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D. Resource exhaustion

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D. XSRF

A company wants the ability to restrict web access and monitor the websites that employees visit. Which of the following would BEST meet these requirements? A. internet proxy B. VPN C. WAF D. Firewall

A. internet proxy

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B. Configure NAT on the core router F. Enable TLSv2 encryption on the web server

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C. Salting

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A. Directory traversal

An enterprise needs to keep cryptographic keys in a safe manner. Which of the following network appliances can achieve this goal? A. HSM B. CASB C. TPM D. DLP

A. HSM

An organization recently recovered from a data breach. During the root cause analysis, the organization determined the source of the breach to be a personal cell phone that had been reported lost. Which of the following solutions should the organization implement to reduce the likelihood of future data breaches? A. MDM B. MAM C. VDI D. DLP

A. MDM

A company has discovered unauthorized devices are using its WiFi network, and it wants to harden the access point to improve security. Which of the following configuration should an analyst enable to improve security? (Select Two) A. RADIUS B. PEAP C. WPS D. WEP-TKIP E. SSL F. WPA2-PSK

A. RADIUS F. WPA2-PSK

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A. Replay attack

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After a ransomware attack a forensics company needs to review a cryptocurrency transaction between the victim and the attacker. Which of the following will the company MOST likely review to trace this transaction? A. The public ledger B. The NetFlow data C. A checksum D. The event log

A. The public ledger

A user wanted to catch up on some work over the weekend but had issues logging in to the corporate network using a VPN. On Monday, the user opened a ticket for this issue but was able to log in successfully. Which of the following BEST describes the policy that is being implemented? A. Time-based logins B. Geofencing C. Network location D. Password history

A. Time-based logins

Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for securing an air gapped laboratory HVAC system? A. To avoid data leakage B. To protect surveillance logs C. To ensure availability D. To facilitate third party access

A. To avoid data leakage

Which of the following is the BEST use of a WAF? A. To protect sites on web servers that are publicly accessible B. To allow access to web services of internal users of the organization. C. To maintain connection status of all HTTP requests D. To deny access to all websites with certain contents

A. To protect sites on web servers that are publicly accessible

Which of the following is a reason to publish files' hashes? A. To validate the integrity of the files B. To verify if the software was digitally signed C. To use the hash as a software activation key D. To use the hash as a decryption passphrase

A. To validate the integrity of the files

Which of the following concepts BEST describes tracking and documenting changes to software and managing access to files and systems? A. Version control B. Continuous monitoring C. Stored procedures D. Automation

A. Version control

An attacker is exploiting a vulnerability that does not have a patch available. Which of the following is the attacker exploiting? A. Zero-day B. Default permissions C. Weak encryption D. Unsecure root accounts

A. Zero-day

A company is working on mobile device security after a report revealed that users granted non-verified software access to corporate data. Which of the following is the most enforced security control to mitigate this risk? A. block access to application stores B. implement OTA updates C. update the BYOD policy D. Deploy a uniform firmware

A. block access to application stores

Which of the following is an example of transference of risk? A. purchasing insurance B. patching vulnerable servers C. retiring outdated applications D. Application owner risk sign-off

A. purchasing insurance

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A company's cybersecurity department is looking for a new solution to maintain high availability. Which of the following can be utilized to build a solution? (Select Two) A. A stateful inspection B. IP hashes C. A round robin D. A VLAN E. A DMZ

Answer: CD

Which of the following control types fixes a previously identified issue and mitigates a risk? A. Detective B. Corrective C. Preventative D. Finalized

B. Corrective

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C. An attacker is utilizing a brute-force attack against the account

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C. Corporate PCs have been turned into a botnet

Which of the following BEST helps to demonstrate integrity during a forensic investigation? A. Event logs B. Encryption C. Hashing D. Snapshots

C. Hashing

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C. Implement a CASB solution.

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C. Password-spraying

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D. Block SSH access from the Internet.

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D. XSS

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A nuclear plant was the victim of a recent attack, and all the networks were air gapped. A subsequent investigation revealed a worm as the source of the issue. Which of the following BEST explains what happened? A. A malicious USB was introduced by an unsuspecting employee. B. The ICS firmware was outdated C. A local machine has a RAT installed. D. The HVAC was connected to the maintenance vendor.

A. A malicious USB was introduced by an unsuspecting employee.

Which of the following serves to warn users against downloading and installing pirated software on company devices? A. AUP B. NDA C. ISA D. BPA

A. AUP

If a current private key is compromised, which of the following would ensure it cannot be used to decrypt all historical data? A. Perfect forward secrecy B. Elliptic-curve cryptography C. Key stretching D. Homomorphic encryption

A. Perfect forward secrecy

Which of the following is a team of people dedicated testing the effectiveness of organizational security programs by emulating the techniques of potential attackers? A. Red team B. While team C. Blue team D. Purple team

A. Red team

A security analyst has been tasked with creating a new WiFi network for the company. The requirements received by the analyst are as follows: - Must be able to differentiate between users connected to WiFi - The encryption keys need to change routinely without interrupting the users or forcing reauthentication - Must be able to integrate with RADIUS - Must not have any open SSIDs Which of the following options BEST accommodates these requirements? A. WPA2-Enterprise B. WPA3-PSK C. 802.11n D. WPS

A. WPA2-Enterprise

A systems engineer wants to leverage a cloud-based architecture with low latency between network-connected devices that also reduces the bandwidth that is required by performing analytics directly on the endpoints. Which of the following would BEST meet the requirements? (Choose two.) A. Private cloud B. SaaS C. Hybrid cloud D. IaaS E. DRaaS F. Fog computing

Answer: CF

A network administrator is setting up wireless access points in all the conference rooms and wants to authenticate device using PKI. Which of the following should the administrator configure? A. A captive portal B. PSK C. 802.1X D. WPS

C. 802.1X

A company discovered that terabytes of data have been exfiltrated over the past year after an employee clicked on an email link. The threat continued to evolve and remain undetected until a security analyst noticed an abnormal amount of external connections when the employee was not working. Which of the following is the MOST likely threat actor? A. Shadow IT B. Script kiddies C. APT D. Insider threat

C. APT

A external forensics investigator has been hired to investigate a data breach at a large enterprise with numerous assets. It is known that the breach started in the DMZ and moved to the sensitive information, generating multiple logs as the attacker traversed through the network. Which of the following will BEST assist with this investigation? A. Perform a vulnerability scan to identity the weak spots. B. Use a packet analyzer to Investigate the NetFlow traffic. C. Check the SIEM to review the correlated logs. D. Require access to the routers to view current sessions.

