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Question # 1

Which of the following risk management strategies should an enterprise adopt first if a legacy application is critical to business operations and there are preventative controls that are not yet implemented?

Options:

A.  

Mitigate

B.  

Accept

C.  

Transfer

D.  

Avoid

Discussion 0
Question # 2

After a series of account compromises and credential misuse, a company hires a security manager to develop a security program. Which of the following steps should the security manager take first to increase security awareness?

Options:

A.  

Evaluate tools that identify risky behavior and distribute reports on the findings.

B.  

Send quarterly newsletters that explain the importance of password management.

C.  

Develop phishing campaigns and notify the management team of any successes.

D.  

Update policies and handbooks to ensure all employees are informed of the new procedures.

Discussion 0
Question # 3

Which of the following concepts protects sensitive information from unauthorized disclosure?

Options:

A.  

Integrity

B.  

Availability

C.  

Authentication

D.  

Confidentiality

Discussion 0
Question # 4

Which of the following is an algorithm performed to verify that data has not been modified?

Options:

A.  

Hash

B.  

Code check

C.  

Encryption

D.  

Checksum

Discussion 0
Question # 5

Which of the following is a risk of conducting a vulnerability assessment?

Options:

A.  

A disruption of business operations

B.  

Unauthorized access to the system

C.  

Reports of false positives

D.  

Finding security gaps in the system

Discussion 0
Question # 6

A security administrator needs to reduce the attack surface in the company ' s data centers. Which of the following should the security administrator do to complete this task?

Options:

A.  

Implement a honeynet.

B.  

Define Group Policy on the servers.

C.  

Configure the servers for high availability.

D.  

Upgrade end-of-support operating systems.

Discussion 0
Question # 7

Which of the following is most likely to be used as a just-in-time reference document within a security operations center?

Options:

A.  

Change management policy

B.  

Risk profile

C.  

Playbook

D.  

SIEM profile

Discussion 0
Question # 8

Which of the following best describes the practice of preserving and documenting the handling of forensic evidence?

Options:

A.  

Acquisition of evidence

B.  

E-discovery

C.  

Chain of custody

D.  

Forensic tabletop exercises

Discussion 0
Question # 9

An organization has learned that its data is being exchanged on the dark web. The CIO

has requested that you investigate and implement the most secure solution to protect employee accounts.

INSTRUCTIONS

Review the data to identify weak security practices and provide the most appropriate

security solution to meet the CIO ' s requirements.

Question # 9

Options:

Discussion 0
Question # 10

An administrator discovers a cross-site scripting vulnerability on a company website. Which of the following will most likely remediate the issue?

Options:

A.  

Input validation

B.  

NGFW

C.  

Vulnerability scan

D.  

WAF

Discussion 0
Question # 11

A systems administrator wants to prevent users from being able to access data based on their responsibilities. The administrator also wants to apply the required access structure via a simplified format. Which of the following should the administrator apply to the site recovery resource group?

Options:

A.  

RBAC

B.  

ACL

C.  

SAML

D.  

GPO

Discussion 0
Question # 12

Which of the following security concepts is being followed when implementing a product that offers protection against DDoS attacks?

Options:

A.  

Availability

B.  

Non-repudiation

C.  

Integrity

D.  

Confidentiality

Discussion 0
Question # 13

Which of the following is used to protect a computer from viruses, malware, and Trojans being installed and moving laterally across the network?

Options:

A.  

IDS

B.  

ACL

C.  

EDR

D.  

NAC

Discussion 0
Question # 14

The Chief Information Security Officer of an organization needs to ensure recovery from ransomware would likely occur within the organization ' s agreed-upon RPOs end RTOs. Which of the following backup scenarios would best ensure recovery?

Options:

A.  

Hourly differential backups stored on a local SAN array

B.  

Dally full backups stored on premises in magnetic offline media

C.  

Daly differential backups maintained by a third-party cloud provider

D.  

Weekly full backups with daily incremental stored on a NAS drive

Discussion 0
Question # 15

An organization is developing a security program that conveys the responsibilities associated with the general operation of systems and software within the organization. Which of the following documents would most likely communicate these expectations?

Options:

A.  

Business continuity plan

B.  

Change management procedure

C.  

Acceptable use policy

D.  

Software development life cycle policy

Discussion 0
Question # 16

During a recent log review, an analyst found evidence of successful injection attacks. Which of the following will best address this issue?

Options:

A.  

Authentication

B.  

Secure cookies

C.  

Static code analysis

D.  

Input validation

Discussion 0
Question # 17

Which of the following should an internal auditor check for first when conducting an audit of the organization’s risk management program?

Options:

A.  

Policies and procedures

B.  

Asset management

C.  

Vulnerability assessment

D.  

Business impact analysis

Discussion 0
Question # 18

A security team purchases a tool for cloud security posture management. The team is quickly overwhelmed by the number of misconfigurations that the tool detects. Which of the following should the security team configure to establish workflows for cloud resource security?

Options:

A.  

CASB

B.  

IAM

C.  

SOAR

D.  

XDR

Discussion 0
Question # 19

Which solution is most likely used in the financial industry to mask sensitive data?

Options:

A.  

Tokenization

B.  

Hashing

C.  

Salting

D.  

Steganography

Discussion 0
Question # 20

A security consultant needs secure, remote access to a client environment. Which of the following should the security consultant most likely use to gain access?

Options:

A.  

EAP

B.  

DHCP

C.  

IPSec

D.  

NAT

Discussion 0
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