.
D. Restrict communication surrounding the response to the IT team.

Answer 64

A. Train the team to identify the difference between events and incidents.

Question 65

A cybersecurity administrator needs to implement a Layer 7 security control on a network and block potential attacks. Which of the following can block an attack at
Layer 7? (Choose two.)

A. HIDS
B. NIPS
C. HSM
D. WAF
E. NAC
F. NIDS

Answer 65

B. NIPS

D. WAF

Question 66

A business operations manager is concerned that a PC that is critical to business operations will have a costly hardware failure soon. The manager is looking for options to continue business operations without incurring large costs. Which of the following would mitigate the manager’s concerns?

A. Implement a full system upgrade.
B. Perform a physical-to-virtual migration.
C. Install uninterruptible power supplies.
D. Purchase cybersecurity insurance.

Answer 66

B. Perform a physical-to-virtual migration.

Question 67

An organization has activated an incident response plan due to a malware outbreak on its network. The organization has brought in a forensics team that has identified an internet-facing Windows server as the likely point of initial compromise. The malware family that was detected is known to be distributed by manually logging on to servers and running the malicious code. Which of the following actions would be BEST to prevent reinfection from the infection vector?

A. Prevent connections over TFTP from the internal network.
B. Create a firewall rule that blocks a 22 from the internet to the server.
C. Disable file sharing over port 445 to the server.
D. Block port 3389 inbound from untrusted networks.

Answer 67

D. Block port 3389 inbound from untrusted networks.

Question 68

Which of the following uses SAML for authentication?

A. TOTP
B. Federation
C. Kerberos
D. HOTP

Answer 68

B. Federation

Question 69

The SOC for a large MSSP is meeting to discuss the lessons learned from a recent incident that took much too long to resolve. This type of incident has become more common in recent weeks and is consuming large amounts of the analysts’ time due to manual tasks being performed. Which of the following solutions should the SOC consider to BEST improve its response time?

A. Configure a NIDS appliance using a Switched Port Analyzer.
B. Collect OSINT and catalog the artifacts in a central repository.
C. Implement a SOAR with customizable playbooks.
D. Install a SIEM with community-driven threat intelligence.

Answer 69

C. Implement a SOAR with customizable playbooks.

Question 70

Business partners are working on a security mechanism to validate transactions securely. The requirement is for one company to be responsible for deploying a trusted solution that will register and issue artifacts used to sign, encrypt, and decrypt transaction files. Which of the following is the BEST solution to adopt?

A. PKI
B. Blockchain
C. SAML
D. OAuth

Answer 70

A. PKI

Question 71

A security analyst has been asked by the Chief Information Security Officer to:
✑ develop a secure method of providing centralized management of infrastructure
✑ reduce the need to constantly replace aging end user machines
✑ provide a consistent user desktop experience
Which of the following BEST meets these requirements?

A. BYOD
B. Mobile device management
C. VDI
D. Containerization

Answer 71

C. VDI

Question 72

Which of the following terms describes a broad range of information that is sensitive to a specific organization?

A. Public
B. Top secret
C. Proprietary
D. Open-source

Answer 72

C. Proprietary

Question 73

A Chief Security Officer (CSO) is concerned that cloud-based services are not adequately protected from advanced threats and malware. The CSO believes there is a high risk that a data breach could occur in the near future due to the lack of detective and preventive controls. Which of the following should be implemented to BEST address the CSO’s concerns? (Choose two.)

A. A WAF
B. A CASB
C. An NG-SWG
D. Segmentation
E. Encryption
F. Containerization

Answer 73

B. A CASB
C. An NG-SWG

Question 74

An organization is planning to roll out a new mobile device policy and issue each employee a new laptop. These laptops would access the users’ corporate operating system remotely and allow them to use the laptops for purposes outside of their job roles. Which of the following deployment models is being utilized?

A. MDM and application management
B. BYOD and containers
C. COPE and VDI
D. CYOD and VMs

Answer 74

C. COPE and VDI

Question 75

Certain users are reporting their accounts are being used to send unauthorized emails and conduct suspicious activities. After further investigation, a security analyst notices the following:
✑ All users share workstations throughout the day.
✑ Endpoint protection was disabled on several workstations throughout the network.
✑ Travel times on logins from the affected users are impossible.
✑ Sensitive data is being uploaded to external sites.
All user account passwords were forced to be reset and the issue continued.

