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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
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D
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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.
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C
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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
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B or A? or ??
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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
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D
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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
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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
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B
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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
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A
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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
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AB
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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
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B (A???
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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.
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A
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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.
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B or D??
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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.
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C
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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.
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C
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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
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AB or DF?
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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
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BC
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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
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C
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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
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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
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D
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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
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A
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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
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C
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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
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B
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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
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B
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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
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A
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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.
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AB
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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
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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
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A
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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
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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
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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
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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
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D
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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
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D
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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
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D
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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
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B or D
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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?
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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
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B
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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
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B
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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
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A?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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D
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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
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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
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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
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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。
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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
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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
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D
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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
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D
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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
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D
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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
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DE
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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
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C
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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
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B
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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
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NEW QUESTION 7
A workwide manufacturing company has been experiencing email account compromised. In one incident, a user logged in from the corporate office in France, but then seconds later, the same user account attempted a login from Brazil. Which of the following account policies would BEST prevent this type of attack?
A. Network location
B. Impossible travel time
C. Geolocation
D. Geofencing
D?
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NEW QUESTION 8
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an organization would like staff members to have the flexibility to work from home anytime during business hours, incident during a pandemic or crisis, However, the CEO is concerned that some staff members may take advantage of the of the flexibility and work from high-risk countries while on holidays work to a third-party organization in another country. The Chief information Officer (CIO) believes the company can implement some basic to mitigate the majority of the risk. Which of the following would be BEST to mitigate CEO’s concern? (Select TWO).
A. Geolocation
B. Time-of-day restrictions
C. Certificates
D. Tokens
E. Geotagging
F. Role-based access controls
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AB
A,B correct - "work from home anytime during business hours"
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Geolocation(1) vs Geotagging(2) vs Geofencing(3)
1. Locates you, mostly your smartphone, via GPS location feature.
2. Puts geographical info. on files, i.e. pictures.
3. When enabled, If application on mobile device isn't within permitted area. It would not function.
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NEW QUESTION 9
Which of the following algorithms has the SMALLEST key size?
A. DES
B. Twofish
C. RSA
D. AES
B
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NEW QUESTION 235
An organization hired a consultant to assist with an active attack, and the consultant was able to identify the compromised accounts and computers. Which of the following is the consultant MOST likely to recommend to prepare for eradication?
A. Quarantining the compromised accounts and computers, only providing them with network access
B. Segmenting the compromised accounts and computers into a honeynet so as to not alert the attackers.
C. Isolating the compromised accounts and computers, cutting off all network and internet access.
D. Logging off and deleting the compromised accounts and computers to eliminate attacker access.
B or C
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NEW QUESTION 237
A Chief Security Officer (CSO) is concerned about the amount of PII that is stored locally on each salesperson’s laptop. The sales department has a higher-thanaverage rate of lost equipment. Which of the following recommendations would BEST address the CSO’s concern?
A. Deploy an MDM solution.
B. Implement managed FDE.
C. Replace all hard drives with SEDs.
D. Install DLP agents on each laptop.
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A or B
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NEW QUESTION 242
The CSIRT is reviewing the lessons learned from a recent incident. A worm was able to spread unhindered throughout the network and infect a large number of computers and servers. Which of the following recommendations would be BEST to mitigate the impacts of a similar incident in the future?
A. Install a NIDS device at the boundary.
B. Segment the network with firewalls.
C. Update all antivirus signatures daily.
D. Implement application blacklisting.
B
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NEW QUESTION 243
A small business just recovered from a ransomware attack against its file servers by purchasing the decryption keys from the attackers. The issue was triggered by a phishing email and the IT administrator wants to ensure it does not happen again. Which of the following should the IT administrator do FIRST after recovery?
A. Scan the NAS for residual or dormant malware and take new daily backups that are tested on a frequent basis
B. Restrict administrative privileges and patch ail systems and applications.
C. Rebuild all workstations and install new antivirus software
D. Implement application whitelisting and perform user application hardening
A ?????????