C. Check the SIEM to review the correlated logs.

A user is attempting to navigate to a website from inside the company network using a desktop. When the user types in the URL. https://www.site.com, the user is presented with a certificate mismatch warning from the browser. The user does not receive a warning when visiting http://www.anothersite.com. Which of the following describes this attack? A. On-path B. Domain hijacking C. DNS poisoning D. Evil twin

C. DNS poisoning

Phishing and spear-phishing attacks have been occurring more frequently against a company's staff. Which of the following would MOST likely help mitigate this issue? A. DNSSEC and DMARC B. DNS query logging C. Exact mail exchanger records in the DNS D. The addition of DNS conditional forwarders

C. Exact mail exchanger records in the DNS

A technician was dispatched to complete repairs on a server in a data center. While locating the server, the technician entered a restricted area without authorization. Which of the following security controls would BEST prevent this in the future? A. Use appropriate signage to mark all areas. B. Utilize cameras monitored by guards. C. Implement access control vestibules. D. Enforce escorts to monitor all visitors.

C. Implement access control vestibules.

A company recently experienced an attack in which a malicious actor was able to exfiltrate data by cracking stolen passwords, using a rainbow table the sensitive data. Which of the following should a security engineer do to prevent such an attack in the future? A. Use password hashing. B. Enforce password complexity. C. Implement password salting. D. Disable password reuse.

C. Implement password salting.

An analyst is reviewing logs associated with an attack. The logs indicate an attacker downloaded a malicious file that was quarantined by the AV solution. The attacker utilized a local non-administrative account to restore the malicious file to a new location. The file was then used by another process to execute a payload. Which of the following attacks did the analyst observe? A. Privilege escalation B. Request forgeries C. Injection D. Replay attack

C. Injection

A company employee recently retired, and there was a schedule delay because no one was capable of filling the employee's position. Which of the following practices would BEST help to prevent this situation in the future? A. Mandatory vacation B. Separation of duties C. Job rotation D. Exit interviews

C. Job rotation

A company is required to continue using legacy software to support a critical service. Which of the following BEST explains a risk of this practice? A. Default system configuration B. Unsecure protocols C. Lack of vendor support D. Weak encryption

C. Lack of vendor support

A security analyst needs to produce a document that details how a security incident occurred, the steps that were taken for recovery, and how future incidents can be avoided. During which of the following stages of the response process will this activity take place? A. Recovery B. Identification C. Lessons learned D. Preparation

C. Lessons learned

Which of the following describes a maintenance metric that measures the average time required to troubleshoot and restore failed equipment? A. RTO B. MTBF C. MTTR D. RPO

C. MTTR

A financial analyst has been accused of violating the company's AUP and there is forensic evidence to substantiate the allegation. Which of the following would dispute the analyst's claim of innocence? A. Legal hold B. Order of volatility C. Non-repudiation D. Chain of custody

C. Non-repudiation

A company is implementing MFA for all applications that store sensitive data. The IT manager wants MFA to be non-disruptive and user friendly. Which of the following technologies should the IT manager use when implementing MFA? A. One-time passwords B. Email tokens C. Push notifications D. Hardware authentication

C. Push notifications

A security administrator needs to create a RAIS configuration that is focused on high read speeds and fault tolerance. It is unlikely that multiple drivers will fail simultaneously. Which of the following RAID configurations should the administration use? A. RAID 0 B. RAID 1 C. RAID 5 D. RAID 10

C. RAID 5

Which of the following policies would help an organization identify and mitigate potential single points of failure in the company's IT/security operations? A. Least privilege B. Awareness training C. Separation of duties D. Mandatory vacation

C. Separation of duties

A security analyst is tasked with defining the "something you are" factor of the company's MFA settings. Which of the following is BEST to use to complete the configuration? A. Gait analysis B. Vein C. Soft token D. HMAC-based, one-time password

C. Soft token

A software company is analyzing a process that detects software vulnerabilities at the earliest stage possible. The goal is to scan the source looking for unsecure practices and weaknesses before the application is deployed in a runtime environment. Which of the following would BEST assist the company with this objective? A. Use fuzzing testing B. Use a web vulnerability scanner C. Use static code analysis D. Use a penetration-testing OS

C. Use static code analysis

Which of the following supplies non-repudiation during a forensics investigation? A. Dumping volatile memory contents first B. Duplicating a drive with dd C. Using a SHA 2 signature of a drive image D. Logging everyone in contact with evidence E. Encrypting sensitive data

C. Using a SHA 2 signature of a drive image

An organization is having difficulty correlating events from its individual AV. EDR. DLP. SWG. WAF. MOM. HIPS, and CASB systems. Which of the following is the BEST way to improve the situation? A. Remove expensive systems that generate few alerts. B. Modify the systems to alert only on critical issues. C. Utilize a SIEM to centralize togs and dashboards. D. Implement a new syslog/NetFlow appliance.

C. Utilize a SIEM to centralize togs and dashboards.

A company recently moved sensitive videos between on-premises. Company-owned websites. The company then learned the videos had been uploaded and shared to the internet. Which of the following would MOST likely allow the company to find the cause? A. Checksums B. Watermarks C. Order of volatility D. A log analysis E. A right-to-audit clause

D. A log analysis

Local guidelines require that all information systems meet a minimum-security baseline to be compliant. Which of the following can security administrators use to assess their system configurations against the baseline? A. SOAR playbook B. Security control matrix C. Risk management framework D. Benchmarks

D. Benchmarks

Developers are writing code and merging it into shared repositories several times a day, where it is tested automatically. Which of the following concepts does this BEST represent? A. Functional testing B. Stored procedures C. Elasticity D. Continuous integration

D. Continuous integration

A security analyst is reviewing a new website that will soon be made publicly available. The analyst sees the following in the URL: http://dev-site.comptia.org/home/show.php?sessionID=77276554&loc=us The analyst then sends an internal user a link to the new website for testing purposes, and when the user clicks the link, the analyst is able to browse the website with the following URL: http://dev-site.comptia.org/home/show.php?sessionID=98988475&loc=us Which of the following application attacks is being tested? A. Pass-the-hash B. Session replay C. Object deference D. Cross-site request forgery

D. Cross-site request forgery

Which of the following control Types would be BEST to use in an accounting department to reduce losses from fraudulent transactions? A. Recovery B. Deterrent C. Corrective D. Detective

D. Detective

A security architect at a large, multinational organization is concerned about the complexities and overhead of managing multiple encryption keys securely in a multicloud provider environment. The security architect is looking for a solution with reduced latency to allow the incorporation of the organization's existing keys and to maintain consistent, centralized control and management regardless of the data location. Which of the following would BEST meet the architect's objectives? A. Trusted Platform Module B. laaS C. HSMaaS D. PaaS E. Key Management Service

E. Key Management Service

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C. Session replay

A security analyst needs to perform periodic vulnerably scans on production systems. Which of the following scan types would produce the BEST vulnerability scan report? A. Port B. Intrusive C. Host discovery D. Credentialed

D. Credentialed

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A. An attacker was able to move laterally from PC1 to PC2 using a pass-the-hash attack

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A. Malicious script

Which of the following would be used to find the MOST common web-application vulnerabilities? A. OWASP B. MITRE ATTACK C. Cyber Kill Chain D. SDLC

A. OWASP

Entering a secure area requires passing through two doors, both of which require someone who is already inside to initiate access. Which of the following types of physical security controls does this describe? A. Cameras B. Faraday cage C. Access control vestibule D. Sensors E. Guards

C. Access control vestibule

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C. Directory traversal: implement a WAF

