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| Acme Corp has selectively outsourced proprietary business processes to ABC Services. Due to some technical issues, ABC services wants to send some of Acme Corp’s debug data to a third party vendor for problem resolution. Which of the following MUST be considered prior to sending data to a third party? |
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| This may violate data ownership and non-disclosure agreements |
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| An organization has introduced token-based authentication to system administrators due to risk of password compromise. The tokens have a set of numbers that automatically change every 30 seconds. Which of the following type of authentication mechanism is this? |
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| A security technician at a small business is worried about the Layer 2 switches in the network suffering from a DoS style attack caused by staff incorrectly cabling network connections between switches. Which of the following will BEST mitigate the risk if implemented on the switches? |
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| An administrator wants to establish a WiFi network using a high gain directional antenna with a narrow radiation pattern to connect two buildings separated by a very long distance. Which of the following antennas would be BEST for this situation? |
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| An attacker used an undocumented and unknown application exploit to gain access to a file server. Which of the following BEST describes this type of attack? |
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| Using a heuristic system to detect an anomaly in a computer’s baseline, a system administrator was able to detect an attack even though the company signature based IDS and antivirus did not detect it. Further analysis revealed that the attacker had downloaded an executable file onto the company PC from the USB port, and executed it to trigger a privilege escalation flaw. Which of the following attacks has MOST likely occurred? |
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| Which of the following is an XML based open standard used in the exchange of authentication and authorization information between different parties? |
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| Which of the following ports and protocol types must be opened on a host with a host- based firewall to allow incoming SFTP connections? |
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| A user, Ann, is reporting to the company IT support group that her workstation screen is blank other than a window with a message requesting payment or else her hard drive will be formatted. Which of the following types of malware is on Ann’s workstation? |
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| Which of the following controls can be implemented together to prevent data loss in the event of theft of a mobile device storing sensitive information? |
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Full device encryption
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| A way to assure data at-rest is secure even in the event of loss or theft is to use. |
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| A security audit identifies a number of large email messages being sent by a specific user from their company email account to another address external to the company. These messages were sent prior to a company data breach, which prompted the security audit. The user was one of a few people who had access to the leaked data. Review of the suspect’s emails show they consist mostly of pictures of the user at various locations during a recent vacation. No suspicious activities from other users who have access to the data were discovered. Which of the following is occurring? |
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| The user is using steganography |
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A security analyst is reviewing firewall logs while investigating a compromised web server. The following ports appear in the log.
22, 25, 445, 1433, 3128, 3389, 6667
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| An organization does not want the wireless network name to be easily discovered. Which of the following software features should be configured on the access points? |
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| A computer is suspected of being compromised by malware. The security analyst examines the computer and finds that a service called Telnet is running and connecting to an external website over port 443. This Telnet service was found by comparing the system’s services to the list of standard services on the company’s system image. This review process depends on: |
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| A software developer wants to prevent stored passwords from being easily decrypted. When the password is stored by the application, additional text is added to each password before the password is hashed. This technique is known as: |
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| In which of the following steps of incident response does a team analyze the incident and determine steps to prevent a future occurrence? |
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| A security technician has been asked to recommend an authentication mechanism that will allow users to authenticate using a password that will only be valid for a predefined time interval. Which of the following should the security technician recommend? |
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| A security administrator must implement a wireless encryption system to secure mobile devices’ communication. Some users have mobile devices which only support 56-bit encryption. Which of the following wireless encryption methods should be implemented? |
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| After a security incident involving a physical asset, which of the following should be done at the beginning? |
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| Record every person who was in possession of assets, continuing post-incident. |
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| Which of the following is the GREATEST security risk of two or more companies working together under a Memorandum of Understanding? |
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| MOUs are generally loose agreements and therefore may not have strict guidelines in place to protect sensitive data between the two entities. |
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| Joe, a user, reports to the system administrator that he is receiving an error stating his certificate has been revoked. Which of the following is the name of the database repository for these certificates? |
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| A software company has completed a security assessment. The assessment states that the company should implement fencing and lighting around the property. Additionally, the assessment states that production releases of their software should be digitally signed. Given the recommendations, the company was deficient in which of the following core security areas? |
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| A user was reissued a smart card after the previous smart card had expired. The user is able to log into the domain but is now unable to send digitally signed or encrypted email. Which of the following would the user need to perform? |
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| Publish the new certificates to the global address list. |
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| Users are encouraged to click on a link in an email to obtain exclusive access to the newest version of a popular Smartphone. This is an example of. |
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