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NEW QUESTION 2
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
NEW QUESTION 4
A cybersecurity department purchased o new PAM solution. The team is planning to randomize the service account credentials of the Windows server first. Which
of the following would be the BEST method to increase the security on the Linux server?
A. Randomize the shared credentials
B. Use only guest accounts to connect.
C. Use SSH keys and remove generic passwords
D. Remove all user accounts.
C
NEW QUESTION 7 A security analyst reviews the datacenter access logs for a fingerprint scanner and notices an abundance of errors that correlate with users' reports of issues accessing the facility. Which of the following MOST likely the cause of the cause of the access issues? A. False rejection B. Cross-over error rate C. Efficacy rale D. Attestation
B or A? or ??
NEW QUESTION 8 A global pandemic is forcing a private organization to close some business units and reduce staffing at others. Which of the following would be BEST to help the organization’s executives determine the next course of action? A. An incident response plan B. A communications plan C. A disaster recovery plan D. A business continuity plan
D
NEW QUESTION 9 A small company that does not have security staff wants to improve its security posture. Which of the following would BEST assist the company? A. MSSP B. SOAR C. IaaS D. PaaS
B
key: security posture
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NEW QUESTION 10
A user recently entered a username and password into a recruiting application website that had been forged to look like the legitimate site Upon investigation, a
security analyst the identifies the following:
• The legitimate websites IP address is 10.1.1.20 and eRecruit local resolves to the IP
• The forged website’s IP address appears to be 10.2.12.99. based on NetFtow records
• AH three at the organization’s DNS servers show the website correctly resolves to the legitimate IP
• DNS query logs show one of the three DNS servers returned a result of 10.2.12.99 (cached) at the approximate time of the suspected compromise.
Which of the following MOST likely occurred?
A. A reverse proxy was used to redirect network traffic
B. An SSL strip MITM attack was performed
C. An attacker temporarily pawned a name server
D. An ARP poisoning attack was successfully executed
B
NEW QUESTION 10
A user contacts the help desk to report the following:
Two days ago, a pop-up browser window prompted the user for a name and password after connecting to the corporate wireless SSID. This had never
happened before, but the user entered the information as requested.
The user was able to access the Internet but had trouble accessing the department share until the next day.
The user is now getting notifications from the bank about unauthorized transactions. Which of the following attack vectors was MOST likely used in this
scenario?
A. Rogue access point
B. Evil twin
C. DNS poisoning
D. ARP poisoning
A
A security analyst is performing a packet capture on a series of SOAP HTTP requests for a security assessment. The analyst redirects the output to a file After the capture is complete, the analyst needs to review the first transactions quickly and then search the entire series of requests for a particular string Which of the following would be BEST to use to accomplish the task? (Select TWO). A. head B. Tcpdump C. grep D. rail E. curl F. openssi G. dd
AB
NEW QUESTION 20 A security analyst receives the configuration of a current VPN profile and notices the authentication is only applied to the IP datagram portion of the packet. Which of the following should the analyst implement to authenticate the entire packet? A. AH B. ESP C. SRTP D. LDAP
B (A???
NEW QUESTION 31
A recently discovered zero-day exploit utilizes an unknown vulnerability in the SMB network protocol to rapidly infect computers. Once infected, computers are encrypted and held for ransom. Which of the following would BEST prevent this attack from reoccurring?
A. Configure the perimeter firewall to deny inbound external connections to SMB ports.
B. Ensure endpoint detection and response systems are alerting on suspicious SMB connections.
C. Deny unauthenticated users access to shared network folders.
D. Verify computers are set to install monthly operating system, updates automatically.
A
NEW QUESTION 37 A symmetric encryption algorithm Is BEST suited for: A. key-exchange scalability. B. protecting large amounts of data. C. providing hashing capabilities, D. implementing non-repudiation.
B or D??