A security analyst is tasked with classifying data to be stored on company servers. Which of the following should be classified as proprietary? A. Customers' dates of birth B. Customers' email addresses C. Marketing strategies D. Employee salaries

C. Marketing strategies

A SOC is implementing an in sider-threat-detection program. The primary concern is that users may be accessing confidential data without authorization. Which of the following should be deployed to detect a potential insider threat? A. A honeyfile B. ADMZ C. DLP D. File integrity monitoring

A. A honeyfile

Which of the following scenarios would make a DNS sinkhole effective in thwarting an attack? A. An attacker is sniffing traffic to port 53, and the server is managed using unencrypted usernames and passwords. B. An organization is experiencing excessive traffic on port 53 and suspects an attacker is trying to DoS the domain name server. C. Malware trying to resolve an unregistered domain name to determine if it is running in an isolated sandbox D. Routing tables have been compromised, and an attacker is rerouting traffic to malicious websites

A. An attacker is sniffing traffic to port 53, and the server is managed using unencrypted usernames and passwords.

A user forwarded a suspicious email to the security team, Upon investigation, a malicious URL was discovered. Which of the following should be done FIRST to prevent other users from accessing the malicious URL? A. Configure the web content filter for the web address. B. Report the website to threat intelligence partners C. Set me SIEM to alert for any activity to the web address. D. Send out a corporate communication to warn all users Of the malicious email

A. Configure the web content filter for the web address.

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A. Configuring an always-on VPN

Which of the following control types would be BEST to use to identify violations and incidents? A. Detective B. Compensating C. Deterrent D. Corrective E. Recovery F. Preventive

A. Detective

Two hospitals merged into a single organization. The privacy officer requested a review of all records to ensure encryption was used during record storage, in compliance with regulations. During the review, the officer discovered that medical diagnosis codes and patient names were left unsecured. Which of the following types of data does this combination BEST represent? A. Personal health information B. Personally identifiable information C. Tokenized data D. Proprietary data

A. Personal health information

Which of the following types of controls is a turnstile? A. Physical B. Detective C. Corrective D. Technical

A. Physical

Which of the following refers to applications and systems that are used within an organization without consent or approval? A. Shadow IT B. OSINT C. Dark web D. Insider threats

A. Shadow IT

A security forensics analyst is examining a virtual server. The analyst wants to preserve the present state of the virtual server, including memory contents. Which of the following backup types should be used? A. Snapshot B. Differential C. Cloud D. Full E. Incremental

A. Snapshot

Which of the following authentication methods sends out a unique password to be used within a specific number of seconds? A. TOTP B. Biometrics C. Kerberos D. LDAP

A. TOTP

While reviewing an alert that shows a malicious request on one web application, a cybersecurity analyst is alerted to a subsequent token reuse moments later on a different service using the same single sign-on method. Which of the following would BEST detect a malicious actor? A. Utilizing SIEM correlation engines B. Deploying Netflow at the network border C. Disabling session tokens for all sites D. Deploying a WAF for the web server

A. Utilizing SIEM correlation engines

A security engineer has enabled two-factor authentication on all workstations. Which of the following approaches are the MOST secure? (Select TWO). A. Password and security question B. Password and CAPTCHA C. Password and smart card D. Password and fingerprint E. Password and one-time token F. Password and voice

Answer: CD

Ann, a forensic analyst, needs to prove that the data she originally acquired has remained unchanged while in her custody. Which of the following should Ann use? A. Chain of custody B. Checksums C. Non-repudiation D. Legal hold

B. Checksums

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The IT department at a university is concerned about professors placing servers on the university network in an attempt to bypass security controls. Which of the following BEST represents this type of threat? A. A script kiddie B. Shadow IT C. Hacktivism D. White-hat

B. Shadow IT Explanation: Shadow IT is the use of information technology systems, devices, software, applications, and services without explicit IT department approval.

The Chief Information Security Officer wants to prevent exfiltration of sensitive information from employee cell phones when using public USB power charging stations. Which of the following would be the BEST solution to implement? A. DLP B. USB data blocker C. USB OTG D. Disabling USB ports

B. USB data blocker

A security manager has tasked the security operations center with locating all web servers that respond to an unsecure protocol. Which of the following commands could an analyst run to find requested servers? A. nslookup 10.10.10.0 B. nmap -p 80 10.10.10.0/24 C. pathping 10.10.10.0 -p 80 D. ne -1 -p 80

B. nmap -p 80 10.10.10.0/24

Which of the following would BEST identify and remediate a data-loss event in an enterprise using third-party, web-based services and file-sharing platforms? A. SIEM B. CASB C. UTM D. DLP

D. DLP

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D. Directory traversal

An engineer needs to deploy a security measure to identify and prevent data tampering within the enterprise. Which of the following will accomplish this goal? A. Antivirus B. IPS C. FTP D. FIM

D. FIM

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D. Spraying

Which of the following will Increase cryptographic security? A. High data entropy B. Algorithms that require less computing power C. Longer key longevity D. Hashing

A. High data entropy

During a recent incident an external attacker was able to exploit an SMB vulnerability over the internet. Which of the following action items should a security analyst perform FIRST to prevent this from occurring again? A. Check for any recent SMB CVEs B. Install AV on the affected server C. Block unneeded TCP 445 connections D. Deploy a NIDS in the affected subnet

C. Block unneeded TCP 445 connections

The president of a regional bank likes to frequently provide SOC tours to potential investors. Which of the following policies BEST reduces the risk of malicious activity occurring after a tour? A. Password complexity B. Acceptable use C. Access control D. Clean desk

D. Clean desk

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D. Code to execute a race condition on the server

Which of the following controls is used to make an organization initially aware of a data compromise? A. Protective B. Preventative C. Corrective D. Detective

D. Detective

Which of the following environments utilizes dummy data and is MOST likely to be installed locally on a system that allows code to be assessed directly and modified easily with each build? A. Production B. Test C. Staging D. Development

D. Development

Historically, a company has had issues with users plugging in personally owned removable media devices into corporate computers. As a result, the threat of malware incidents is almost constant. Which of the following would BEST help prevent the malware from being installed on the computers? A. AUP B. NGFW C. DLP D. EDR

D. EDR

Which of the following distributes data among nodes, making it more difficult to manipulate the data while also minimizing downtime? A. MSSP B. Public cloud C. Hybrid cloud D. Fog computing

D. Fog computing

A hospital's administration is concerned about a potential loss of patient data that is stored on tablets. A security administrator needs to implement controls to alert the SOC any time the devices are near exits. Which of the following would BEST achieve this objective? A. Geotargeting B. Geolocation C. Geotagging D. Geofencing

D. Geofencing

Which of the following BEST describes a social-engineering attack that relies on an executive at a small business visiting a fake banking website where credit card and account details are harvested? A. Whaling B. Spam C. Invoice scam D. Pharming

D. Pharming

Which of the following techniques eliminates the use of rainbow tables for password cracking? A. Hashing B. Tokenization C. Asymmetric encryption D. Salting

