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Question # 101

Which of the following allows a systems administrator to tune permissions for a file?

Options:

A.  

Patching

B.  

Access control list

C.  

Configuration enforcement

D.  

Least privilege

Discussion 0
Question # 102

A company wants to improve the availability of its application with a solution that requires minimal effort in the event a server needs to be replaced or added. Which of the following would be the best solution to meet these objectives?

Options:

A.  

Load balancing

B.  

Fault tolerance

C.  

Proxy servers

D.  

Replication

Discussion 0
Question # 103

Which of the following technologies must be used in an organization that intends to automate infrastructure deployment?

Options:

A.  

IaC

B.  

IaaS

C.  

IoC

D.  

IoT

Discussion 0
Question # 104

Which of the following security controls is a company implementing by deploying HIPS? (Select two)

Options:

A.  

Directive

B.  

Preventive

C.  

Physical

D.  

Corrective

E.  

Compensating

F.  

Detective

Discussion 0
Question # 105

Which of the following is a primary security concern for a company setting up a BYOD program?

Options:

A.  

End of life

B.  

Buffer overflow

C.  

VM escape

D.  

Jailbreaking

Discussion 0
Question # 106

An attacker submits a request containing unexpected characters in an attempt to gain unauthorized access to information within the underlying systems. Which of the following best describes this attack?

Options:

A.  

Side loading

B.  

Target of evaluation

C.  

Resource reuse

D.  

SQL injection

Discussion 0
Question # 107

A security analyst is assessing several company firewalls. Which of the following cools would The analyst most likely use to generate custom packets to use during the assessment?

Options:

A.  

hping

B.  

Wireshark

C.  

PowerShell

D.  

netstat

Discussion 0
Question # 108

Which of the following is the best way to improve the confidentiality of remote connections to an enterprise ' s infrastructure?

Options:

A.  

Firewalls

B.  

Virtual private networks

C.  

Extensive logging

D.  

Intrusion detection systems

Discussion 0
Question # 109

A company is aware of a given security risk related to a specific market segment. The business chooses not to accept responsibility and target their services to a different market segment. Which of the following describes this risk management strategy?

Options:

A.  

Exemption

B.  

Exception

C.  

Avoid

D.  

Transfer

Discussion 0
Question # 110

A company expects its provider to ensure servers and networks maintain 97% uptime. Which of the following would most likely list this expectation?

Options:

A.  

BPA

B.  

MOU

C.  

NDA

D.  

SLA

Discussion 0
Question # 111

A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) wants to explicitly raise awareness about the increase of ransomware-as-a-service in a report to the management team. Which of the following best describes the threat actor in the CISO ' s report?

Options:

A.  

Insider threat

B.  

Hacktivist

C.  

Nation-state

D.  

Organized crime

Discussion 0
Question # 112

A security analyst needs to propose a remediation plan ' or each item in a risk register. The item with the highest priority requires employees to have separate logins for SaaS solutions and different password complexity requirements for each solution. Which of the following implementation plans will most likely resolve this security issue?

Options:

A.  

Creating a unified password complexity standard

B.  

Integrating each SaaS solution with the Identity provider

C.  

Securing access to each SaaS by using a single wildcard certificate

D.  

Configuring geofencing on each SaaS solution

Discussion 0
Question # 113

Which of the following should a security operations center use to improve its incident response procedure?

Options:

A.  

Playbooks

B.  

Frameworks

C.  

Baselines

D.  

Benchmarks

Discussion 0
Question # 114

Which of the following risk management strategies is being used when a Chief Information Security Officer ignores known vulnerabilities identified during a risk assessment?

Options:

A.  

Transfer

B.  

Avoid

C.  

Mitigate

D.  

Accept

Discussion 0
Question # 115

A security analyst collects IOCs from a cybersecurity bulletin. Which of the following should the analyst do next to assess if an environment is compromised?

Options:

A.  

Root cause analysis

B.  

Threat hunting

C.  

Tabletop exercise

D.  

Penetration test

Discussion 0
Question # 116

Which of the following vulnerabilities will input validation prevent?

Options:

A.  

DNS hijacking

B.  

Time-of-check

C.  

SQL injection

D.  

Sideloading

Discussion 0
Question # 117

Which of the following documents details how to accomplish a technical security task?

Options:

A.  

Standard

B.  

Policy

C.  

Guideline

D.  

Procedure

Discussion 0
Question # 118

Which of the following should be used to identify vulnerabilities imported by third-party libraries in the early stages of the SDLC?

Options:

A.  

Penetration testing

B.  

Static code analysis

C.  

Bug bounty program

D.  

Open-source scanning

Discussion 0
Question # 119

Which of the following objectives is best achieved by a tabletop exercise?

Options:

A.  

Familiarizing participants with the incident response process

B.  

Deciding red and blue team rules of engagement

C.  

Quickly determining the impact of an actual security breach

D.  

Conducting multiple security investigations in parallel

Discussion 0
Question # 120

Which of the following cryptographic solutions protects data at rest?

Options:

A.  

Digital signatures

B.  

Full disk encryption

C.  

Private key

D.  

Steganography

Discussion 0

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