Sec+ 601 study guide Flashcards
Which of the following would be BEST to establish between organizations that have agreed cooperate and are engaged in early discussion to define the responsibilities of each party, but do not want to establish a contractually binding agreement?
A. An SLA
B. An NDA
C. A BPA
D. An MOU
D. An MOU
Which of the following distributes data among nodes, making it more difficult to manipulate the data while also minimizing downtime?
A. MSSP
B. Public cloud
C. Hybrid cloud
D. Fog computing
D. Fog computing
Which of the following should a data owner require all personnel to sign to legally protect intellectual property?
A. An NDA
B. An AUP
C. An ISA
D. An MOU
A. An NDA
Which of the following will MOST likely adversely impact the operations of unpatched traditional programmable-logic controllers, running a back-end LAMP server and OT systems with human-management interfaces that are accessible over the Internet via web interface? (Choose two.)
A. Cross-site scripting B. Data exfiltration C. Poor system logging D. Weak encryption E. SQL injection F. Server-side request forgery
E. SQL injection
F. Server-side request forgery
A company recently transitioned to a strictly BYOD culture due to the cost of replacing lost or damaged corporate-owned mobile devices. Which of the following technologies would be BEST to balance the BYOD culture while also protecting the company’s data?
A. Containerization
B. Geofencing
C. Full-disk encryption
D. Remote wipe
A. Containerization
A Chief Security Office’s (CSO’s) key priorities are to improve preparation, response, and recovery practices to minimize system downtime and enhance organizational resilience to ransomware attacks. Which of the following would BEST meet the CSO’s objectives?
A. Use email-filtering software and centralized account management, patch high-risk systems, and restrict administration privileges on fileshares.
B. Purchase cyber insurance from a reputable provider to reduce expenses during an incident.
C. Invest in end-user awareness training to change the long-term culture and behavior of staff and executives, reducing the organization’s susceptibility to phishing attacks.
D. Implement application whitelisting and centralized event-log management, and perform regular testing and validation of fullbackups.
D. Implement application whitelisting and centralized event-log management, and perform
regular testing and validation of fullbackups.
A network engineer has been asked to investigate why several wireless barcode scanners and wireless computers in a warehouse have intermittent connectivity to the shipping server. The barcode scanners and computers are all on forklift trucks and move around the warehouse during their regular use. Which of the following should the engineer do to determine the issue? (Choose two.)
A. Perform a site survey B. Deploy an FTK Imager C. Create a heat map D. Scan for rogue access points E. Upgrade the security protocols F. Install a captive portal
A. Perform a site survey
C. Create a heat map
A security administrator suspects an employee has been emailing proprietary information to a competitor. Company policy requires the administrator to capture an exact copy of the employee’s hard disk. Which of the following should the administrator use?
A. dd
B. chmod
C. dnsenum
D. logger
A. dd
Which of the following is MOST likely to outline the roles and responsibilities of data controllers and data processors?
A. SSAE SOC 2
B. PCI DSS
C. GDPR
D. ISO 31000
C. GDPR
Phishing and spear-phishing attacks have been occurring more frequently against a company’s staff. Which of the following would MOST likely help mitigate this issue?
A. DNSSEC and DMARC
B. DNS query logging
C. Exact mail exchanger records in the DNS
D. The addition of DNS conditional forwarders
C. Exact mail exchanger records in the DNS
On which of the following is the live acquisition of data for forensic analysis MOST dependent? (Choose two.)
A. Data accessibility B. Legal hold C. Cryptographic or hash algorithm D. Data retention legislation E. Value and volatility of data F. Right-to-audit clauses
E. Value and volatility of data
F. Right-to-audit clauses
Which of the following incident response steps involves actions to protect critical systems while maintaining business operations?
A. Investigation
B. Containment
C. Recovery
D. Lessons learned
B. Containment
A security auditor is reviewing vulnerability scan data provided by an internal security team.
Which of the following BEST indicates that valid credentials were used?
A. The scan results show open ports, protocols, and services exposed on the target host
B. The scan enumerated software versions of installed programs
C. The scan produced a list of vulnerabilities on the target host
D. The scan identified expired SSL certificates
B. The scan enumerated software versions of installed programs
Which of the following BEST explains the difference between a data owner and a data custodian?
A. The data owner is responsible for adhering to the rules for using the data, while the data custodian is responsible for determining the corporate governance regarding the data
B. The data owner is responsible for determining how the data may be used, while the data custodian is responsible for implementing the protection to the data
C. The data owner is responsible for controlling the data, while the data custodian is responsible
for maintaining the chain of custody when handling the data
D. The data owner grants the technical permissions for data access, while the data custodian maintains the database access controls to the data
B. The data owner is responsible for determining how the data may be used, while the data custodian is responsible for implementing the protection to the data
A network engineer needs to build a solution that will allow guests at the company’s headquarters to access the Internet via WiFi. This solution should not allow access to the internal corporate network, but it should require guests to sign off on the acceptable use policy before accessing the Internet. Which of the following should the engineer employ to meet these requirements?