Which of the following attacks is being used to compromise the user accounts?

A. Brute-force
B. Keylogger
C. Dictionary
D. Rainbow

Answer 75

B. Keylogger

Question 76

A security forensics analyst is examining a virtual server. The analyst wants to preserve the present state of the virtual server, including memory contents. Which of the following backup types should be used?

A. Snapshot
B. Differential
C. Cloud
D. Full
E. Incremental

Answer 76

A. Snapshot

Question 77

After returning from a conference, a user’s laptop has been operating slower than normal and overheating, and the fans have been running constantly. During the diagnosis process, an unknown piece of hardware is found connected to the laptop’s motherboard. Which of the following attack vectors was exploited to install the hardware?

A. Removable media
B. Spear phishing
C. Supply chain
D. Direct access

Answer 77

D. Direct access

Question 78

After a recent security breach, a security analyst reports that several administrative usernames and passwords are being sent via cleartext across the network to access network devices over port 23. Which of the following should be implemented so all credentials sent over the network are encrypted when remotely accessing and configuring network devices?

A. SSH
B. SNMPv3
C. SFTP
D. Telnet
E. FTP

Answer 78

A. SSH

Question 79

Which of the following provides a calculated value for known vulnerabilities so organizations can prioritize mitigation steps?

A. CVSS
B. SIEM
C. SOAR
D. CVE

Answer 79

A. CVSS

Question 80

Several universities are participating in a collaborative research project and need to share compute and storage resources. Which of the following cloud deployment strategies would BEST meet this need?

A. Community
B. Private
C. Public
D. Hybrid

Answer 80

A. Community

Question 81

A forensic analyst needs to prove that data has not been tampered with since it was collected. Which of the following methods will the analyst MOST likely use?

A. Look for tampering on the evidence collection bag.
B. Encrypt the collected data using asymmetric encryption.
C. Ensure proper procedures for chain of custody are being followed.
D. Calculate the checksum using a hashing algorithm.

Answer 81

D. Calculate the checksum using a hashing algorithm.

Question 82

Multiple business accounts were compromised a few days after a public website had its credentials database leaked on the Internet. No business emails were identified in the breach, but the security team thinks that the list of passwords exposed was later used to compromise business accounts. Which of the following would mitigate the issue?

A. Complexity requirements
B. Password history
C. Acceptable use policy
D. Shared accounts

Answer 82

B. Password history

Question 83

A security analyst wants to fingerprint a web server. Which of the following tools will the security analyst MOST likely use to accomplish this task?

A. nmap -pl-65535 192.168.0.10
B. dig 192.168.0.10
C. curl –head http://192.168.0.10
D. ping 192.168.0.10

Answer 83

C. curl –head http://192.168.0.10

Question 84

A penetration tester was able to compromise an internal server and is now trying to pivot the current session in a network lateral movement. Which of the following tools, if available on the server, will provide the MOST useful information for the next assessment step?

A. Autopsy
B. Cuckoo
C. Memdump
D. Nmap

Answer 84

D. Nmap

Question 85

Field workers in an organization are issued mobile phones on a daily basis. All the work is performed within one city, and the mobile phones are not used for any purpose other than work. The organization does not want these phones used for personal purposes. The organization would like to issue the phones to workers as permanent devices so the phones do not need to be reissued every day. Given the conditions described, which of the following technologies would BEST meet these requirements?

A. Geofencing
B. Mobile device management
C. Containerization
D. Remote wiping

Answer 85

B. Mobile device management

Question 86

Which of the following control types is focused primarily on reducing risk before an incident occurs?

A. Preventive
B. Deterrent
C. Corrective
D. Detective

Answer 86

A. Preventive

Question 87

A systems administrator reports degraded performance on a virtual server. The administrator increases the virtual memory allocation, which improves conditions, but performance degrades again after a few days. The administrator runs an analysis tool and sees the following output:
==3214== timeAttend.exe analyzed
==3214== ERROR SUMMARY:
==3214== malloc/free: in use at exit: 4608 bytes in 18 blocks.
==3214== checked 82116 bytes
==3214== definitely lost: 4608 bytes in 18 blocks.
The administrator terminates the timeAttend.exe, observes system performance over the next few days, and notices that the system performance does not degrade. Which of the following issues is MOST likely occurring?

