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Question # 121

Which of the following techniques would attract the attention of a malicious attacker in an insider threat scenario?

Options:

A.  

Creating a false text file in /docs/salaries

B.  

Setting weak passwords in /etc/shadow

C.  

Scheduling vulnerable jobs in /etc/crontab

D.  

Adding a fake account to /etc/passwd

Discussion 0
Question # 122

Which of the following describes effective change management procedures?

Options:

A.  

Approving the change after a successful deployment

B.  

Having a backout plan when a patch fails

C.  

Using a spreadsheet for tracking changes

D.  

Using an automatic change control bypass for security updates

Discussion 0
Question # 123

A security analyst must select a metric to determine the required investment in technology based on past availability incidents. Which of the following is the most relevant value to help select technology that mitigates risk and considers reliability?

Options:

A.  

MTBF

B.  

RTO

C.  

ALE

D.  

RPO

Discussion 0
Question # 124

A government worker secretly copies classified files that contain defense tactics information to an external drive. The government worker then gives the external drive to a corrupt organization. Which of the following best describes the motivation of the worker?

Options:

A.  

Espionage

B.  

Data exfiltration

C.  

Financial gain

D.  

Blackmail

Discussion 0
Question # 125

A vendor salesperson is a personal friend of a company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The company recently made a large purchase from the vendor, which was directly approved by the CFO. Which of the following best describes this situation?

Options:

A.  

Rules of engagement

B.  

Conflict of interest

C.  

Due diligence

D.  

Contractual impact

E.  

Reputational damage

Discussion 0
Question # 126

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 # 127

An organization discovers that its cold site does not have enough storage and computers available. Which of the following was most likely the cause of this failure?

Options:

A.  

Capacity planning

B.  

Load balancing

C.  

Backups

D.  

Platform diversity

Discussion 0
Question # 128

An employee asks a security analyst to scan a suspicious email that contains a link to a file on a file-sharing site. The analyst determines that the file is safe after downloading and scanning the file with antivirus software. When the employee opens the file, their device is infected with ransomware. Which of the following steps should the analyst have taken?

Options:

A.  

Review the file in a code editor.

B.  

Monitor the file connections with netstat.

C.  

Execute the file in a sandbox.

D.  

Retrieve the file hash and check with OSINT.

Discussion 0
Question # 129

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 # 130

A security analyst determines that a security breach will have a financial impact of $15,000 and is expected to occur twice within a three-year period. Which of the following is the ALE for this risk?

Options:

A.  

$7,500

B.  

$10,000

C.  

$15,000

D.  

$30,000

Discussion 0
Question # 131

A company needs to determine whether authentication weaknesses in a customer-facing web application exist. Which of the following is the best technique to use?

Options:

A.  

Static analysis

B.  

Packet capture

C.  

Agent-based scanning

D.  

Dynamic analysis

E.  

Network-based scanning

Discussion 0
Question # 132

A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has developed information security policies that relate to the software development methodology. Which of the following would the CISO most likely include in the organization ' s documentation?

Options:

A.  

Peer review requirements

B.  

Multifactor authentication

C.  

Branch protection tests

D.  

Secrets management configurations

Discussion 0
Question # 133

Which of the following is an example of implementing Zero Trust architecture?

Options:

A.  

Building strong network boundaries to prevent intrusion

B.  

Verifying user identity once at the start of the session

C.  

Granting resource access after continuous validation

D.  

Prioritizing perimeter defense to block external threats

Discussion 0
Question # 134

A data administrator is configuring authentication for a SaaS application and would like to reduce the number of credentials employees need to maintain. The company prefers to use domain credentials to access new SaaS applications. Which of the following methods would allow this functionality?

Options:

A.  

SSO

B.  

LEAP

C.  

MFA

D.  

PEAP

Discussion 0
Question # 135

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
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