Train4sure CASP Questions Flashcards
An SQL database is no longer accessible online due to a recent security breach. An investigation reveals that unauthorized access to the database was possible due to an SQL injection vulnerability. To prevent this type of
breach in the future, which of the following security controls should be put in place before bringing the database back online? (Choose two.)
- Secure storage policies
- Browser security updates
- Input validation
- Web application firewall
- Secure coding standards
- Database activity monitoring
- Input validation
- Database activity monitoring
A company has entered into a business agreement with a business partner for managed human resources services. The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has been asked to provide documentation that is required to set up a business-to-business VPN between the two organizations. Which of the following is required in this scenario?
- ISA
- BIA
- SLA
- RA
- ISA
Given the following output from a local PC:
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Which of the following ACLs on a stateful host-based firewall would allow the PC to serve an intranet website?
- Allow 172.30.0.28:80 -> ANY
- Allow 172.30.0.28:80 -> 172.30.0.0/16
- Allow 172.30.0.28:80 -> 172.30.0.28:443
- Allow 172.30.0.28:80 -> 172.30.0.28:53
- Allow 172.30.0.28:80 -> 172.30.0.0/16
A penetration tester has been contracted to conduct a physical assessment of a site. Which of the following is the MOST plausible method of social engineering to be conducted during this engagement?
- Randomly calling customer employees and posing as a help desk technician requiring user password to resolve issues
- Posing as a copier service technician and indicating the equipment had “phoned home” to alert the technician for a service call
- Simulating an illness while at a client location for a sales call and then recovering once listening devices are installed
- Obtaining fake government credentials and impersonating law enforcement to gain access to a company facility
- Posing as a copier service technician and indicating the equipment had “phoned home” to alert the technician for a service call
A penetration tester is conducting an assessment on Comptia.org and runs the following command from a coffee shop while connected to the public Internet:
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Which of the following should the penetration tester conclude about the command output?
- The public/private views on the Comptia.org DNS servers are misconfigured
- Comptia.org is running an older mail server, which may be vulnerable to exploits
- The DNS SPF records have not been updated for Comptia.org
- 192.168.102.67 is a backup mail server that may be more vulnerable to attack
- Comptia.org is running an older mail server, which may be vulnerable to exploits
Two new technical SMB security settings have been enforced and have also become policies that increase secure communications.
- Network Client: Digitally sign communication
- Network Server: Digitally sign communication
A storage administrator in a remote location with a legacy storage array, which contains time-sensitive data, reports employees can no longer connect to their department shares. Which of the following mitigation strategies should an information security manager recommend to the data owner?
- Accept the risk, reverse the settings for the remote location, and have the remote location file a risk exception until the legacy storage device can be upgraded
- Accept the risk for the remote location, and reverse the settings indefinitely since the legacy storage device will not be upgraded
- Mitigate the risk for the remote location by suggesting a move to a cloud service provider. Have the remote location request an indefinite risk exception for the use of cloud storage
- Avoid the risk, leave the settings alone, and decommission the legacy storage device
- Accept the risk, reverse the settings for the remote location, and have the remote location file a risk exception until the legacy storage device can be upgraded
During a security assessment, an organization is advised of inadequate control over network segmentation. The assessor explains that the organization’s reliance on VLANs to segment traffic is insufficient to provide segmentation based on regulatory standards. Which of the following should the organization consider implementing along with VLANs to provide a greater level of segmentation?
- Air gaps
- Access control lists
- Spanning tree protocol
- Network virtualization
- Elastic load balancing
- Air gaps
A security administrator was informed that a server unexpectedly rebooted. The administrator received an export of syslog entries for analysis:
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Which of the following does the log sample indicate? (Choose two.)
- A root user performed an injection attack via kernel module
- Encrypted payroll data was successfully decrypted by the attacker
- Jsmith successfully used a privilege escalation attack
- Payroll data was exfiltrated to an attacker-controlled host
- Buffer overflow in memory paging caused a kernel panic
- Syslog entries were lost due to the host being rebooted
- Jsmith successfully used a privilege escalation attack
- Buffer overflow in memory paging caused a kernel panic
A security incident responder discovers an attacker has gained access to a network and has overwritten key system files with backdoor software. The server was reimaged and patched offline. Which of the following tools should be implemented to detect similar attacks?