NEW QUESTION 44
Joe, a user at a company, clicked an email link led to a website that infected his workstation. Joe, was connected to the network, and the virus spread to the network shares. The protective measures failed to stop this virus, and It has continues to evade detection. Which of the following should administrator implement to protect the environment from this malware?
A. Install a definition-based antivirus.
B. Implement an IDS/IPS
C. Implement a heuristic behavior-detection solution.
D. Implement CASB to protect the network shares.
C
NEW QUESTION 60
A smart retail business has a local store and a newly established and growing online storefront. A recent storm caused a power outage to the business and the local ISP, resulting in several hours of lost sales and delayed order processing. The business owner now needs to ensure two things:
* Protection from power outages
* Always-available connectivity In case of an outage
The owner has decided to implement battery backups for the computer equipment Which of the following would BEST fulfill the owner’s second need?
A. Lease a point-to-point circuit to provide dedicated access.
B. Connect the business router to its own dedicated UPS.
C. Purchase services from a cloud provider for high availability
D. Replace the business’s wired network with a wireless network.
C
NEW QUESTION 61 A security analyst needs to implement an MDM solution for BYOD users that will allow the company to retain control over company emails residing on the devices and limit data exfiltration that might occur if the devices are lost or stolen. Which of the following would BEST meet these requirements?(Select TWO) A. Full-device encryption B. Network usage rules C. Geofencing D. Containerization E. Application whitelisting F. Remote control
AB or DF?
NEW QUESTION 62 Which of the following organizational policies are MOST likely to detect fraud that is being conducted by existing employees? (Select TWO). A. Offboarding B. Mandatory vacation C. Job rotation D. Background checks E. Separation of duties F. Acceptable use
BC
Which of the following should be put in place when negotiating with a new vendor about the timeliness of the response to a significant outage or incident? A. MOU B. MTTR C. SLA D. NDA
C
NEW QUESTION 69
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
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NEW QUESTION 73
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:
4771登入失敗紀錄
To better understand what is going on, the analyst runs a command and receives the following output:
一堆帳號和登入失敗次數
Based on the analyst’s findings, which of the following attacks is being executed?
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
NEW QUESTION 74 Which of the following is a team of people dedicated testing the effectiveness of organizational security programs by emulating the techniques of potential attackers? A. Red team B. While team C. Blue team D. Purple team
A
NEW QUESTION 77
A company’s bank has reported that multiple corporate credit cards have been stolen over the past several weeks. The bank has provided the names of the
affected cardholders to the company’s forensics team to assist in the cyber-incident investigation.
An incident responder learns the following information:
The timeline of stolen card numbers corresponds closely with affected users making Internet-based purchases from diverse websites via enterprise desktop
PCs.
All purchase connections were encrypted, and the company uses an SSL inspection proxy for the inspection of encrypted traffic of the hardwired network.
Purchases made with corporate cards over the corporate guest WiFi network, where no SSL inspection occurs, were unaffected.
Which of the following is the MOST likely root cause?
A. HTTPS sessions are being downgraded to insecure cipher suites
B. The SSL inspection proxy is feeding events to a compromised SIEM
C. The payment providers are insecurely processing credit card charges
D. The adversary has not yet established a presence on the guest WiFi network
C
NEW QUESTION 78 Which of the following describes the ability of code to target a hypervisor from inside A. Fog computing B. VM escape C. Software-defined networking D. Image forgery E. Container breakout
B
NEW QUESTION 81 A development team employs a practice of bringing all the code changes from multiple team members into the same development project through automation. A tool is utilized to validate the code and track source code through version control. Which of the following BEST describes this process? A. Continuous delivery B. Continuous integration C. Continuous validation D. Continuous monitoring
B
NEW QUESTION 84 A security manager for a retailer needs to reduce the scope of a project to comply with PCI DSS. The PCI data is located in different offices than where credit cards are accepted. All the offices are connected via MPLS back to the primary datacenter. Which of the following should the security manager implement to achieve the objective? A. Segmentation B. Containment C. Geofencing D. Isolation
A
NEW QUESTION 86
A security engineer needs to Implement the following requirements:
• All Layer 2 switches should leverage Active Directory tor authentication.