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NEW QUESTION 247
A security analyst discovers that a company username and password database was posted on an internet forum. The username and passwords are stored in plain text. Which of the following would mitigate the damage done by this type of data exfiltration in the future?
A. Create DLP controls that prevent documents from leaving the network
B. Implement salting and hashing
C. Configure the web content filter to block access to the forum.
D. Increase password complexity requirements
B
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NEW QUESTION 2
Which of the following describes the BEST approach for deploying application patches?
A. Apply the patches to systems in a testing environment then to systems in a staging environment, and finally to production systems.
B. Test the patches in a staging environment, develop against them in the development environment, andthen apply them to the production systems
C. Test the patches m a test environment apply them to the production systems and then apply them to a staging environment
D. Apply the patches to the production systems apply them in a staging environment, and then test all of them in a testing environment
A
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NEW QUESTION 8
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
D
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NEW QUESTION 9
A network engineer is troubleshooting wireless network connectivity issues that were reported by users. The issues are occurring only in the section of the building that is closest to the parking lot. Users are intermittently experiencing slow speeds when accessing websites and are unable to connect to network drives. The issues appear to increase when laptop users return desks after using their devices in other areas of the building. There have also been reports of users being required to enter their credentials on web pages in order to gain access to them. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?
A. An external access point is engaging in an evil-twin attack.
B. The signal on the WAP needs to be increased in that section of the building.
C. The certificates have expired on the devices and need to be reinstalled.
D. The users in that section of the building are on a VLAN that is being blocked by the firewall.
A
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NEW QUESTION 10
A security administrator currently spends a large amount of time on common security tasks, such aa report generation, phishing investigations, and user provisioning and deprovisioning This prevents the administrator from spending time on other security projects. The business does not have the budget to add more staff members. Which of the following should the administrator implement?
A. DAC
B. ABAC
C. SCAP
D. SOAR
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D
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NEW QUESTION 10
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 or D
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NEW QUESTION 25
A security engineer is reviewing log files after a third discovered usernames and passwords for the organization’s accounts. The engineer sees there was a change in the IP address for a vendor website one earlier. This change lasted eight hours. Which of the following attacks was MOST likely used?
A. Man-in- the middle
B. Spear-phishing
C. Evil twin
D. DNS poising
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D
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NEW QUESTION 28
A security analyst needs to determine how an attacker was able to use User3 to gain a foothold within a company's network. The company's lockout policy requires that an account be locked out for a minimum of 15 minutes after three unsuccessful attempts. While reviewing the log files, the analyst discovers the following:
user1 try 3次被鎖
user2 try 3次被鎖
user3 try 3次登入
user4 try 3次登入
Which of the following attacks MOST likely occurred?
A. Dictionary
B. Credential-stuffing
C. Password-spraying
D. Brute-force
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C
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NEW QUESTION 118
A recent malware outbreak across a subnet included successful rootkit installations on many PCs, ensuring persistence by rendering remediation efforts ineffective. Which of the following would BEST detect the presence of a rootkit in the future?
A. FDE
B. NIDS
C. EDR
D. DLP
```
C
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NEW QUESTION 119
A cybersecurity administrator has a reduced team and needs to operate an on-premises network and security infrastructure efficiently. To help with the situation, the administrator decides to hire a service provider. Which of the following should the administrator use?
A. SDP
B. AAA
C. IaaS
D. MSSP
E. Microservices
```
D
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NEW QUESTION 132
Which of the following policies would help an organization identify and mitigate potential single points of failure in the company’s IT/security operations?
A. Least privilege
B. Awareness training
C. Separation of duties
D. Mandatory vacation
```
C
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NEW QUESTION 144
Which of the following technical controls is BEST suited for the detection and prevention of buffer overflows on hosts?