D. Salting

Which of the following would a European company interested in implementing a technical, hands-on set of security standards MOST likely choose? A. GDPR B. CIS controls C. ISO 27001 D. ISO 37000

A. GDPR

An engineer wants to inspect traffic to a cluster of web servers in a cloud environment. Which of the following solutions should the engineer implement? A. Proxy server B. WAF C. Load balancer D. VPN

A. Proxy server

A company has decided to move its operations to the cloud. It wants to utilize technology that will prevent users from downloading company applications for personal use, restrict data that is uploaded, and have visibility into which applications are being used across the company. Which of the following solutions will BEST meet these requirements? A. An NGFW B. A CASB C. Application whitelisting D. An NG-SWG

B. A CASB

While reviewing pcap data, a network security analyst is able to locate plaintext usernames and passwords being sent from workstations to network witches. Which of the following is the security analyst MOST likely observing? A. SNMP traps B. A Telnet session C. An SSH connection D. SFTP traffic

B. A Telnet session

An IT manager is estimating the mobile device budget for the upcoming year. Over the last five years, the number of devices that were replaced due to loss damage or theft steadily increased by 10%. Which of the following would BEST describe the estimated number of devices to be replaced next year? A. ALE B. ARO C. RPO D. SLE

B. ARO

Which of the following holds staff accountable while escorting unauthorized personnel? A. Locks B. Badges C. Cameras D. Visitor logs

B. Badges

Security analyst must enforce policies to harden an MOM infrastructure. The requirements are as follows: - Ensure mobile devices can be traded and wiped. - Confirm mobile devices are encrypted. Which of the following should the analyst enable on all the devices to meet these requirements? A. Geofencing B. Biometric authentication C. Geolocation D. Geotagging

B. Biometric authentication

Which of the following is an example of risk avoidance? A. Installing security updates directly in production to expedite vulnerability fixes B. Buying insurance to prepare for financial loss associated with exploits C. Not installing new software to prevent compatibility errors D. Not taking preventive measures to stop the theft of equipment

B. Buying insurance to prepare for financial loss associated with exploits

A university is opening a facility in a location where there is an elevated risk of theft The university wants to protect the desktops in its classrooms and labs. Which of the following should the university use to BEST protect these assets deployed in the facility? A. Visitor logs B. Cable locks C. Guards D. Disk encryption E. Motion detection

B. Cable locks

Which of the following BEST describes the process of documenting who has access to evidence? A. Order of volatility B. Chain of custody C. Non-repudiation D. Admissibility

B. Chain of custody

Which of the following types of controls is a CCTV camera that is not being monitored? A. Detective B. Deterrent C. Physical D. Preventive

B. Deterrent

The CSIRT is reviewing the lessons learned from a recent incident. A worm was able to spread unhindered throughout the network and infect a large number of computers and servers. Which of the following recommendations would be BEST to mitigate the impacts of a similar incident in the future? A. Install a NIDS device at the boundary. B. Segment the network with firewalls. C. Update all antivirus signatures daily. D. Implement application blacklisting.

B. Segment the network with firewalls.

Which of the following prevents an employee from seeing a colleague who is visiting an inappropriate website? A. Job roration policy B. NDA C. AUP D. Separation of duties policy

C. AUP

A security analyst receives an alert from the company's SIEM that anomalous activity is coming from a local source IP address of 192.168.34.26. The Chief Information Security Officer asks the analyst to block the originating source. Several days later another employee opens an internal ticket stating that vulnerability scans are no longer being performed properly. The IP address the employee provides is 192.168.34.26. Which of the following describes this type of alert? A. True positive B. True negative C. False positive D. False negative

C. False positive

A Chief Executive Officer's (CEO) personal information was stolen in a social engineering attack. Which of the following sources would reveal if the CEO's personal information is for sale? A. Automated information sharing B. Open-source intelligence C. The dark web D. Vulnerability databases

C. The dark web

Which of the following is the GREATEST security concern when outsourcing code development to third-party contractors for an internet-facing application? A. Intellectual property theft B. Elevated privileges C. Unknown backdoor D. Quality assurance

C. Unknown backdoor

The manager who is responsible for a data set has asked a security engineer to apply encryption to the data on a hard disk. The security engineer is an example of a: A. data controller B. data owner C. data custodian D. data processor

C. data custodian

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Which of the following environments typically hosts the current version configurations and code, compares user-story responses and workflow, and uses a modified version of actual data for testing? A. Development B. Staging C. Production D. Test

A. Development

An organization would like to remediate the risk associated with its cloud service provider not meeting its advertised 99.999% availability metrics. Which of the following should the organization consult for the exact requirements for the cloud provider? A. SLA B. BPA C. NDA D. MOU

A. SLA

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A company's security team received notice of a critical vulnerability affecting a high-profile device within the web infrastructure. The vendor patch was just made available online but has not yet been regression tested in development environments. In the interim, firewall rules were implemented to reduce the access to the interface affected by the vulnerability. Which of the following controls does this scenario describe? A. Deterrent B. Compensating C. Detective D. Preventive

B. Compensating

Which of the following incident response steps involves actions to protect critical systems while maintaining business operations? A. Investigation B. Containment C. Recovery D. Lessons learned

B. Containment

An organization is moving away from the use of client-side and server-side certificates for EAR. The company would like for the new EAP solution to have the ability to detect rogue access points. Which of the following would accomplish these requirements? A. PEAP B. EAP-FAST C. EAP-TLS D. EAP-TTLS

B. EAP-FAST

Which of the following is the MOST secure but LEAST expensive data destruction method for data that is stored on hard drives? A. Pulverizing B. Shredding C. Incinerating D. Degaussing

B. Shredding

An employee has been charged with fraud and is suspected of using corporate assets. As authorities collect evidence, and to preserve the admissibility of the evidence, which of the following forensic techniques should be used? A. Order of volatility B. Data recovery C. Chain of custody D. Non-repudiation

C. Chain of custody

An attacker replaces a digitally signed document with another version that foes unnoticed. Upon reviewing the document's contents, the author notices some additional verbaige that was not originally in the document but can't validate an integrity issue. Which of the following attacks was used? A. Cryptomalware B. Prepending C. Collision D. Phising

C. Collision

An attacker was easily able to log in to a company's security camera by performing a basic online search for a setup guide for that particular camera brand and model. Which of the following BEST describes the configurations the attacker exploited? A. Weak encryption B. Unsecure protocols C. Default settings D. Open permissions

C. Default settings

A security analyst has been tasked with finding the maximum amount of data loss that can occur before ongoing business operations would be impacted. Which of the following terms BEST defines this metric? A. MTTR B. RTO C. RPO D. MTBF

C. RPO

A systems administrator is looking for a solution that will help prevent OAuth applications from being leveraged by hackers to trick users into authorizing the use of their corporate credentials. Which of the following BEST describes this solution? A. CASB B. UEM C. WAF D. VPC

C. WAF

An attack relies on an end user visiting a website the end user would typically visit, however, the site is compromised and uses vulnerabilities in the end users browser to deploy malicious software. Which of the blowing types of attack does this describe? A. Smishing B. Whaling C. Watering hole D. Phishing