- Vulnerability scanner
- TPM
- Host-based firewall
- File integrity monitor
- NIPS
- File integrity monitor
An organization is in the process of integrating its operational technology and information technology areas. As part of the integration, some of the cultural aspects it would like to see include more efficient use of resources during change windows, better protection of critical infrastructure, and the ability to respond to incidents. The following observations have been identified:
- The ICS supplier has specified that any software installed will result in lack of support.
- There is no documented trust boundary defined between the SCADA and corporate networks.
- Operational technology staff have to manage the SCADA equipment via the engineering workstation.
- There is a lack of understanding of what is within the SCADA network.
Which of the following capabilities would BEST improve the security position?
- VNC, router, and HIPS
- SIEM, VPN, and firewall
- Proxy, VPN, and WAF
- IDS, NAC, and log monitoring
- VNC, router, and HIPS
An internal penetration tester was assessing a recruiting page for potential issues before it was pushed to the production website. The penetration tester discovers an issue that must be corrected before the page goes live. The web host administrator collects the log files below and gives them to the development team so improvements can be made to the security design of the website.
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Which of the following types of attack vector did the penetration tester use?
- SQL injection
- CSRF
- Brute force
- XSS
- TOC/TOU
- CSRF
After embracing a BYOD policy, a company is faced with new security challenges from unmanaged mobile devices and laptops. The company’s IT department has seen a large number of the following incidents:
- Duplicate IP addresses
- Rogue network devices
- Infected systems probing the company’s network
Which of the following should be implemented to remediate the above issues? (Choose two.)
- Port security
- Route protection
- NAC
- HIPS
- NIDS
- Route protection
- NAC
Following a security assessment, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is reviewing the results of the assessment and evaluating potential risk treatment strategies. As part of the CISO’s evaluation, a judgment of potential impact based on the identified risk is performed. To prioritize response actions, the CISO uses past experience to take into account the exposure factor as well as the external accessibility of the weakness identified. Which of the following is the CISO performing?
- Documentation of lessons learned
- Quantitative risk assessment
- Qualitative assessment of risk
- Business impact scoring
- Threat modeling
- Quantitative risk assessment
A recent assessment identified that several users’ mobile devices are running outdated versions of endpoint security software that do not meet the company’s security policy. Which of the following should be performed to ensure the users can access the network and meet the company’s security requirements?
- Vulnerability assessment
- Risk assessment
- Patch management
- Device quarantine
- Incident management
- Patch management
A systems administrator at a medical imaging company discovers protected health information (PHI) on a general purpose file server. Which of the following steps should the administrator take NEXT?
- Isolate all of the PHI on its own VLAN and keep it segregated at Layer 2
- Immediately encrypt all PHI with AES 256
- Delete all PHI from the network until the legal department is consulted
- Consult the legal department to determine legal requirements
- Immediately encrypt all PHI with AES 256
A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is reviewing the results of a gap analysis with an outside cybersecurity consultant. The gap analysis reviewed all procedural and technical controls and found the following:
- High-impact controls implemented: 6 out of 10
- Medium-impact controls implemented: 409 out of 472
- Low-impact controls implemented: 97 out of 1000
The report includes a cost-benefit analysis for each control gap. The analysis yielded the following information:
- Average high-impact control implementation cost: $15,000; Probable ALE for each high-impact control gap: $95,000
- Average medium-impact control implementation cost: $6,250; Probable ALE for each medium-impact control
gap: $11,000
Due to the technical construction and configuration of the corporate enterprise, slightly more than 50% of the
medium-impact controls will take two years to fully implement. Which of the following conclusions could the
CISO draw from the analysis?