A. DLP
B. HIDS
C. EDR
D. NIPS
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C
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NEW QUESTION 152
Local guidelines require that all information systems meet a minimum-security baseline to be compliant. Which of the following can security administrators use to assess their system configurations against the baseline?
A. SOAR playbook
B. Security control matrix
C. Risk management framework
D. Benchmarks
```
D
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NEW QUESTION 168
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
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NEW QUESTION 170
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
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NEW QUESTION 190
Which of the following types of controls is a turnstile?
A. Physical
B. Detective
C. Corrective
D. Technical
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B
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NEW QUESTION 199
Under GDPR, which of the following is MOST responsible for the protection of privacy and website user rights?
A. The data protection officer
B. The data processor
C. The data owner
D. The data controller
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C or D?
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A consultant is configuring a vulnerability scanner for a large, global organization in multiple countries. The consultant will be using a service account to scan systems with administrative privileges on a weekly basis, but there is a concern that hackers could gain access to the account and pivot throughout the global network. Which of the following would be BEST to help mitigate this concern?
A. Create different accounts for each region, each configured with push MFA notifications.
B. Create one global administrator account and enforce Kerberos authentication.
C. Create different accounts for each region, limit their logon times, and alert on risky logins.
D. Create a guest account for each region, remember the last ten passwords, and block password reuse.
A
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NEW QUESTION 206
A small business just recovered from a ransomware attack against its file servers by purchasing the decryption keys from the attackers. The issue was triggered by a phishing email and the IT administrator wants to ensure it does not happen again. Which of the following should the IT administrator do FIRST after recovery?
A. Scan the NAS for residual or dormant malware and take new daily backups that are tested on a frequent basis
B. Restrict administrative privileges and patch ail systems and applications.
C. Rebuild all workstations and install new antivirus software
D. Implement application whitelisting and perform user application hardening
A
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NEW QUESTION 207
A company has drafted an insider-threat policy that prohibits the use of external storage devices. Which of the following would BEST protect the company from data exfiltration via removable media?
A. Monitoring large data transfer transactions in the firewall logs
B. Developing mandatory training to educate employees about the removable media policy
C. Implementing a group policy to block user access to system files
D. Blocking removable-media devices and write capabilities using a host-based security tool
D
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NEW QUESTION 209
An engineer wants to access sensitive data from a corporate-owned mobile device. Personal data is not allowed on the device. Which of the following MDM configurations must be considered when the engineer travels for business?
A. Screen locks
B. Application management
C. Geofencing
D. Containerization
Answer: D
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D
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NEW QUESTION 1
Which of the following control sets should a well-written BCP include? (Select THREE)
A. Preventive
B. Detective
C. Deterrent
D. Corrective
E. Compensating
F. Physical
G. Recovery
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ADG
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NEW QUESTION 10
An enterprise has hired an outside security firm to conduct penetration testing on its network and applications. The firm has only been given the documentation available to the customers of the applications. Which of the following BEST represents the type of testing that will occur?
A. Bug bounty
B. Black-box
C. Gray-box
D. White-box
```
A
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NEW QUESTION 16
A company recently experienced a data breach and the source was determined to be an executive who was charging a phone in a public area. Which of the following would MOST likely have prevented this breach?
A. A firewall
B. A device pin
C. A USB data blocker
D. Biometrics
```
C
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NEW QUESTION 37
After a ransomware attack a forensics company needs to review a cryptocurrency transaction between the victim and the attacker. Which of the following will the company MOST likely review to trace this transaction?
A. The public ledger
B. The NetFlow data
C. A checksum
D. The event log
```
A
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NEW QUESTION 66
The facilities supervisor for a government agency is concerned about unauthorized access to environmental systems in the event the staff WiFi network is breached. Which of the blowing would BEST address this security concern?
A. install a smart meter on the staff WiFi.
B. Place the environmental systems in the same DHCP scope as the staff WiFi.
C. Implement Zigbee on the staff WiFi access points.
D. Segment the staff WiFi network from the environmental systems network.
D
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NEW QUESTION 79
A document that appears to be malicious has been discovered in an email that was sent to a company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Which of the following would be BEST to allow a security analyst to gather information and confirm it is a malicious document without executing any code it may contain?