• All Layer 2 switches should use local fallback authentication If Active Directory Is offline.
• All Layer 2 switches are not the same and are manufactured by several vendors.
Which of the following actions should the engineer take to meet these requirements? (Select TWO).
A. Implement RADIUS.
B. Configure AAA on the switch with local login as secondary.
C. Configure port security on the switch with the secondary login method.
D. Implement TACACS+
E. Enable the local firewall on the Active Directory server.
F. Implement a DHCP server.
AB
NEW QUESTION 91
Which of the following scenarios BEST describes a risk reduction technique?
A. A security control objective cannot be met through a technical change, so the company purchases insurance and is no longer concerned about losses from data
breaches.
B. A security control objective cannot be met through a technical change, so the company implements a policy to train users on a more secure method of
operation.
C. A security control objective cannot be met through a technical change, so the company changes as method of operation
D. A security control objective cannot be met through a technical change, so the Chief Information Officer (CIO) decides to sign off on the risk.
B
NEW QUESTION 95 An organization with a low tolerance for user inconvenience wants to protect laptop hard drives against loss or data theft. Which of the following would be the MOST acceptable? A. SED B. HSM C. DLP D. TPM
A
NEW QUESTION 99
A well-known organization has been experiencing attacks from APTs. The organization is concerned that custom malware is being created and emailed into the company or installed on USB sticks that are dropped in parking lots. Which of the following is the BEST defense against this scenario?
A. Configuring signature-based antivirus io update every 30 minutes
B. Enforcing S/MIME for email and automatically encrypting USB drives upon insertion.
C. Implementing application execution in a sandbox for unknown software.
D. Fuzzing new files for vulnerabilities if they are not digitally signed
C
NEW QUESTION 101
An organization has a growing workforce that is mostly driven by additions to the sales department. Each newly hired salesperson relies on a mobile device to conduct business. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is wondering it the organization may need to scale down just as quickly as it scaled up. The ClO is also concerned about the organization’s security and customer privacy. Which of the following would be BEST to address the ClO’s concerns?
A. Disallow new hires from using mobile devices for six months
B. Select four devices for the sales department to use in a CYOD model
C. Implement BYOD for the sales department while leveraging the MDM
D. Deploy mobile devices using the COPE methodology
C
NEW QUESTION 106
A company has limited storage available and online presence that cannot for more than four hours. Which of the following backup methodologies should the company implement to allow for the FASTEST database restore time In the event of a failure, which being maindful of the limited available storage space?
A. Implement fulltape backup every Sunday at 8:00 p.m and perform nightly tape rotations.
B. Implement different backups every Sunday at 8:00 and nightly incremental backups at 8:00 p.m
C. Implement nightly full backups every Sunday at 8:00 p.m
D. Implement full backups every Sunday at 8:00 p.m and nightly differential backups at 8:00
B
NEW QUESTION 118 The manager who is responsible for a data set has asked a security engineer to apply encryption to the data on a hard disk. The security engineer is an example of a: A. data controller. B. data owner C. data custodian. D. data processor
D
After entering a username and password, and administrator must gesture on a touch screen. Which of the following demonstrates what the administrator is providing? A. Multifactor authentication B. Something you can do C. Biometric D. Two-factor authentication
D
NEW QUESTION 133 An organization suffered an outage and a critical system took 90 minutes to come back online. Though there was no data loss during the outage, the expectation was that the critical system would be available again within 60 minutes Which of the following is the 60-minute expectation an example of: A. MTBF B. RPO C. MTTR D. RTO
D
NEW QUESTION 152 A cybersecurity administrator needs to add disk redundancy for a critical server. The solution must have a two- drive failure for better fault tolerance. Which of the following RAID levels should the administrator select? A. 0 B. 1 C.5 D.6
B or D
NEW QUESTION 156
A security modern may have occurred on the desktop PC of an organization’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) A duplicate copy of the CEO’s hard drive must be stored securely to ensure appropriate forensic processes and the chain of custody are followed. Which of the following should be performed to accomplish this task?