A. DLL injection
B. API attack
C. Buffer overflow
D. Memory leak

Answer 87

D. Memory leak

Question 88

An administrator is experiencing issues when trying to upload a support file to a vendor. A pop-up message reveals that a payment card number was found in the file, and the file upload was blocked. Which of the following controls is most likely causing this issue and should be checked FIRST?

A. DLP
B. Firewall rule
C. Content filter
D. MDM
E. Application allow list

Question 89

Which of the following risk management strategies would an organization use to maintain a legacy system with known risks for operational purposes?

A. Acceptance
B. Transference
C. Avoidance
D. Mitigation

Answer 89

A. Acceptance

Question 90

Which of the following is the BEST action to foster a consistent and auditable incident response process?

A. Incent new hires to constantly update the document with external knowledge.
B. Publish the document in a central repository that is easily accessible to the organization.
C. Restrict eligibility to comment on the process to subject matter experts of each IT silo.
D. Rotate CIRT members to foster a shared responsibility model in the organization.

Answer 90

D. Rotate CIRT members to foster a shared responsibility model in the organization.

Question 91

A security analyst is designing the appropriate controls to limit unauthorized access to a physical site. The analyst has a directive to utilize the lowest possible budget. Which of the following would BEST meet the requirements?

A. Preventive controls
B. Compensating controls
C. Deterrent controls
D. Detective controls

Answer 91

C. Deterrent controls

Question 92

During a recent penetration test, the tester discovers large amounts of data were exfiltrated over the course of 12 months via the internet. The penetration tester stops the test to inform the client of the findings. Which of the following should be the client’s NEXT step to mitigate the issue?

A. Conduct a full vulnerability scan to identify possible vulnerabilities.
B. Perform containment on the critical servers and resources.
C. Review the firewall and identify the source of the active connection.
D. Disconnect the entire infrastructure from the internet.

Answer 92

B. Perform containment on the critical servers and resources.

Question 93

A company is looking to migrate some servers to the cloud to minimize its technology footprint. The company has 100 databases that are on premises. Which of the following solutions will require the LEAST management and support from the company?

A. SaaS
B. IaaS
C. PaaS
D. SDN

Answer 93

A. SaaS

Question 94

Which of the following employee roles is responsible for protecting an organization’s collected personal information?

A. CTO
B. DPO
C. CEO
D. DBA

Answer 94

B. DPO

Question 95

Against the recommendation of the IT security analyst, a company set all user passwords on a server as P@55w0rD. Upon review of the /etc/passwd file, an attacker found the following: alice:a8df3b6c4fd75f0617431fd248f35191df8d237f bob:2d250c5b2976b03d757f324ebd59340df96aa05e chris:ea981ec3285421d014108089f3f3f997ce0f4150
Which of the following BEST explains why the encrypted passwords do not match?

A. Perfect forward secrecy
B. Key stretching
C. Salting
D. Hashing

Answer 95

C. Salting

Question 96

After gaining access to a dual-homed (i.e., wired and wireless) multifunction device by exploiting a vulnerability in the device’s firmware, a penetration tester then gains shell access on another networked asset. This technique is an example of:

A. privilege escalation.
B. footprinting.
C. persistence.
D. pivoting.

Answer 96

D. pivoting.

Question 97

Which of the following should be monitored by threat intelligence researchers who search for leaked credentials?

A. Common Weakness Enumeration
B. OSINT
C. Dark web
D. Vulnerability databases

Answer 97

C. Dark web

Question 98

A security analyst needs to be able to search and correlate logs from multiple sources in a single tool. Which of the following would BEST allow a security analyst to have this ability?

A. SOAR
B. SIEM
C. Log collectors
D. Network-attached storage

Answer 98

B. SIEM

Question 99

A security analyst is investigating suspicious traffic on the web server located at IP address 10.10.1.1. A search of the WAF logs reveals the following output:

Which of the following is MOST likely occurring?

A. XSS attack
B. SQLi attack
C. Replay attack
D. XSRF attack

Answer 99

B. SQLi attack

Question 100

Which of the following components can be used to consolidate and forward inbound internet traffic to multiple cloud environments though a single firewall?