A. Open the document on an air-gapped network
B. View the document's metadata for origin clues
C. Search for matching file hashes on malware websites
D. Detonate the document in an analysis sandbox
D or B or C
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NEW QUESTION 98
An analyst needs to set up a method for securely transferring files between systems. One of the requirements is to authenticate the IP header and the payload.
Which of the following services would BEST meet the criteria?
A. TLS
B. PFS
C. ESP
D. AH
C or D?
| 基本上參考IPsec，答案會是D拉
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NEW QUESTION 102
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
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NEW QUESTION 119
A user is concerned that a web application will not be able to handle unexpected or random input without crashing. Which of the following BEST describes the type of testing the user should perform?
A. Code signing
B. Fuzzing
C. Manual code review
D. Dynamic code analysis
```
D
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NEW QUESTION 144
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
```
EF?
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NEW QUESTION 149
Which of the following would be BEST to establish between organizations to define the responsibilities of each party outline the key deliverables and include monetary penalties for breaches to manage third-party risk?
A. An ARO
B. An MOU
C. An SLA
D. A BPA
```
B or C
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NEW QUESTION 152
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
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NEW QUESTION 171
An organization’s help desk is flooded with phone calls from users stating they can no longer access certain websites. The help desk escalates the issue to the security team, as these websites were accessible the previous day. The security analysts run the following command: ipconfig /flushdns, but the issue persists.
Finally, an analyst changes the DNS server for an impacted machine, and the issue goes away. Which of the following attacks MOST likely occurred on the original DNS server?
A. DNS cache poisoning
B. Domain hijacking
C. Distributed denial-of-service
D. DNS tunneling
B
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NEW QUESTION 183
A host was infected with malware. During the incident response, Joe, a user, reported that he did not receive any emails with links, but he had been browsing the Internet all day. Which of the following would MOST likely show where the malware originated?
A. The DNS logs
B. The web server logs
C. The SIP traffic logs
D. The SNMP logs
```
A or B?
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NEW QUESTION 188
A security analyst discovers several .jpg photos from a cellular phone during a forensics investigation involving a compromised system. The analyst runs a forensics tool to gather file metadata. Which of the following would be part of the images if all the metadata is still intact?
A. The GPS location
B. When the file was deleted
C. The total number of print jobs
D. The number of copies made
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A
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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
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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
```
E or C
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NEW QUESTION 251
A software developer needs to perform code-execution testing, black-box testing, and non-functional testing on a new product before its general release. Which of the following BEST describes the tasks the developer is conducting?
A. Verification
B. Validation
C. Normalization
D. Staging
```
A
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NEW QUESTION 270
A security administrator needs to create a RAIS configuration that is focused on high read speeds and fault tolerance. It is unlikely that multiple drivers will fail simultaneously. Which of the following RAID configurations should the administration use?
A. RA1D 0
B. RAID1
C. RAID 5
D. RAID 10
```
C
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4.A security analyst is preparing a threat for an upcoming internal penetration test. The analyst needs to identify a method for determining the tactics, techniques, and procedures of a threat against the organization’s network.Which of the following will the analyst MOST likely use to accomplish the objective?
A. A table exercise
B. NST CSF
C. MTRE ATT$CK
D. OWASP
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C ?
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NEW QUESTION 287
A financial analyst is expecting an email containing sensitive information from a client. When the email arrives, the analyst receives an error and is unable to open the encrypted message. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue?
A. The S/MME plug-in is not enabled.
B. The SLL certificate has expired.
C. Secure IMAP was not implemented
D. POP3S is not supported.
```
A
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NEW QUESTION 291
An organization hired a consultant to assist with an active attack, and the consultant was able to identify the compromised accounts and computers. Which of the following is the consultant MOST likely to recommend to prepare for eradication?