C. Watering hole

An organization that is located in a flood zone is MOST likely to document the concerns associated with the restoration of IT operation in a: A. business continuity plan B. communications plan. C. disaster recovery plan. D. continuity of operations plan

C. disaster recovery plan.

An organization just experienced a major cyberattack modem. The attack was well coordinated sophisticated and highly skilled. Which of the following targeted the organization? A. Shadow IT B. An insider threat C. A hacktivist D. An advanced persistent threat

D. An advanced persistent threat

A security analyst is looking for a solution to help communicate to the leadership team the seventy levels of the organization's vulnerabilities. Which of the following would BEST meet this need? A. CVE B. SIEM C. SOAR D. CVSS

D. CVSS

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D. Account lockout

Which of the following disaster recovery tests is The LEAST time-consuming for the disaster recovery team? A. Tabletop B. Parallel C. Full interruption D. Simulation

D. Simulation

An organization maintains several environments in which patches are developed and tested before deployed to an operation status. Which of the following is the environment in which patches will be deployed just prior to being put into an operational status? A. Development B. Test C. Production D. Staging

D. Staging

Which of the following should a technician consider when selecting an encryption method for data that needs to remain confidential for a specific length of time? A. The key length of the encryption algorithm B. The encryption algorithm's longevity C. A method of introducing entropy into key calculations D. The computational overhead of calculating the encryption key

D. The computational overhead of calculating the encryption key

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A cyber security administrator is using an enterprise firewall. The administrator created some rules, but now Seems to be unresponsive. All connections being dropped by the firewall. Which of the following would be the BEST option to remove the rules? A. # iptables t mangle x B. # iptables f C. # iptables z D. # iptables p input j drop

A. # iptables t mangle x

A network administrator at a large organization Is reviewing methods to improve the security of the wired LAN Any security improvement must be centrally managed and allow corporate-owned devices to have access to the intranet but limit others to Internet access only. Which of the following should the administrator recommend? A. 802.1X utilizing the current PKI infrastructure B. SSO to authenticate corporate users C. MAC address filtering with ACLs on the router D. PAM for user account management

A. 802.1X utilizing the current PKI infrastructure

Which of the following is a detective and deterrent control against physical intrusions? A. A lock B. An alarm C. A fence D. A sign

A. A lock

Which of the following terms should be included in a contract to help a company monitor the ongoing security maturity of a new vendor? A. A right-to-audit clause allowing for annual security audits B. Requirements for event logs to be kept for a minimum of 30 days C. Integration of threat intelligence in the company's AV D. A data-breach clause requiring disclosure of significant data loss

A. A right-to-audit clause allowing for annual security audits

A manufacturer creates designs for very high security products that are required to be protected and controlled by the government regulations. These designs are not accessible by corporate networks or the Internet. Which of the following is the BEST solution to protect these designs? A. An air gap B. A Faraday cage C. A shielded cable D. A demilitarized zone

A. An air gap

An annual information security assessment has revealed that several OS-level configurations are not in compliance due to outdated hardening standards the company is using. Which of the following would be BEST to use to update and reconfigure the OS-level security configurations? A. CIS benchmarks B. GDPR guidance C. Regional regulations D. ISO 27001 standards

A. CIS benchmarks

Several universities are participating in a collaborative research project and need to share compute and storage resources. Which of the following cloud deployment strategies would BEST meet this need? A. Community B. Private C. Public D. Hybrid

A. Community

A major clothing company recently lost a large amount of proprietary information The security officer must find a solution to ensure this never happens again. Which of the following is the BEST technical implementation to prevent this from happening again? A. Configure DLP solutions B. Disable peer-to-peer sharing. C. Enable role-based access controls D. Mandate job rotation. E. Implement content filters

A. Configure DLP solutions

A company Is planning to install a guest wireless network so visitors will be able to access the Internet. The stakeholders want the network to be easy to connect to so time is not wasted during meetings. The WAPs are configured so that power levels and antennas cover only the conference rooms where visitors will attend meetings. Which of the following would BEST protect the company's Internal wireless network against visitors accessing company resources? A. Configure the guest wireless network to be on a separate VLAN from the company's internal wireless network B. Change the password for the guest wireless network every month. C. Decrease the power levels of the access points for the guest wireless network. D. Enable WPA2 using 802.1X for logging on to the guest wireless network.

A. Configure the guest wireless network to be on a separate VLAN from the company's internal wireless network

A recently discovered zero-day exploit utilizes an unknown vulnerability in the SMB network protocol to rapidly infect computers. Once infected, computers are encrypted and held for ransom. Which of the following would BEST prevent this attack from reoccurring? A. Configure the perimeter firewall to deny inbound external connections to SMB ports. B. Ensure endpoint detection and response systems are alerting on suspicious SMB connections. C. Deny unauthenticated users access to shared network folders. D. Verify computers are set to install monthly operating system, updates automatically.

A. Configure the perimeter firewall to deny inbound external connections to SMB ports.

A security analyst needs to make a recommendation for restricting access to certain segments of the network using only data-link layer security. Which of the following controls will the analyst MOST likely recommend? A. MAC B. ACL C. BPDU D. ARP

A. MAC

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A. PowerShell

During an investigation, a security manager receives notification from local authorities mat company proprietary data was found on a former employees home computer. The former employee's corporate workstation has since been repurposed, and the data on the hard drive has been overwritten. Which of the following would BEST provide the security manager with enough details to determine when the data was removed from the company network? A. Properly configured hosts with security logging B. Properly configured endpoint security tool with darting C. Properly configured SIEM with retention policies D. Properly configured USB blocker with encryption

A. Properly configured hosts with security logging

An IT security manager requests a report on company information that is publicly available. The managers concern is that malicious actors will be able to access the data without in active reconnaissance. Which of the following is the most efficient approach to perform the analysis? A. Provide a domain parameter to theharvester tool B. check public DNS entries using dnsenum C. perform a Nessus vulnerability scan targeting a public company's IP D. execute nmap using the options: scan all ports and sneaky mode

A. Provide a domain parameter to theharvester tool

An organization with a low tolerance for user inconvenience wants to protect laptop hard drives against loss or data theft. Which of the following would be the MOST acceptable? A. SED B. HSM C. DLP D. TPM

A. SED

A recent security breach exploited software vulnerabilities in the firewall and within the network management solution. Which of the following will MOST likely be used to identify when the breach occurred through each device? A. SIEM correlation dashboards B. Firewall syslog event logs C. Network management solution login audit logs D. Bandwidth monitors and interface sensors

A. SIEM correlation dashboards

Which of the following policies establishes rules to measure third-party work tasks and ensure deliverables are provided within a specific time line? A. SLA B. MOU C. AUP D. NDA

A. SLA

A recent phishing campaign resulted in several compromised user accounts. The security incident response team has been tasked with reducing the manual labor of filtering through all the phishing emails as they arrive and blocking the sender's email address, along with other time consuming mitigation actions. Which of the following can be configured to streamline those tasks? A. SOAR playbook B. MOM policy C. Firewall rules D. URL filter E. SIEM data collection