A. Transit gateway
B. Cloud hot site
C. Edge computing
D. DNS sinkhole

Answer 100

A. Transit gateway

Question 101

A DBA reports that several production server hard drives were wiped over the weekend. The DBA also reports that several Linux servers were unavailable due to system files being deleted unexpectedly. A security analyst verified that software was configured to delete data deliberately from those servers. No backdoors to any servers were found. Which of the following attacks was MOST likely used to cause the data loss?

A. Logic bomb
B. Ransomware
C. Fileless virus
D. Remote access Trojans
E. Rootkit

Answer 101

A. Logic bomb

Question 102

Digital signatures use asymmetric encryption. This means the message is encrypted with:

A. the sender’s private key and decrypted with the sender’s public key.
B. the sender’s public key and decrypted with the sender’s private key.
C. the sender’s private key and decrypted with the recipient’s public key.
D. the sender’s public key and decrypted with the recipient’s private key.

Answer 102

A. the sender’s private key and decrypted with the sender’s public key.

Question 103

A security engineer was assigned to implement a solution to prevent attackers from gaining access by pretending to be authorized users. Which of the following technologies meets the requirement?

A. SSO
B. IDS
C. MFA
D. TPM

Answer 103

C. MFA

Question 104

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has requested that a third-party vendor provide supporting documents that show proper controls are in place to protect customer data. Which of the following would be BEST for the third-party vendor to provide to the CISO?

A. GDPR compliance attestation
B. Cloud Security Alliance materials
C. SOC 2 Type 2 report
D. NIST RMF workbooks

Answer 104

C. SOC 2 Type 2 report

Question 105

Which of the following is assured when a user signs an email using a private key?

A. Non-repudiation
B. Confidentiality
C. Availability
D. Authentication

Answer 105

A. Non-repudiation

Question 106

A systems administrator is troubleshooting a server’s connection to an internal web server. The administrator needs to determine the correct ports to use. Which of the following tools BEST shows which ports on the web server are in a listening state?

A. ipconfig
B. ssh
C. ping
D. netstat

Answer 106

D. netstat

Question 107

Which of the following BEST reduces the security risks introduced when running systems that have expired vendor support and lack an immediate replacement?

A. Implement proper network access restrictions.
B. Initiate a bug bounty program.
C. Classify the system as shadow IT.
D. Increase the frequency of vulnerability scans.

Answer 107

A. Implement proper network access restrictions.

Question 108

Due to unexpected circumstances, an IT company must vacate its main office, forcing all operations to alternate, off-site locations. Which of the following will the company MOST likely reference for guidance during this change?

A. The business continuity plan
B. The retention policy
C. The disaster recovery plan
D. The incident response plan

Answer 108

A. The business continuity plan

Question 109

While reviewing an alert that shows a malicious request on one web application, a cybersecurity analyst is alerted to a subsequent token reuse moments later on a different service using the same single sign-on method. Which of the following would BEST detect a malicious actor?

A. Utilizing SIEM correlation engines
B. Deploying Netflow at the network border
C. Disabling session tokens for all sites
D. Deploying a WAF for the web server

Answer 109

A. Utilizing SIEM correlation engines

Question 110

Two organizations plan to collaborate on the evaluation of new SIEM solutions for their respective companies. A combined effort from both organizations’ SOC teams would speed up the effort. Which of the following can be written to document this agreement?

A. MOU
B. ISA
C. SLA
D. NDA

Answer 110

A. MOU

Question 111

The Chief Information Security Officer wants to prevent exfiltration of sensitive information from employee cell phones when using public USB power charging stations. Which of the following would be the BEST solution to implement?

A. DLP
B. USB data blocker
C. USB OTG
D. Disabling USB ports

Answer 111

B. USB data blocker

Question 112

The board of directors at a company contracted with an insurance firm to limit the organization’s liability. Which of the following risk management practices does this BEST describe?

A. Transference
B. Avoidance
C. Mitigation
D. Acknowledgement

Answer 112

A. Transference

Question 113

Which of the following is a risk that is specifically associated with hosting applications in the public cloud?

A. Unsecured root accounts
B. Zero-day
C. Shared tenancy
D. Insider threat

Answer 113

C. Shared tenancy

Question 114

DDoS attacks are causing an overload on the cluster of cloud servers. A security architect is researching alternatives to make the cloud environment respond to load fluctuation in a cost-effective way. Which of the following options BEST fulfills the architect’s requirements?