A. Quarantining the compromised accounts and computers, only providing them with network access
B. Segmenting the compromised accounts and computers into a honeynet so as to not alert the attackers.
C. Isolating the compromised accounts and computers, cutting off all network and internet access.
D. Logging off and deleting the compromised accounts and computers to eliminate attacker access.
B or C?
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NEW QUESTION 298
An organization routes all of its traffic through a VPN Most users are remote and connect into a corporate datacenter that houses confidential information There is a firewall at the Internet border followed by a DLP appliance, the VPN server and the datacenter itself. Which of the following is the WEAKEST design element?
A. The DLP appliance should be integrated into a NGFW.
B. Split-tunnel connections can negatively impact the DLP appliance's performance
C. Encrypted VPN traffic will not be inspected when entering or leaving the network
D. Adding two hops in the VPN tunnel may slow down remote connections
C
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NEW QUESTION 304
A network engineer needs to create a plan for upgrading the wireless infrastructure in a large office Priority must be given to areas that are currently experiencing latency and connection issues. Which of the following would be the BEST resource for determining the order of priority?
A. Nmapn
B. Heat maps
C. Network diagrams
D. Wireshark
```
B or C (Network +)
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NEW QUESTION 313
A smart switch has the ability to monitor electrical levels and shut off power to a building in the event of power surge or other fault situation. The switch was installed on a wired network in a hospital and is monitored by the facilities department via a cloud application. The security administrator isolated the switch on a separate VLAN and set up a patch routine. Which of the following steps should also be taken to harden the smart switch?
A. Set up an air gap for the switch.
B. Change the default password for the switch.
C. Place the switch In a Faraday cage.
D. Install a cable lock on the switch
B
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A security administrator has generated an SSH key pair to authenticate to a new server. Which of the following should the security administrator do NEXT to use the keys securely for authentication? (Choose two.)
A. Install the public key on the server.
B. Install the private key on the server.
C. Encrypt the public key.
D. Encrypt the private key.
E. Install both keys on the server.
F. Securely wipe the certificate signing request.
DF
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A junior systems administrator noticed that one of two hard drives in a server room had a red error notification. The administrator removed the hard drive to replace it but was unaware that the server was configured in an array. Which of the following configurations would ensure no data is lost?
A. RAID 0
B. RAID 1
C. RAID 2
D. RAID 3
```
B
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NEW QUESTION 224
Which of the following is the BEST use of a WAF?
A. To protect sites on web servers that are publicly accessible.
B. To allow access to web services of internal users of the organization.
C. To maintain connection status of all HTTP requests.
D. To deny access to all websites with certain contents.
A
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NEW QUESTION 225
Which of the following would MOST likely be a result of improperly configured user accounts?
A. Resource exhaustion.
B. Buffer overflow.
C. Session hijacking.
D. Privilege escalation.
```
D
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NEW QUESTION 227
Which of the following should a technician use to protect a cellular phone that is needed for an
investigation, to ensure the data will not be removed remotely?
A. Air gap
B. Secure cabinet
C. Faraday cage
D. Safe
C
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Moving laterally within a network once an initial exploit is used to gain persistent access for the purpose of establishing further control of a system is known as ____.
A. pivoting
B. persistence
C. active reconnaissance
D. a backdoor
```
A or B?
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NEW QUESTION 229
Which of the following is a valid multifactor authentication combination?
A. OTP token combined with password.
B. Strong password and PIN combination.
C. OTP token plus smart card.
D. Presence detecting facial recognition.
A
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NEW QUESTION 230
An employee opens a web browser and types a URL into the address bar. Instead of reaching the requested site, the browser opens a completely different site. Which of the following types of attacks have MOST likely occurred? (Choose two.)
A. DNS hijacking.
B. Cross-site scripting.
C. Domain hijacking.
D. Man-in-the-browser.
E. Session hijacking.
```
AC
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NEW QUESTION 231
Which of the following attacks can be mitigated by proper data retention policies?