A. Implement open PSK on the APs
B. Deploy a WAF
C. Configure WIPS on the APs
D. Install a captive portal
D. Install a captive portal
A security analyst has been asked to investigate a situation after the SOC started to receive alerts from the SIEM. The analyst first looks at the domain controller and finds the following events:
Keyword. Date & Time. Source. Event ID
* Kerberos pre- 12/26/2019 Microsoft Windows 4771
Authentication failed. 11:37:21 PM Security auditing
* Kerberos pre- 12/26/2019 Microsoft Windows 4771
Authentication failed. 11:37:21 PM Security auditing
* Kerberos pre- 12/26/2019 Microsoft Windows 4771
Authentication failed. 11:37:22 PM Security auditing
To better understand what is going on, the analyst runs a command and receives the following output:
Name. Last bad password attempt. badpwdcount
John.Smith 12/26/2019 11:37:21 PM 7
Joe.Jones 12/26/2019 11:37:21 PM 13
Michael.Johnson. 12/26/2019 11:37:22 PM 8
Mary.Wilson 12/26/2019 11:37:22 PM 8
Jane.Brown 12/26/2019 11:37:23 PM 12
Based on the analyst’s findings, which of the following attacks is being executed? A. Credential harvesting B. Keylogger C. Brute-force D. Spraying
D. Spraying
Which of the following cloud models provides clients with servers, storage, and networks but nothing else?
A. SaaS
B. PaaS
C. IaaS
D. DaaS
C. IaaS
A network administrator needs to build out a new datacenter, with a focus on resiliency and uptime. Which of the following would BEST meet this objective? (Choose two.)
A. Dual power supply B. Off-site backups C. Automatic OS upgrades D. NIC teaming E. Scheduled penetration testing F. Network-attached storage
A. Dual power supply
D. NIC teaming
A researcher has been analyzing large data sets for the last ten months. The researcher works with colleagues from other institutions and typically connects via SSH to retrieve additional data. Historically, this setup has worked without issue, but the researcher recently started getting the following message:
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION CHANGED @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
the fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
SHA256: cBqYjal6ToV3jEIJHUSKtjjVziqnVd4Cz+1fhTM6+k4
Please contact your administrator.
RSA host key for 18.231.33.70 has changed and you have requested strict checking
Host key verification failed
Which of the following network attacks is the researcher MOST likely experiencing?
A. MAC cloning
B. Evil twin
C. Man-in-the-middle
D. ARP poisoning
C. Man-in-the-middle
An organization is developing an authentication service for use at the entry and exit ports of country borders. The service will use data feeds obtained from passport systems, passenger manifests, and high-definition video feeds from CCTV systems that are located at the ports. The service will incorporate machine-learning techniques to eliminate biometric enrollment processes while still allowing authorities to identify passengers with increasing accuracy over time. The more frequently passengers travel, the more accurately the service will identify them.
Which of the following biometrics will MOST likely be used, without the need for enrollment? (Choose two.)
A. Voice B. Gait C. Vein D. Facial E. Retina F. Fingerprint
B. Gait
D. Facial
An organization needs to implement more stringent controls over administrator/root credentials and service accounts. Requirements for the project include:
– Check-in/checkout of credentials
– The ability to use but not know the password
– Automated password changes
– Logging of access to credentials
Which of the following solutions would meet the requirements?
A. OAuth 2.0
B. Secure Enclave
C. A privileged access management system
D. An OpenID Connect authentication system
D. An OpenID Connect authentication system
Several employees return to work the day after attending an industry trade show. That same day, the security manager notices several malware alerts coming from each of the employee’s workstations. The security manager investigates but finds no signs of an attack on the perimeter firewall or the NIDS. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the malware alerts?
A. A worm that has propagated itself across the intranet, which was initiated by presentation media
B. A fileless virus that is contained on a vCard that is attempting to execute an attack
C. A Trojan that has passed through and executed malicious code on the hosts
D. A USB flash drive that is trying to run malicious code but is being blocked by the host firewall
A. A worm that has propagated itself across the intranet, which was initiated by presentation media
After reading a security bulletin, a network security manager is concerned that a malicious actor may have breached the network using the same software flaw. The exploit code is publicly available and has been reported as being used against other industries in the same vertical. Which of the following should the network security manager consult FIRST to determine a priority list for forensic review?
A. The vulnerability scan output
B. The IDS logs
C. The full packet capture data
D. The SIEM alerts
A. The vulnerability scan output
A financial organization has adopted a new secure, encrypted document-sharing application to help with its customer loan process. Some important PII needs to be shared across this new platform, but it is getting blocked by the DLP systems. Which of the following actions will BEST allow the PII to be shared with the secure application without compromising the organization’s security posture?
A. Configure the DLP policies to allow all PII
B. Configure the firewall to allow all ports that are used by this application
C. Configure the antivirus software to allow the application
D. Configure the DLP policies to whitelist this application with the specific PII
E. Configure the application to encrypt the PII
E. Configure the application to encrypt the PII
