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Question # 161

A security engineer is working to address the growing risks that shadow IT services are introducing to the organization. The organization has taken a cloud-first approach end does not have an on-premises IT infrastructure. Which of the following would best secure the organization?

Options:

A.  

Upgrading to a next-generation firewall

B.  

Deploying an appropriate in-line CASB solution

C.  

Conducting user training on software policies

D.  

Configuring double key encryption in SaaS platforms

Discussion 0
Question # 162

A company requires hard drives to be securely wiped before sending decommissioned systems to recycling. Which of the following best describes this policy?

Options:

A.  

Enumeration

B.  

Sanitization

C.  

Destruction

D.  

Inventory

Discussion 0
Question # 163

A customer of a large company receives a phone call from someone claiming to work for the company and asking for the customer ' s credit card information. The customer sees the caller ID is the same as the company ' s main phone number. Which of the following attacks is the customer most likely a target of?

Options:

A.  

Phishing

B.  

Whaling

C.  

Smishing

D.  

Vishing

Discussion 0
Question # 164

Which of the following is a possible consequence of a VM escape?

Options:

A.  

Malicious instructions can be inserted into memory and give the attacker elevated permissions.

B.  

An attacker can access the hypervisor and compromise other VMs.

C.  

Unencrypted data can be read by a user in a separate environment.

D.  

Users can install software that is not on the manufacturer ' s approved list.

Discussion 0
Question # 165

Which of the following teams combines both offensive and defensive testing techniques to protect an organization ' s critical systems?

Options:

A.  

Red

B.  

Blue

C.  

Purple

D.  

Yellow

Discussion 0
Question # 166

Which of the following is a benefit of an RTO when conducting a business impact analysis?

Options:

A.  

It determines the likelihood of an incident and its cost.

B.  

It determines the roles and responsibilities for incident responders.

C.  

It determines the state that systems should be restored to following an incident.

D.  

It determines how long an organization can tolerate downtime after an incident.

Discussion 0
Question # 167

Which of the following has been implemented when a host-based firewall on a legacy Linux system allows connections from only specific internal IP addresses?

Options:

A.  

Compensating control

B.  

Network segmentation

C.  

Transfer of risk

D.  

SNMP traps

Discussion 0
Question # 168

Which of the following explains how to determine the global regulations that data is subject to regardless of the country where the data is stored?

Options:

A.  

Geographic dispersion

B.  

Data sovereignty

C.  

Geographic restrictions

D.  

Data segmentation

Discussion 0
Question # 169

An organization wants to donate its aging network hardware. Which of the following should the organization perform to prevent any network details from leaking?

Options:

A.  

Destruction

B.  

Sanitization

C.  

Certification

D.  

Data retention

Discussion 0
Question # 170

A company relies on open-source software libraries to build the software used by its customers. Which of the following vulnerability types would be the most difficult to remediate due to the company ' s reliance on open-source libraries?

Options:

A.  

Buffer overflow

B.  

SQL injection

C.  

Cross-site scripting

D.  

Zero day

Discussion 0
Question # 171

Which of the following activities uses OSINT?

Options:

A.  

Social engineering testing

B.  

Data analysis of logs

C.  

Collecting evidence of malicious activity

D.  

Producing IOC for malicious artifacts

Discussion 0
Question # 172

Which of the following is a use of CVSS?

Options:

A.  

To determine the cost associated with patching systems

B.  

To identify unused ports and services that should be closed

C.  

To analyze code for defects that could be exploited

D.  

To prioritize the remediation of vulnerabilities

Discussion 0
Question # 173

A security technician determines that no additional patches can be applied to an application and the risks of operating as such must be accepted. Additionally, only a limited number of network services should utilize the application. Which of the following best describes this type of mitigation?

Options:

A.  

Patching

B.  

Segmentation

C.  

Isolation

D.  

Monitoring

Discussion 0
Question # 174

During an investigation, a security analyst discovers traffic going out to a command-and-control server. The analyst must find out if any data exfiltration has occurred. Which of the following would best help the analyst determine this?

Options:

A.  

Application log

B.  

Metadata

C.  

Network log

D.  

Packet capture

Discussion 0
Question # 175

While investigating a possible incident, a security analyst discovers the following log entries:

67.118.34.157 ----- [28/Jul/2022:10:26:59 -0300] " GET /query.php?q-wireless%20headphones / HTTP/1.0 " 200 12737

132.18.222.103 ----[28/Jul/2022:10:27:10 -0300] " GET /query.php?q=123 INSERT INTO users VALUES( ' temp ' , ' pass123 ' )# / HTTP/1.0 " 200 935

12.45.101.121 ----- [28/Jul/2022:10:27:22 -0300] " GET /query.php?q=mp3%20players I HTTP/1.0 " 200 14650

Which of the following should the analyst do first?

Options:

A.  

Implement a WAF

B.  

Disable the query .php script

C.  

Block brute-force attempts on temporary users

D.  

Check the users table for new accounts

Discussion 0
Question # 176

A security report shows that during a two-week test period. 80% of employees unwittingly disclosed their SSO credentials when accessing an external website. The organization purposelycreated the website to simulate a cost-free password complexity test. Which of the following would best help reduce the number of visits to similar websites in the future?

Options:

A.  

Block all outbound traffic from the intranet.

B.  

Introduce a campaign to recognize phishing attempts.

C.  

Restrict internet access for the employees who disclosed credentials.

D.  

Implement a deny list of websites.

Discussion 0
Question # 177

Which of the following is the most appropriate reason for a server technician to disable unused ports and services on an externally facing DNS server?

Options:

A.  

To reduce the need for patching

B.  

To block ports not currently blocked by the network firewall

C.  

To conserve system memory

D.  

To limit the attack surface area

Discussion 0
Question # 178

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 # 179

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 # 180

A systems administrator receives the following alert from a file integrity monitoring tool:

The hash of the cmd.exe file has changed.

The systems administrator checks the OS logs and notices that no patches were applied in the last two months. Which of the following most likely occurred?

Options:

A.  

The end user changed the file permissions.

B.  

A cryptographic collision was detected.

C.  

A snapshot of the file system was taken.

D.  

A rootkit was deployed.

Discussion 0
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