A. Install a new hard drive in the CEO’s PC, and then remove the old hard drive and place it in a tamper-evident bag
B. Connect a write blocker to the hard drive Then leveraging a forensic workstation, utilize the dd command m a live Linux environment to create a duplicate copy
C. Remove the CEO’s hard drive from the PC, connect to the forensic workstation, and copy all the contents onto a remote fileshare while the CEO watches
D. Refrain from completing a forensic analysts of the CEO’s hard drive until after the incident is confirmed, duplicating the hard drive at this stage could destroy evidence
D or B?
NEW QUESTION 159 A network engineer notices the VPN concentrator overloaded and crashes on days when there are a lot of remote workers. Senior management has placed greater importance on the availability of VPN resources for the remote workers than the security of the end users’ traffic. Which of the following would be BEST to solve this issue? A. iPSec B. Always On C. Split tunneling D. L2TP
B
NEW QUESTION 161 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
NEW QUESTION 165 A company is launching a new internet platform for its clients. The company does not want to implement its own authorization solution but instead wants to rely on the authorization provided by another platform. Which of the following is the BEST approach to implement the desired solution? A. OAuth B. TACACS+ C. SAML D. RADIUS
A?
NEW QUESTION 167 In the middle of a cybersecurity, a security engineer removes the infected devices from the network and lock down all compromised accounts. In which of the following incident response phases is the security engineer currently operating? A. Identification B. Preparation C. Eradiction D. Recovery E. Containment
D? or C or E應該是C
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NEW QUESTION 172
Which of the following are requirements that must be configured for PCI DSS compliance? (Select TWO).
A. Testing security systems and processes regularly
B. Installing and maintaining a web proxy to protect cardholder data
C. Assigning a unique ID to each person with computer access
D. Encrypting transmission of cardholder data across private networks
E. Benchmarking security awareness training for contractors
F. Using vendor-supplied default passwords for system passwords
AC
12req
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1.Install and maintain a firewall configuration to protect cardholder data
2.Do not use vendor-supplied defaults for system passwords and other security parameters
3.Protect stored cardholder data
4.Encrypt transmission of cardholder data across open, public networks
5.Use and regularly update anti-virus software or programs
6.Develop and maintain secure systems and applications
7.Restrict access to cardholder data by business need to know
8.Assign a unique ID to each person with computer access
9.Restrict physical access to cardholder data
10.Track and monitor all access to network resources and cardholder data
11.Regularly test security systems and processes
12.Maintain a policy that addresses information security for all personnel
NEW QUESTION 174
The SOC is reviewing process and procedures after a recent incident. The review indicates it took more than 30 minutes to determine that quarantining an infected host was the best course of action. The allowed the malware to spread to additional hosts before it was contained. Which of the following would be BEST to improve the incident response process?
A. Updating the playbooks with better decision points
B. Dividing the network into trusted and untrusted zones
C. Providing additional end-user training on acceptable use
D. Implementing manual quarantining of infected hosts
A
NEW QUESTION 179 A security analyst is reviewing information regarding recent vulnerabilities. Which of the following will the analyst MOST likely consult to validate which platforms have been affected? A. OSINT B. SIEM C. CVSS D. CVE
D
NEW QUESTION 186
Which of the following scenarios would make a DNS sinkhole effective in thwarting an attack?
A. An attacker is sniffing traffic to port 53, and the server is managed using unencrypted usernames and passwords.
B. An organization is experiencing excessive traffic on port 53 and suspects an attacker is trying to DoS the domain name server.