- Too much emphasis has been placed on eliminating low-risk vulnerabilities in the past
- The enterprise security team has focused exclusively on mitigating high-level risks
- Because of the significant ALE for each high-risk vulnerability, efforts should be focused on those controls
- The cybersecurity team has balanced residual risk for both high and medium controls
- Because of the significant ALE for each high-risk vulnerability, efforts should be focused on those controls
A financial consulting firm recently recovered from some damaging incidents that were associated with malware installed via rootkit. Post-incident analysis is ongoing, and the incident responders and systems administrators are working to determine a strategy to reduce the risk of recurrence. The firm’s systems are running modern operating systems and feature UEFI and TPMs. Which of the following technical options would provide the MOST preventive value?
- Update and deploy GPOs
- Configure and use measured boot
- Strengthen the password complexity requirements
- Update the antivirus software and definitions
- Update the antivirus software and definitions
The risk subcommittee of a corporate board typically maintains a master register of the most prominent risks to the company. A centralized holistic view of risk is particularly important to the corporate Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) because:
- IT systems are maintained in silos to minimize interconnected risks and provide clear risk boundaries used to implement compensating controls
- risks introduced by a system in one business unit can affect other business units in ways in which the individual business units have no awareness
- corporate general counsel requires a single system boundary to determine overall corporate risk exposure
- major risks identified by the subcommittee merit the prioritized allocation of scare funding to address cybersecurity concerns
- IT systems are maintained in silos to minimize interconnected risks and provide clear risk boundaries used to implement compensating controls
An insurance company has two million customers and is researching the top transactions on its customer portal. It identifies that the top transaction is currently password reset. Due to users not remembering their secret questions, a large number of calls are consequently routed to the contact center for manual password resets. The business wants to develop a mobile application to improve customer engagement in the future, continue with a single factor of authentication, minimize management overhead of the solution, remove passwords, and eliminate to the contact center. Which of the following techniques would BEST meet the requirements? (Choose two.)
- Magic link sent to an email address
- Customer ID sent via push notification
- SMS with OTP sent to a mobile number
- Third-party social login
- Certificate sent to be installed on a device
- Hardware tokens sent to customers
- SMS with OTP sent to a mobile number
- Certificate sent to be installed on a device
The board of a financial services company has requested that the senior security analyst acts as a cybersecurity advisor in order to comply with recent federal legislation. The analyst is required to give a report on current cybersecurity and threat trends in the financial services industry at the next board meeting. Which of the following would be the BEST methods to prepare this report? (Choose two.)
- Review the CVE database for critical exploits over the past year
- Use social media to contact industry analysts
- Use intelligence gathered from the Internet relay chat channels
- Request information from security vendors and government agencies
- Perform a penetration test of the competitor’s network and share the results with the board
- Review the CVE database for critical exploits over the past year
- Request information from security vendors and government agencies
Management is reviewing the results of a recent risk assessment of the organization’s policies and procedures. During the risk assessment it is determined that procedures associated with background checks have not been effectively implemented. In response to this risk, the organization elects to revise policies and procedures related to background checks and use a third-party to perform background checks on all new employees. Which of the following risk management strategies has the organization employed?
- Transfer
- Mitigate
- Accept
- Avoid
- Reject
- Mitigate
An advanced threat emulation engineer is conducting testing against a client’s network. The engineer conducts the testing in as realistic a manner as possible. Consequently, the engineer has been gradually ramping up the volume of attacks over a long period of time. Which of the following combinations of techniques would the engineer MOST likely use in this testing? (Choose three.)
- Black box testing
- Gray box testing
- Code review
- Social engineering
- Vulnerability assessment
- Pivoting
- Self-assessment
- White teaming
- External auditing
- Black box testing
- Vulnerability assessment
- Pivoting
A security engineer must establish a method to assess compliance with company security policies as they apply to the unique configuration of individual endpoints, as well as to the shared configuration policies of common
devices.
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Which of the following tools is the security engineer using to produce the above output?
- Vulnerability scanner
- SIEM
- Port scanner
- SCAP scanner
- SCAP scanner
A newly hired systems administrator is trying to connect a new and fully updated, but very customized, Android device to access corporate resources. However, the MDM enrollment process continually fails. The administrator asks a security team member to look into the issue. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason the MDM is not allowing enrollment?
- The OS version is not compatible
- The OEM is prohibited
- The device does not support FDE
- The device is rooted
- The device is rooted