A. SOAR playbook

Which of the following environments minimizes end user disruption and is MOST likely to be used to assess the impacts of any database migrations or major system changes by using the final version of the code in an operationally representative environment? A. Staging B. Test C. Production D. Development

A. Staging

A company has just experienced a malware attack affecting a large number of desktop users. The antivirus solution was not able to block the malware, but the HIDS alerted to C2 calls as 'Troj.Generic'. Once the security team found a solution to remove the malware, they were able to remove the malware files successfully, and the HIDS stopped alerting. The next morning, however, the HIDS once again started alerting on the same desktops, and the security team discovered the files were back. Which of the following BEST describes the type of malware infecting this company's network? A. Trojan B. Spyware C. Rootkit D. Botnet

A. Trojan

An organization would like to give remote workers the ability to use applications hosted inside the corporate network. Users will be allowed to use their personal computers or they will be provided organization assets. Either way no data or applications will be installed locally on any user systems. Which of the following mobile solutions would accomplish these goals? A. VDI B. MDM C. COPE D. UTM

A. VDI

A bad actor tries to persuade someone to provide financial information over the phone in order to gain access to funds. Which of the following types of attacks does this scenario describe? A. Vishing B. Phishing C. Spear phishing D. Whaling

A. Vishing

A security administrator suspects an employee has been emailing proprietary information to a competitor. Company policy requires the administrator to capture an exact copy of the employee's hard disk. Which of the following should the administrator use? A. dd B. chmod C. dnsenum D. logger

A. dd

Which of the following control sets should a well-written BCP include? (Select THREE) A. Preventive B. Detective C. Deterrent D. Corrective E. Compensating F. Physical G. Recovery

Answer: ADG

A systems analyst is responsible for generating a new digital forensics chain of custody form. Which of the following should the analyst include in this documentation? (Select TWO). A. The order of volatility B. A CRC32 checksum C. The provenance of the artifacts D. The vendor's name E. The date time F. A warning banner

Answer: AE

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B. Physically check each system,

Which of the following documents provides expectations at a technical level for quality, availability, and responsibilities? A. EOL B. SLA C. MOU D. EOSL

B. SLA

An engineer recently deployed a group of 100 web servers in a cloud environment. Per the security policy, all web-server ports except 443 should be disabled. Which of the following can be used to accomplish this task? A. Application allow list B. SWG C. Host-based firewall D. VPN

C. Host-based firewall

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C. Man in the middle

Which of the following should be put in place when negotiating with a new vendor about the timeliness of the response to a significant outage or incident? A. MOU B. MTTR C. SLA D. NDA

C. SLA

Ann, a customer, received a notification from her mortgage company stating her PII may be shared with partners, affiliates, and associates to maintain day-to-day business operations. Which of the following documents did Ann receive? A. An annual privacy notice B. A non-disclosure agreement C. A privileged-user agreement D. A memorandum of understanding

A. An annual privacy notice

DDoS attacks are causing an overload on the cluster of cloud servers. A security architect is researching alternatives to make the cloud environment respond to load fluctuation in a cost-effective way. Which of the following options BEST fulfils the architect's requirements? A. An orchestration solution that can adjust scalability of cloud assets B. Use of multipath by adding more connections to cloud storage C. Cloud assets replicated on geographically distributed regions D. An on-site backup that is deployed and only used when the load increases

A. An orchestration solution that can adjust scalability of cloud assets

A company is providing security awareness training regarding the importance of not forwarding social media messages from unverified sources. Which of the following risks would this training help to prevent? A. Hoaxes B. SPIMs C. Identity fraud D. Credential harvesting

A. Hoaxes

An organization wants to host an externally accessible web server that will not contain sensitive user information. Any sensitive information will be hosted on file servers. Which of the following is the BEST architecture configuration for this organization? A. Host the web server in a DMZ and the file servers behind a firewall B. Host the web server and the file servers in a DMZ C. Host the web server behind a firewall and the file servers in a DMZ D. Host both the web server and file servers behind a firewall

A. Host the web server in a DMZ and the file servers behind a firewall

Which of the following organizations sets frameworks and controls for optimal security configuration on systems? A. ISO B. GDPR C. PCI DSS D. NIST

A. ISO

An organization discovered files with proprietary financial data have been deleted. The files have been recovered from backup, but every time the Chief Financial Officer logs in to the file server, the same files are deleted again. No other users are experiencing this issue. Which of the following types of malware is MOST likely causing this behavior? A. Logic bomb B. Crypto malware C. Spyware D. Remote access Trojan

A. Logic bomb

A security analyst in a SOC has been tasked with onboarding a new network into the SIEM. Which of the following BEST describes the information that should feed into a SIEM solution in order to adequately support an investigation? A. Logs from each device type and security layer to provide correlation of events B. Only firewall logs since that is where attackers will most likely try to breach the network C. Email and web-browsing logs because user behavior is often the cause of security breaches D. NetFlow because it is much more reliable to analyze than syslog and will be exportable from every device

A. Logs from each device type and security layer to provide correlation of events

A security administrator suspects there may be unnecessary services running on a server. Which of the following tools will the administrator MOST likely use to confirm the suspicions? A. Nmap B. Wireshark C. Autopsy D. DNSEnum

A. Nmap

A multinational organization that offers web-based services has datacenters that are located only in the United States; however, a large number of its customers are in Australia, Europe, and China. Payments for services are managed by a third party in the United Kingdom that specializes in payment gateways. The management team is concerned the organization is not compliant with privacy laws that cover some of its customers. Which of the following frameworks should the management team follow? A. Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard B. Cloud Security Alliance Best Practices C. ISO/IEC 27032 Cybersecurity Guidelines D. General Data Protection Regulation

A. Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

An organization is concerned about video emissions from users' desktops. Which of the following is the BEST solution to implement? A. Screen filters B. Shielded cables C. Spectrum analyzers D. Infrared detection

A. Screen filters

An organization plans to transition the intrusion detection and prevention techniques on a critical subnet to an anomaly-based system. Which of the following does the organization need to determine for this to be successful? A. The baseline B. The endpoint configurations C. The adversary behavior profiles D. The IPS signatures

A. The baseline

Which of the following BEST explains the reason why a server administrator would place a document named password.txt on the desktop of an administrator account on a server? A. The document is a honeyfile and is meant to attract the attention of a cyberintruder. B. The document is a backup file if the system needs to be recovered. C. The document is a standard file that the OS needs to verify the login credentials. D. The document is a keylogger that stores all keystrokes should the account be compromised.