A. Dumpster diving.
B. Man-in-the-browser.
C. Spear phishing.
D. Watering hole.
```
A
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NEW QUESTION 232
A company employee recently retired, and there was a schedule delay because no one was capable of filling the employee's position. Which of the following practices would BEST help to prevent this situation in the future?
A. Mandatory vacation.
B. Separation of duties.
C. Job rotation.
D. Exit interviews.
```
C
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NEW QUESTION 233
During a security audit of a company's network, unsecure protocols were found to be in use. A network administrator wants to ensure browser-based access to company switches is using the most secure protocol. Which of the following protocols should be implemented?
A. SSH2
B. TLS1.2
C. SSL1.3
D. SNMPv3
```
B
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NEW QUESTION 234
A healthcare company is revamping its IT strategy in light of recent regulations. The company is concerned about compliance and wants to use a pay-per-use model. Which of the following is the BEST solution?
A. On-premises hosting.
B. Community cloud.
C. Hosted infrastructure.
D. Public SaaS.
```
D?
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NEW QUESTION 235
Which of the following represents a multifactor authentication system?
A. An iris scanner coupled with a palm print reader and fingerprint scanner with liveness detection.
B. A secret passcode that prompts the user to enter a secret key if entered correctly.
C. A digital certificate on a physical token that is unlocked with a secret passcode.
D. A one-time password token combined with a proximity badge.
C
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NEW QUESTION 236
A preventive control differs from a compensating control in that a preventive control is ____.
A. put in place to mitigate a weakness in a user control
B. deployed to supplement an existing control that is EOL
C. relied on to address gaps in the existing control structure
D. designed to specifically mitigate a risk
D?
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NEW QUESTION 237
Which of the following is an example of federated access management?
A. Windows passing user credentials on a peer-to-peer network.
B. Applying a new user account with a complex password.
C. Implementing a AM framework for network access.
D. Using a popular website login to provide access to another website.
D
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NEW QUESTION 238
An organization's policy requires users to create passwords with an uppercase letter, lowercase letter, number, and symbol. This policy is enforced with technical controls, which also prevents users from using any of their previous 12 passwords. The quantization does not use single sign on, nor does it centralize storage of passwords. The incident response team recently discovered that passwords for one system were compromised. Passwords for a completely separate system have NOT been compromised, but unusual login activity has been detected fc that separate system.
Account login has been detected for users who are on vacation. Which of the following BEST describes what is happening?
A. Some users are meeting password complexity requirements but not password length requirements.
B. The password history enforcement is insufficient, and old passwords are still valid across many different systems.
C. Some users are reusing passwords, and some of the compromised passwords are valid on multiple systems.
D. The compromised password file has been brute-force hacked, and the complexity requirements are not adequate to mitigate this risk.
C or D?
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NEW QUESTION 276
An organization just experienced a major cyberattack modem. The attack was well coordinated
sophisticated and highly skilled. Which of the following targeted the organization?
A. Shadow IT.
B. An insider threat.
C. A hacktivist.
D. An advanced persistent threat.
D
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NEW QUESTION 277
A user enters a password to log in to a workstation and is then prompted to enter an authentication code. Which of the following MFA factors or attributes are being utilized in the authentication process? (Choose two.)
A. Something you know.
B. Something you have.
C. Somewhere you are.
D. Someone you are.
E. Something you are.
F. Something you can do.
```
AB
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NEW QUESTION 280
A network administrator is setting up wireless access points in all the conference rooms and wants
to authenticate device using PKI. Which of the following should the administrator configure?
A. a captive portal
B. PSK
C. 802.1X
D. WPS
C
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```
On which of the following is the live acquisition of data for forensic analysis MOST dependent? (Choose two.)