A. An orchestration solution that can adjust scalability of cloud assets
B. Use of multipath by adding more connections to cloud storage
C. Cloud assets replicated on geographically distributed regions
D. An on-site backup that is displayed and only used when the load increases

Answer 114

D. An on-site backup that is displayed and only used when the load increases

Question 115

Which of the following documents provides expectations at a technical level for quality, availability, and responsibilities?

A. EOL
B. SLA
C. MOU
D. EOSL

Answer 115

B. SLA

Question 116

Which of the following is an example of transference of risk?

A. Purchasing insurance
B. Patching vulnerable servers
C. Retiring outdated applications
D. Application owner risk sign-off

Answer 116

A. Purchasing insurance

Question 117

An employee received a word processing file that was delivered as an email attachment. The subject line and email content enticed the employee to open the attachment. Which of the following attack vectors BEST matches this malware?

A. Embedded Python code
B. Macro-enabled file
C. Bash scripting
D. Credential-harvesting website

Answer 117

B. Macro-enabled file

Question 118

A security proposal was set up to track requests for remote access by creating a baseline of the users’ common sign-in properties. When a baseline deviation is detected, an MFA challenge will be triggered. Which of the following should be configured in order to deploy the proposal?

A. Context-aware authentication
B. Simultaneous authentication of equals
C. Extensive authentication protocol
D. Agentless network access control

Answer 118

A. Context-aware authentication

Question 119

Which of the following secure coding techniques makes compromised code more difficult for hackers to use?

A. Obfuscation
B. Normalization
C. Execution
D. Reuse

Answer 119

A. Obfuscation

Question 120

As part of a security compliance assessment, an auditor performs automated vulnerability scans. In addition, which of the following should the auditor do to complete the assessment?

A. User behavior analysis
B. Packet captures
C. Configuration reviews
D. Log analysis

Answer 120

D. Log analysis

Question 121

A database administrator wants to grant access to an application that will be reading and writing data to a database. The database is shared by other applications also used by the finance department. Which of the following account types is MOST appropriate for this purpose?

A. Service
B. Shared
C. Generic
D. Admin

Answer 121

A. Service

Question 122

A security analyst generated a file named host1.pcap and shared it with a team member who is going to use it for further incident analysis. Which of the following tools will the other team member MOST likely use to open this file?

A. Autopsy
B. Memdump
C. FTK imager
D. Wireshark

Answer 122

D. Wireshark

Question 123

An application developer accidentally uploaded a company’s code-signing certificate private key to a public web server. The company is concerned about malicious use of its certificate. Which of the following should the company do FIRST?

A. Delete the private key from the repository.
B. Verify the public key is not exposed as well.
C. Update the DLP solution to check for private keys.
D. Revoke the code-signing certificate.

Answer 123

D. Revoke the code-signing certificate.

Question 124

An organization implemented a process that compares the settings currently configured on systems against secure configuration guidelines in order to identify any gaps. Which of the following control types has the organization implemented?

A. Compensating
B. Corrective
C. Preventive
D. Detective

Answer 124

D. Detective

Question 125

The Chief Information Security Officer directed a risk reduction in shadow IT and created a policy requiring all unsanctioned high-risk SaaS applications to be blocked from user access. Which of the following is the BEST security solution to reduce this risk?

A. CASB
B. VPN concentrator
C. MFA
D. VPC endpoint

Answer 125

A. CASB

Question 126

A technician enables full disk encryption on a laptop that will be taken on a business trip. Which of the following does this process BEST protect?

A. Data in transit
B. Data in processing
C. Data at rest
D. Data tokenization

Answer 126

C. Data at rest

Question 127

A security analyst was called to investigate a file received directly from a hardware manufacturer. The analyst is trying to determine whether the file was modified in transit before installation on the user’s computer. Which of the following can be used to safely assess the file?

A. Check the hash of the installation file.
B. Match the file names.
C. Verify the URL download location.
D. Verify the code signing certificate.

Answer 127

A. Check the hash of the installation file.

Question 128

A help desk technician receives a phone call from someone claiming to be a part of the organization’s cybersecurity incident response team. The caller asks the technician to verify the network’s internal firewall IP Address. Which of the following is the technician’s BEST course of action?

A. Direct the caller to stop by the help desk in person and hang up declining any further requests from the caller.
B. Ask for the caller’s name, verify the person’s identity in the email directory, and provide the requested information over the phone.
C. Write down the phone number of the caller if possible, the name of the person requesting the information, hang up, and notify the organization’s cybersecurity officer.
D. Request the caller send an email for identity verification and provide the requested information via email to the caller.