C. Malware trying to resolve an unregistered domain name to determine if it is running in an isolated sandbox
D. Routing tables have been compromised, and an attacker is rerouting traffic to malicious websites
C
NEW QUESTION 191
The IT department’s on-site developer has been with the team for many years. Each time an application is released, the security team is able to identify multiple vulnerabilities. Which of the following would BEST help the team ensure the application is ready to be released to production?
A. Limit the use of third-party libraries.
B. Prevent data exposure queries.
C. Obfuscate the source code.
D. Submit the application to QA before releasing it.
D
NEW QUESTION 195 Which of the following allows for functional test data to be used in new systems for testing and training purposes to protect the read data? A. Data encryption B. Data masking C. Data deduplication D. Data minimization
B
譯自英文-數據遮罩或數據混淆是用修改後的內容隱藏原始數據的過程 對數據字段應用屏蔽的主要原因是保護分類為個人身份信息，敏感個人數據或商業敏感數據的數據。但是，數據必須保持可用，以進行有效的測試週期。它還必須看起來真實而出現一致。將掩碼應用於在公司生產系統外部表示的數據更為常見。
NEW QUESTION 196
The Chief Security Officer (CSO) at a major hospital wants to implement SSO to help improve in the environment patient data, particularly at shared terminals. The Chief Risk Officer (CRO) is concerned that training and guidance have been provided to frontline staff, and a risk analysis has not been performed. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the CRO’s concerns?
A. SSO would simplify username and password management, making it easier for hackers to pass guess accounts.
B. SSO would reduce password fatigue, but staff would still need to remember more complex passwords.
C. SSO would reduce the password complexity for frontline staff.
D. SSO would reduce the resilience and availability of system if the provider goes offline.
D
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NEW QUESTION 197
An organization has implemented a policy requiring the use of conductive metal lockboxes for personal electronic devices outside of a secure research lab. Which of the following did the organization determine to be the GREATEST risk to intellectual property when creating this policy?
A. The theft of portable electronic devices
B. Geotagging in the metadata of images
C. Bluesnarfing of mobile devices
D. Data exfiltration over a mobile hotspot
D
NEW QUESTION 202 A retail executive recently accepted a job with a major competitor. The following week, a security analyst reviews the security logs and identifies successful logon attempts to access the departed executive's accounts. Which of the following security practices would have addressed the issue? A. A non-disclosure agreement B. Least privilege C. An acceptable use policy D. Ofboarding
D
NEW QUESTION 206 When selecting a technical solution for identity management, an architect chooses to go from an in-house to a third-party SaaS provider. Which of the following risk management strategies is this an example of? A. Acceptance B. Mitigation C. Avoidance D. Transference
D
NEW QUESTION 219 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
NEW QUESTION 222 Which of the following will provide the BEST physical security countermeasures to stop intruders? (Select TWO.) A. Alarms B. Signage C. Lighting D. Mantraps E. Fencing F. Sensors
DE
NEW QUESTION 232 A company has determined that if its computer-based manufacturing is not functioning for 12 consecutive hours, it will lose more money that it costs to maintain the equipment. Which of the following must be less than 12 hours to maintain a positive total cost of ownership? A. MTBF B. RPO C. RTO D. MTTR
C
NEW QUESTION 233 A user reports constant lag and performance issues with the wireless network when working at a local coffee shop. A security analyst walks the user through an installation of Wireshark and get a five-minute pcap to analyze. The analyst observes the following output: 反正就是三行deauthencation Which of the following attacks does the analyst MOST likely see in this packet capture? A. Session replay B. Evil twin C. Bluejacking D. ARP poisoning
B
NEW QUESTION 6
A security analyst is performing a forensic investigation compromised account credentials. Using the Event Viewer, the analyst able to detect the following message, ‘’Special privileges assigned to new login.’’ Several of these messages did not have a valid logon associated with the user before these privileges were assigned. Which of the following attacks is MOST likely being detected?
A. Pass-the-hash
B. Buffer overflow
C. Cross-site scripting
D. Session replay
A
