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Question # 121

An alert references attacks associated with a zero-day exploit. An analyst places a bastion host in the network to reduce the risk. Which type of control is being implemented?

Options:

A.  

Compensating

B.  

Detective

C.  

Operational

D.  

Physical

Discussion 0
Question # 122

Which of the following should a security administrator adhere to when setting up a new set of firewall rules?

Options:

A.  

Disaster recovery plan

B.  

Incident response procedure

C.  

Business continuity plan

D.  

Change management procedure

Discussion 0
Question # 123

Which of the following tools can assist with detecting an employee who has accidentally emailed a file containing a customer’s PII?

Options:

A.  

SCAP

B.  

Net Flow

C.  

Antivirus

D.  

DLP

Discussion 0
Question # 124

An organization plans to expand its operations internationally and needs to keep data at the new location secure. The organization wants to use the most secure architecture model possible. Which of the following models offers the highest level of security?

Options:

A.  

Cloud-based

B.  

Peer-to-peer

C.  

On-premises

D.  

Hybrid

Discussion 0
Question # 125

A program manager wants to ensure contract employees can only use the company’s computers Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Which of the following would best enforce this access control?

Options:

A.  

Creating a GPO for all contract employees and setting time-of-day log-in restrictions

B.  

Creating a discretionary access policy and setting rule-based access for contract employees

C.  

Implementing an OAuth server and then setting least privilege for contract employees

D.  

Implementing SAML with federation to the contract employees ' authentication server

Discussion 0
Question # 126

A company wants to track modifications to the code used to build new virtual servers. Which of the following will the company most likely deploy?

Options:

A.  

Change management ticketing system

B.  

Behavioral analyzer

C.  

Collaboration platform

D.  

Version control tool

Discussion 0
Question # 127

Which of the following scenarios describes a possible business email compromise attack?

Options:

A.  

An employee receives a gift card request in an email that has an executive ' s name in the display field of the email.

B.  

Employees who open an email attachment receive messages demanding payment in order to access files.

C.  

A service desk employee receives an email from the HR director asking for log-in credentials to a cloud administrator account.

D.  

An employee receives an email with a link to a phishing site that is designed to look like the company ' s email portal.

Discussion 0
Question # 128

Which of the following tools is best for logging and monitoring in a cloud environment?

Options:

A.  

IPS

B.  

FIM

C.  

NAC

D.  

SIEM

Discussion 0
Question # 129

Which of the following is the act of proving to a customer that software developers are trained on secure coding?

Options:

A.  

Assurance

B.  

Contract

C.  

Due diligence

D.  

Attestation

Discussion 0
Question # 130

A business is expanding to a new country and must protect customers from accidental disclosure of specific national identity information. Which of the following should the security engineer update to best meet business requirements?

Options:

A.  

SIEM

B.  

SCAP

C.  

DLP

D.  

WAF

Discussion 0
Question # 131

While a user reviews their email, a host gets infected by malware from an external hard drive plugged into the host. The malware steals all the user ' s credentials stored in the browser. Which of the following training topics should the user review to prevent this situation from reoccurring?

Options:

A.  

Operational security

B.  

Removable media and cables

C.  

Password management

D.  

Social engineering

Discussion 0
Question # 132

An administrator needs to perform server hardening before deployment. Which of the following steps should the administrator take? (Select two).

Options:

A.  

Disable default accounts.

B.  

Add the server to the asset inventory.

C.  

Remove unnecessary services.

D.  

Document default passwords.

E.  

Send server logs to the SIEM.

F.  

Join the server to the corporate domain.

Discussion 0
Question # 133

Which of the following describes a situation where a user is authorized before being authenticated?

Options:

A.  

Privilege escalation

B.  

Race condition

C.  

Tailgating

D.  

Impersonation

Discussion 0
Question # 134

A malicious update was distributed to a common software platform and disabled services at many organizations. Which of the following best describes this type of vulnerability?

Options:

A.  

DDoS attack

B.  

Rogue employee

C.  

Insider threat

D.  

Supply chain

Discussion 0
Question # 135

A security analyst is evaluating a SaaS application that the human resources department would like to implement. The analyst requests a SOC 2 report from the SaaS vendor. Which of the following processes is the analyst most likely conducting?

Options:

A.  

Internal audit

B.  

Penetration testing

C.  

Attestation

D.  

Due diligence

Discussion 0
Question # 136

To which of the following security categories does an EDR solution belong?

Options:

A.  

Physical

B.  

Operational

C.  

Managerial

D.  

Technical

Discussion 0
Question # 137

Which of the following activities should be included as part of passive reconnaissance in a penetration test?

Options:

A.  

Domain Name System (DNS) zone transfer

B.  

Vulnerability scanning

C.  

Social engineering

D.  

Google hacking

Discussion 0
Question # 138

A security officer is implementing a security awareness program and is placing security-themed posters around the building and is assigning online user training. Which of the following would the security officer most likely implement?

Options:

A.  

Password policy

B.  

Access badges

C.  

Phishing campaign

D.  

Risk assessment

Discussion 0
Question # 139

An employee clicks a malicious link in an email that appears to be from the company ' s Chief Executive Officer. The employee ' s computer is infected with ransomware that encrypts the company ' s files. Which of the following is the most effective way for the company to prevent similar incidents in the future?

Options:

A.  

Security awareness training

B.  

Database encryption

C.  

Segmentation

D.  

Reporting suspicious emails

Discussion 0
Question # 140

An IT manager informs the entire help desk staff that only the IT manager and the help desk lead will have access to the administrator console of the help desk software. Which of the following security techniques is the IT manager setting up?

Options:

A.  

Hardening

B.  

Employee monitoring

C.  

Configuration enforcement

D.  

Least privilege

Discussion 0
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