Answer 128

C. Write down the phone number of the caller if possible, the name of the person requesting the information, hang up, and notify the organization’s cybersecurity officer.

Question 129

Which of the following would BEST provide detective and corrective controls for thermal regulation?

A. A smoke detector
B. A fire alarm
C. An HVAC system
D. A fire suppression system
E. Guards

Answer 129

C. An HVAC system

Question 130

Which of the following is a benefit of including a risk management framework into an organization’s security approach?

A. It defines expected service levels from participating supply chain partners to ensure system outages are remediated in a timely manner.
B. It identifies specific vendor products that have been tested and approved for use in a secure environment.
C. It provides legal assurances and remedies in the event a data breach occurs.
D. It incorporates control, development, policy, and management activities into IT operations.

Answer 130

D. It incorporates control, development, policy, and management activities into IT operations.

Question 131

An organization maintains several environments in which patches are developed and tested before being deployed to an operational status. Which of the following is the environment in which patches will be deployed just prior to being put into an operational status?

A. Development
B. Test
C. Production
D. Staging

Answer 131

D. Staging

Question 132

During a trial, a judge determined evidence gathered from a hard drive was not admissible. Which of the following BEST explains this reasoning?

A. The forensic investigator forgot to run a checksum on the disk image after creation.
B. The chain of custody form did not note time zone offsets between transportation regions.
C. The computer was turned off, and a RAM image could not be taken at the same time.
D. The hard drive was not properly kept in an antistatic bag when it was moved.

Answer 132

B. The chain of custody form did not note time zone offsets between transportation regions.

Question 133

An organization wants to implement a biometric system with the highest likelihood that an unauthorized user will be denied access. Which of the following should the organization use to compare biometric solutions?

A. FRR
B. Difficulty of use
C. Cost
D. FAR
E. CER

Answer 133

D. FAR

Question 134

A company recently experienced a significant data loss when proprietary information was leaked to a competitor. The company took special precautions by using proper labels; however, email filter logs do not have any record of the incident. An investigation confirmed the corporate network was not breached, but documents were downloaded from an employee’s COPE tablet and passed to the competitor via cloud storage. Which of the following is the BEST remediation for this data leak?

A. User training
B. CASB
C. MDM
D. DLP

Answer 134

D. DLP

Question 135

An attacker was eavesdropping on a user who was shopping online. The attacker was able to spoof the IP address associated with the shopping site. Later, the user received an email regarding the credit card statement with unusual purchases. Which of the following attacks took place?

A. On-path attack
B. Protocol poisoning
C. Domain hijacking
D. Bluejacking

Answer 135

A. On-path attack

Question 136

A company is considering transitioning to the cloud. The company employs individuals from various locations around the world. The company does not want to increase its on premises infrastructure blueprint and only wants to pay for additional compute power required. Which of the following solutions would BEST meet the needs of the company?

A. Private cloud
B. Hybrid environment
C. Managed security service provider
D. Hot backup site

Answer 136

B. Hybrid environment

Question 137

After multiple on premises security solutions were migrated to the cloud, the incident response time increased. The analysts are spending a long time trying to trace information on different cloud consoles and correlating data in different formats. Which of the following can be used to optimize the incident response time?

A. CASB
B. VPC
C. SWG
D. CMS

Answer 137

A. CASB

Question 138

Which of the following control types would be BEST to use in an accounting department to reduce losses from fraudulent transactions?

A. Recovery
B. Deterrent
C. Corrective
D. Detective

Answer 138

C. Corrective

Question 139

A company is receiving emails with links to phishing sites that look very similar to the company’s own website address and content. Which of the following is the
BEST way for the company to mitigate this attack?

A. Create a honeynet to trap attackers who access the VPN with credentials obtained by phishing.
B. Generate a list of domains similar to the company’s own and implement a DNS sinkhole for each.
C. Disable POP and IMAP on all Internet-facing email servers and implement SMTPS.
D. Use an automated tool to flood the phishing websites with fake usernames and passwords.

Answer 139

B. Generate a list of domains similar to the company’s own and implement a DNS sinkhole for each.

Question 140

A SOC operator is receiving continuous alerts from multiple Linux systems indicating that unsuccessful SSH attempts to a functional user ID have been attempted on each one of them in a short period of time. Which of the following BEST explains this behavior?

