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Question # 21

Which of the following best describes the practice of researching laws and regulations related to information security operations within a specific industry?

Options:

A.  

Compliance reporting

B.  

GDPR

C.  

Due diligence

D.  

Attestation

Discussion 0
Question # 22

A company is in the process of cutting jobs to manage costs. The Chief Information Security Officer is concerned about the increased risk of an insider threat. Which of the following will most likely help the security awareness team address this potential threat?

Options:

A.  

Immediately disable the accounts of staff who are likely to be terminated.

B.  

Train supervisors to identify and manage disgruntled employees.

C.  

Configure DLP to monitor staff who will be terminated.

D.  

Raise awareness for business leaders on social engineering techniques.

Discussion 0
Question # 23

Which of the following should be used to aggregate log data in order to create alerts and detect anomalous activity?

Options:

A.  

SIEM

B.  

WAF

C.  

Network taps

D.  

IDS

Discussion 0
Question # 24

A business received a small grant to migrate its infrastructure to an off-premises solution. Which of the following should be considered first?

Options:

A.  

Security of cloud providers

B.  

Cost of implementation

C.  

Ability of engineers

D.  

Security of architecture

Discussion 0
Question # 25

A new vulnerability enables a type of malware that allows the unauthorized movement of data from a system. Which of the following would detect this behavior?

Options:

A.  

Implementing encryption

B.  

Monitoring outbound traffic

C.  

Using default settings

D.  

Closing all open ports

Discussion 0
Question # 26

An administrator must replace an expired SSL certificate. Which of the following does the administrator need to create the new SSL certificate?

Options:

A.  

CSR

B.  

OCSP

C.  

Key

D.  

CRL

Discussion 0
Question # 27

A systems administrator is working on a solution with the following requirements:

• Provide a secure zone.

• Enforce a company-wide access control policy.

• Reduce the scope of threats.

Which of the following is the systems administrator setting up?

Options:

A.  

Zero Trust

B.  

AAA

C.  

Non-repudiation

D.  

CIA

Discussion 0
Question # 28

Which of the following roles, according to the shared responsibility model, is responsible for securing the company’s database in an IaaS model for a cloud environment?

Options:

A.  

Client

B.  

Third-party vendor

C.  

Cloud provider

D.  

DBA

Discussion 0
Question # 29

Which of the following explains why an attacker cannot easily decrypt passwords using a rainbow table attack?

Options:

A.  

Digital signatures

B.  

Salting

C.  

Hashing

D.  

Perfect forward secrecy

Discussion 0
Question # 30

A forensic engineer determines that the root cause of a compromise is a SQL injection attack. Which of the following should the engineer review to identify the command used by the threat actor?

Options:

A.  

Metadata

B.  

Application log

C.  

System log

D.  

Netflow log

Discussion 0
Question # 31

A software developer released a new application and is distributing the application files through the developer’s website. Which of the following should the developer post on the website to allow users to verify the integrity of the downloaded files?

Options:

A.  

Hashes

B.  

Certificates

C.  

Algorithms

D.  

Salting

Discussion 0
Question # 32

An administrator is installing an SSL certificate on a new system. During testing, errors indicate that the certificate is not trusted. The administrator has verified with the issuing CA and has validated the private key. Which of the following should the administrator check for next?

Options:

A.  

If the wildcard certificate is configured

B.  

If the certificate signing request is valid

C.  

If the root certificate is installed

D.  

If the public key is configured

Discussion 0
Question # 33

Which of the following is the best mitigation for a zero-day vulnerability found in mission-critical production servers that must be highly available?

Options:

A.  

Virtualizing and migrating to a containerized instance

B.  

Removing and sandboxing to an isolated network

C.  

Monitoring and implementing compensating controls

D.  

Patching and redeploying to production as quickly as possible

Discussion 0
Question # 34

A company recently decided to allow employees to work remotely. The company wants to protect us data without using a VPN. Which of the following technologies should the company Implement?

Options:

A.  

Secure web gateway

B.  

Virtual private cloud end point

C.  

Deep packet Inspection

D.  

Next-gene ration firewall

Discussion 0
Question # 35

Which of the following describes the process of concealing code or text inside a graphical image?

Options:

A.  

Symmetric encryption

B.  

Hashing

C.  

Data masking

D.  

Steganography

Discussion 0
Question # 36

An attacker used XSS to compromise a web server. Which of the following solutions could have been used to prevent this attack?

Options:

A.  

NGFW

B.  

UTM

C.  

WAF

D.  

NAC

Discussion 0
Question # 37

Which of the following would best prepare a security team for a specific incident response scenario?

Options:

A.  

Situational awareness

B.  

Risk assessment

C.  

Root cause analysis

D.  

Tabletop exercise

Discussion 0
Question # 38

Which of the following should be used to ensure an attacker is unable to read the contents of a mobile device ' s drive if the device is lost?

Options:

A.  

TPM

B.  

ECC

C.  

FDE

D.  

HSM

Discussion 0
Question # 39

When trying to access an internal website, an employee reports that a prompt displays, stating that the site is insecure. Which of the following certificate types is the site most likely using?

Options:

A.  

Wildcard

B.  

Root of trust

C.  

Third-party

D.  

Self-signed

Discussion 0
Question # 40

Which of the following must be considered when designing a high-availability network? (Select two).

Options:

A.  

Ease of recovery

B.  

Ability to patch

C.  

Physical isolation

D.  

Responsiveness

E.  

Attack surface

F.  

Extensible authentication

Discussion 0
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