A. Data accessibility.
B. Value and volatility of data.
C. Cryptographic or hash algorithm.
D. Data retention legislation.
E. Legal hold.
F. Right-to-audit clauses.
```
BF
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NEW QUESTION 9
A pharmaceutical sales representative logs on to a laptop and connects to the public WiFi to check emails and update reports. Which of the following would be BEST to prevent other devices on the network from directly accessing the laptop? (Choose two.)
A. Trusted Platform Module
B. A VPN
C. A DLP solution
D. Full disk encryption
E. A host-based firewall
F. Antivirus software
```
BE
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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?
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```
An attacker sends multiple SYN packets from multiple sources
---------------
Web server
---------------
Botnet
RAT
Logic Bomb
Backdoor
Virus
Spyware
Worm
Adware
Ransomware
Keylogger
Phishing
---------------
Patch vulnerable systems
Enable DDoS protection
Disable vuinerable services
Change the default system password
Update the cryptographic algorithms
Change the default application password
Implement 2FA using push notification
Conduct a code review
Implement application fuzzing
implement a host-based IPS
Disable remote access services
```
```
An attacker sends multiple SYN packets from multiple sources
---------------
Web server
---------------
Botnet
---------------
Enable DDoS protection
```
130
```
The attack establishes a connection, which allows remote commands to be executed.
---------------
User
---------------
Botnet
RAT
Logic Bomb
Backdoor
Virus
Spyware
Worm
Adware
Ransomware
Keylogger
Phishing
---------------
Patch vulnerable systems
Enable DDoS protection
Disable vuinerable services
Change the default system password
Update the cryptographic algorithms
Change the default application password
Implement 2FA using push notification
Conduct a code review
Implement application fuzzing
implement a host-based IPS
Disable remote access services
```
```
The attack establishes a connection, which allows remote commands to be executed.
---------------
User
---------------
RAT
---------------
implement a host-based IPS
```
131
```
The attack is self propagating and compromises a SQL database using well-known credentials as it moves through the network.
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Database server
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Botnet
RAT
Logic Bomb
Backdoor
Virus
Spyware
Worm
Adware
Ransomware
Keylogger
Phishing
---------------
Patch vulnerable systems
Enable DDoS protection
Disable vuinerable services
Change the default system password
Update the cryptographic algorithms
Change the default application password
Implement 2FA using push notification
Conduct a code review
Implement application fuzzing
implement a host-based IPS
Disable remote access services
```
```
The attack is self propagating and compromises a SQL database using well-known credentials as it moves through the network.
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Database server
---------------
Worm
---------------
Change the default application password
```
132
```
The attacker uses hardware to remotely monitor a user's input activity to harvest credentials.
---------------
Executive
---------------
Botnet
RAT
Logic Bomb
Backdoor
Virus
Spyware
Worm
Adware
Ransomware
Keylogger
Phishing
---------------
Patch vulnerable systems
Enable DDoS protection
Disable vuinerable services
Change the default system password
Update the cryptographic algorithms
Change the default application password
Implement 2FA using push notification
Conduct a code review
Implement application fuzzing
implement a host-based IPS
Disable remote access services
```
```
The attacker uses hardware to remotely monitor a user's input activity to harvest credentials.
---------------
Executive
---------------
Keylogger
---------------
Disable vuinerable services
```
133
```
The attacker embeds hidden access in an internally developed application that bypasses account login.
---------------
Application
---------------
Botnet
RAT
Logic Bomb
Backdoor
Virus
Spyware
Worm
Adware
Ransomware
Keylogger
Phishing
---------------
Patch vulnerable systems
Enable DDoS protection
Disable vuinerable services
Change the default system password
Update the cryptographic algorithms
Change the default application password
Implement 2FA using push notification
Conduct a code review
Implement application fuzzing
implement a host-based IPS
Disable remote access services
```
```
The attacker embeds hidden access in an internally developed application that bypasses account login.
---------------
Application
---------------
Backdoor
---------------
Implement 2FA using push notification
```