A. Rainbow table attack
B. Password spraying
C. Logic bomb
D. Malware bot

Answer 140

B. Password spraying

Question 141

A tax organization is working on a solution to validate the online submission of documents. The solution should be carried on a portable USB device that should be inserted on any computer that is transmitting a transaction securely. Which of the following is the BEST certificate for these requirements?

A. User certificate
B. Self-signed certificate
C. Computer certificate
D. Root certificate

Answer 141

A. User certificate

Question 142

A routine audit of medical billing claims revealed that several claims were submitted without the subscriber’s knowledge. A review of the audit logs for the medical billing company’s system indicated a company employee downloaded customer records and adjusted the direct deposit information to a personal bank account.
Which of the following does this action describe?

A. Insider threat
B. Social engineering
C. Third-party risk
D. Data breach

Answer 142

A. Insider threat

Question 143

A recent audit cited a risk involving numerous low-criticality vulnerabilities created by a web application using a third-party library. The development staff state there are still customers using the application even though it is end of life and it would be a substantial burden to update the application for compatibility with more secure libraries. Which of the following would be the MOST prudent course of action?

A. Accept the risk if there is a clear road map for timely decommission.
B. Deny the risk due to the end-of-life status of the application.
C. Use containerization to segment the application from other applications to eliminate the risk.
D. Outsource the application to a third-party developer group.

Answer 143

A. Accept the risk if there is a clear road map for timely decommission.

Question 144

A security analyst is evaluating solutions to deploy an additional layer of protection for a web application. The goal is to allow only encrypted communications without relying on network devices. Which of the following can be implemented?

A. HTTP security header
B. DNSSEC implementation
C. SRTP
D. S/MIME

Answer 144

A. HTTP security header

Question 145

A company labeled some documents with the public sensitivity classification. This means the documents can be accessed by:

A. employees of other companies and the press.
B. all members of the department that created the documents.
C. only the company’s employees and those listed in the document.
D. only the individuals listed in the documents.

Answer 145

A. employees of other companies and the press.

Question 146

Which of the following is the MOST relevant security check to be performed before embedding third-party libraries in developed code?

A. Check to see if the third party has resources to create dedicated development and staging environments.
B. Verify the number of companies that downloaded the third-party code and the number of contributions on the code repository.
C. Assess existing vulnerabilities affecting the third-party code and the remediation efficiency of the libraries’ developers.
D. Read multiple penetration-testing reports for environments running software that reused the library.

Answer 146

C. Assess existing vulnerabilities affecting the third-party code and the remediation efficiency of the libraries’ developers.

Question 147

A help desk technician receives an email from the Chief Information Officer (CIO) asking for documents. The technician knows the CIO is on vacation for a few weeks. Which of the following should the technician do to validate the authenticity of the email?

A. Check the metadata in the email header of the received path in reverse order to follow the email’s path.
B. Hover the mouse over the CIO’s email address to verify the email address.
C. Look at the metadata in the email header and verify the ג€From:ג€ line matches the CIO’s email address.
D. Forward the email to the CIO and ask if the CIO sent the email requesting the documents.

Answer 147

A. Check the metadata in the email header of the received path in reverse order to follow the email’s path.

Question 148

A company needs to validate its updated incident response plan using a real-world scenario that will test decision points and relevant incident response actions without interrupting daily operations. Which of the following would BEST meet the company’s requirements?

A. Red-team exercise
B. Capture-the-flag exercise
C. Tabletop exercise
D. Phishing exercise

Answer 148

C. Tabletop exercise

Question 149

Security analysts are conducting an investigation of an attack that occurred inside the organization’s network. An attacker was able to collect network traffic between workstations throughout the network. The analysts review the following logs:

The Layer 2 address table has hundreds of entries similar to the ones above. Which of the following attacks has MOST likely occurred?

A. SQL injection
B. DNS spoofing
C. MAC flooding
D. ARP poisoning

Answer 149

C. MAC flooding

Question 150

A security policy states that common words should not be used as passwords. A security auditor was able to perform a dictionary attack against corporate credentials. Which of the following controls was being violated?

A. Password complexity
B. Password history
C. Password reuse
D. Password length

Answer 150

A. Password complexity