A. The document is a honeyfile and is meant to attract the attention of a cyberintruder.

A systems analyst is responsible for generating a new digital forensics chain-of-custody form. Which of the following should the analyst include in this documentation? (Choose two.) A. The order of volatility B. A CRC32 checksum C. The provenance of the artifacts D. The vendor's name E. The date and time F. A warning banner

Answer: CE

Which of the following would detect intrusions at the perimeter of an airport? A. Signage B. Fencing C. Motion sensors D. Lighting E. Bollards

B. Fencing

An organization wants to implement a third factor to an existing multifactor authentication. The organization already uses a smart card and password. Which of the following would meet the organization's needs for a third factor? A. Date of birth B. Fingerprints C. PIN D. TPM

B. Fingerprints

A web server administrator has redundant servers and needs to ensure failover to the secondary server when the primary server goes down. Which of the following should the administrator implement to avoid disruption? A. NIC teaming B. High availability C. Dual power supply D. laaS

B. High availability

A Chief Security Officer (CSO) is concerned about the amount of PII that is stored locally on each salesperson's laptop. The sales department has a higher-than-average rate of lost equipment. Which of the following recommendations would BEST address the CSO's concern? A. Deploy an MDM solution. B. Implement managed FDE. C. Replace all hard drives with SEDs. D. Install DLP agents on each laptop.

B. Implement managed FDE.

A company is implementing a new SIEM to log and send alerts whenever malicious activity is blocked by its antivirus and web content filters. Which of the following is the primary use case for this scenario? A. Implementation of preventive controls B. Implementation of detective controls C. Implementation of deterrent controls D. Implementation of corrective controls

B. Implementation of detective controls

A client sent several inquiries to a project manager about the delinquent delivery status of some critical reports. The project manager claimed the reports were previously sent via email, but then quickly generated and backdated the reports before submitting them as plain text within the body of a new email message thread. Which of the following actions MOST likely supports an investigation for fraudulent submission? A. Establish chain of custody. B. Inspect the file metadata. C. Reference the data retention policy. D. Review the email event logs

B. Inspect the file metadata.

An employee received a word processing file that was delivered as an email attachment. The subject line and email content enticed the employee to open the attachment. Which of the following attack vectors BEST matches this malware? A. embedded Python code B. Macro-enabled file C. Bash scripting D. Credential-harvesting website

B. Macro-enabled file

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B. Obfuscation

A SOC operator is receiving continuous alerts from multiple Linux systems indicating that unsuccessful SSH attempts to a functional user ID have been attempted on each one of them in a short period of time. Which of the following BEST explains this behavior? A. Rainbow table attack B. Password spraying C. Logic bomb D. Malware bot

B. Password spraying

Which of the following can work as an authentication method and as an alerting mechanism for unauthorized access attempts? A. Smart card B. Push notifications C. Attestation service D. HMAC based E. one-time password

B. Push notifications

A junior systems administrator noticed that one of two hard drives in a server room had a red error notification. The administrator removed the hard drive to replace it but was unaware that the server was configured in an array. Which of the following configurations would ensure no data is lost? A. RAID 0 B. RAID 1 C. RAID 2 D. RAID 3

B. RAID 1

Which of the following would be BEST for a technician to review to determine the total risk an organization can bear when assessing a "cloud-first" adoption strategy? A. Risk matrix B. Risk tolerance C. Risk register D. Risk appetite

B. Risk tolerance

An organization wants to integrate its incident response processes into a workflow with automated decision points and actions based on predefined playbooks. Which of the following should the organization implement? A. SIEM B. SOAR C. EDR D. CASB

B. SOAR

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of a bank recently updated the incident response policy. The CISO is concerned that members of the incident response team do not understand their roles. The bank wants to test the policy but with the least amount of resources or impact. Which of the following BEST meets the requirements? A. Warm site failover B. Tabletop walk-through C. Parallel path testing D. Full outage simulation

B. Tabletop walk-through

An organization's corporate offices were destroyed due to a natural disaster, so the organization is now setting up offices in a temporary work space. Which of the following will the organization MOST likely consult? A. The business continuity plan B. The disaster recovery plan C. The communications plan D. The incident response plan

B. The disaster recovery plan

A company's help desk received several AV alerts indicating Mimikatz attempted to run on the remote systems. Several users also reported that the new company flash drives they picked up in the break room only have 512KB of storage. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause? A. The GPO prevents the use of flash drives, which triggers a false positive AV indication and restricts the drives to only 512KB of storage. B. The new flash drives need a driver that is being blocked by the AV software because the flash drives are not on the application's allow list, temporarily restricting the drives to 512KB of storage. C. The new flash drives are incorrectly partitioned, and the systems are automatically trying to use an unapproved application to repartition the drives. D. The GPO blocking the flash drives is being bypassed by a malicious flash drive that is attempting to harvest plaintext credentials from memory.

B. The new flash drives need a driver that is being blocked by the AV software because the flash drives are not on the application's allow list, temporarily restricting the drives to 512KB of storage.

A security analyst needs to find real-time data on the latest malware and IoCs. Which of the following would BEST describes the solution the analyst should pursue? A. Advisories and bulletins B. Threat feeds C. Security news articles D. Peer-reviewed content

B. Threat feeds

Which of the following is a reason why an organization would define an AUP? A. To define the lowest level of privileges needed for access and use of the organization's resources B. To define the set of rules and behaviors for users of the organization's IT systems C. To define the intended partnership between two organizations D. To define the availability and reliability characteristics between an IT provider and consumer

B. To define the set of rules and behaviors for users of the organization's IT systems

Which of the following in the incident response process is the BEST approach to improve the speed of the identification phase? A. Activate verbose logging in all critical assets. B. Tune monitoring in order to reduce false positive rates. C. Redirect all events to multiple syslog servers. D. Increase the number of sensors present on the environment.

B. Tune monitoring in order to reduce false positive rates.

A cloud administrator is configuring five compute instances under the same subnet in a VPC. Three instances are required to communicate with one another, and the other two must he logically isolated from all other instances in the VPC. Which of the following must the administrator configure to meet this requirement? A. One security group B. Two security groups C. Three security groups D. Five security groups

B. Two security groups

A security architect is required to deploy to conference rooms some workstations that will allow sensitive data to be displayed on large screens. Due to the nature of the data, it cannot be stored in the conference rooms. The fiieshare is located in a local data center. Which of the following should the security architect recommend to BEST meet the requirement? A. Fog computing and KVMs B. VDI and thin clients C. Private cloud and DLP D. Full drive encryption and thick clients

B. VDI and thin clients

A software developer needs to perform code-execution testing, black-box testing, and non-functional testing on a new product before its general release. Which of the following BEST describes the tasks the developer is conducting? A. Verification B. Validation C. Normalization D. Staging

B. Validation

A security engineer must deploy two wireless routers in an office suite. Other tenants in the office building should not be able to connect to this wireless network. Which of the following protocols should the engineer implement to ensure the STRONGEST encryption? A. WPS B. WPA2 C. WAP D. HTTPS

B. WPA2

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of an insurance company received an email from Ann, the company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), requesting a transfer of $10,000 to an account. The email states Ann is on vacation and has lost her purse, containing cash and credit cards. Which of the following social- engineering techniques is the attacker using? A. Phishing B. Whaling C. Typo squatting D. Pharming

B. Whaling

Which of the following is the BEST example of a cost-effective physical control to enforce a USB removable media restriction policy? A. Putting security/antitamper tape over USB ports, logging the port numbers, and regularly inspecting the ports B. implementing a GPO that will restrict access to authorized USB removable media and regularly verifying that it is enforced C. placing systems into locked key-controlled containers with no access to the USB ports D. installing an endpoint agent to detect connectivity of USB and removable media

B. implementing a GPO that will restrict access to authorized USB removable media and regularly verifying that it is enforced

A security manager needs to assess the security posture of one of the organization's vendors. The contract with the vendor does not allow for auditing of the vendor's security controls. Which of the following should the manager request to complete the assessment? A. A service-level agreement B. A business partnership agreement C. A SOC 2 Type 2 report D. A memorandum of understanding

C. A SOC 2 Type 2 report

A security engineer needs to build a solution to satisfy regulatory requirements that state certain critical servers must be accessed using MFA. However, the critical servers are older and are unable to support the addition of MFA. Which of the following will the engineer MOST likely use to achieve this objective? A. A forward proxy B. A stateful firewall C. A jump server D. A port tap

C. A jump server

A company uses specially configured workstations tor any work that requires administrator privileges to its Tier 0 and Tier 1 systems. The company follows a strict process to harden systems immediately upon delivery. Even with these strict security measures in place, an incident occurred from one of the workstations. The root cause appears to be that the SoC was tampered with or replaced. Which of the following MOST likely occurred? A. Fileless malware B. A downgrade attack C. A supply-chain attack D. A logic bomb E. Misconfigured BIOS

C. A supply-chain attack

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C. ARP poisoning

During an asset inventory, several assets, supplies, and miscellaneous items were noted as missing. The security manager has been asked to find an automated solution to detect any future theft of equipment. Which of the following would be BEST to implement? A. Badges B. Fencing C. Access control vestibule D. Lighting E. Cameras

C. Access control vestibule

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C. An attacker used a pass-the-hash attack to gain access

A security administrator has noticed unusual activity occurring between different global instances and workloads and needs to identify the source of the unusual traffic. Which of the following log sources would be BEST to show the source of the unusual traffic? A. HIDS B. UEBA C. CASB D. VPC

C. CASB

An organization is planning to roll out a new mobile device policy and issue each employee a new laptop. These laptops would access the users' corporate operating system remotely and allow them to use the laptops for purposes outside of their job roles. Which of the following deployment models is being utilized? A. MDM and application management B. BYOO and containers C. COPE and VDI D. CYOD and VMs

C. COPE and VDI

A company wants to restrict emailing of PHI documents. The company is implementing a DLP solution. In order to restrict PHI documents, which of the following should be performed FIRST? A. Retention B. Governance C. Classification D. Change management

C. Classification

Which of the following should be monitored by threat intelligence researchers who search for leaked credentials? A. Common Weakness Enumeration B. OSINT C. Dark web D. Vulnerability databases

C. Dark web

Which of the following will MOST likely cause machine learning and Al-enabled systems to operate with unintended consequences? A. Stored procedures B. Buffer overflows C. Data bias D. Code reuse

C. Data bias

An attacker was easily able to log in to a company's security camera by performing a baste online search for a setup guide for that particular camera brand and model. Which of the following BEST describes the configurations the attacker exploited? A. Weak encryption B. Unsecure protocols C. Default settings D. Open permissions

C. Default settings

A network administrator has been asked to install an IDS to improve the security posture of an organization. Which of the following control types is an IDS? A. Corrective B. Physical C. Detective D. Administrative

C. Detective

An organization is developing a plan in the event of a complete loss of critical systems and data. Which of the following plans is the organization MOST likely developing? A. Incident response B. Communications C. Disaster recovery D. Data retention

C. Disaster recovery

Customers reported their antivirus software flagged one of the company's primary software products as suspicious. The company's Chief Information Security Officer has tasked the developer with determining a method to create a trust model between the software and the customer's antivirus software. Which of the following would be the BEST solution? A. Code signing B. Domain validation C. Extended validation D. Self-signing

C. Extended validation

An enterprise has hired an outside security firm to conduct penetration testing on its network and applications. The firm has only been given the documentation available to the customers of the applications. Which of the following BEST represents the type of testing that will occur? A. Bug bounty B. Black-box C. Gray-box D. White-box

C. Gray-box

Joe, a user at a company, clicked an email link led to a website that infected his workstation. Joe, was connected to the network, and the virus spread to the network shares. The protective measures failed to stop this virus, and It has continues to evade detection. Which of the following should administrator implement to protect the environment from this malware? A. Install a definition-based antivirus. B. Implement an IDS/IPS C. Implement a heuristic behavior-detection solution. D. Implement CASB to protect the network shares.

C. Implement a heuristic behavior-detection solution.

Which of the following documents provides guidance regarding the recommended deployment of network security systems from the manufacturer? A. Cloud control matrix B. Reference architecture C. NIST RMF D. CIS Top 20

C. NIST RMF

When used at the design stage, which of the following improves the efficiency, accuracy, and speed of a database? A. Tokenization B. Data masking C. Normalization D. Obfuscation

C. Normalization

A security analyst is concerned about critical vulnerabilities that have been detected on some applications running inside containers. Which of the following is the BEST remediation strategy? A. Update the base container image and redeploy the environment. B. Include the containers in the regular patching schedule for servers C. Patch each running container individually and test the application D. Update the host in which the containers are running

C. Patch each running container individually and test the application

Joe, an employee, receives an email stating he won the lottery. The email includes a link that requests a name, mobile phone number, address, and date of birth be provided to confirm Joe's identity before sending him the prize. Which of the following BEST describes this type of email? A. Spear phishing B. Whaling C. Phishing D. Vishing

C. Phishing

An organization implemented a process that compares the settings currently configured on systems against secure configuration guidelines in order to identify any gaps. Which of the following control types has the organization implemented? A. Compensating B. Corrective C. Preventive D. Detective

C. Preventive

Which of the following describes the exploitation of an interactive process to gain access to restricted areas? A. Persistence B. Buffer overflow C. Privilege escalation D. Pharming

C. Privilege escalation

A malware attack has corrupted 30TB of company data across all file servers. A systems administrator identifies the malware and contains the issue, but the data is unrecoverable. The administrator is not concerned about the data loss because the company has a system in place that will allow users to access the data that was backed up last night. Which of the following resiliency techniques did the administrator MOST likely use to prevent impacts to business operations after an attack? A. Tape backups B. Replication C. RAID D. Cloud storage

C. RAID

After a WiFi scan of a local office was conducted, an unknown wireless signal was identified Upon investigation, an unknown Raspberry Pi device was found connected to an Ethernet port using a single connection. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of this device? A. loT sensor B. Evil twin C. Rogue access point D. On-path attack

C. Rogue access point

A cybersecurity analyst needs to implement secure authentication to third-party websites without users' passwords. Which of the following would be the BEST way to achieve this objective? A. OAuth B. SSO C. SAML D. PAP

C. SAML

Which of the following typically uses a combination of human and artificial intelligence to analyze event data and take action without intervention? A. TTP B. OSINT C. SOAR D. SIEM

C. SOAR

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C. SQLi

An organization wants seamless authentication to its applications. Which of the following should the organization employ to meet this requirement? A. SOAP B. SAML C. SSO D. Kerberos

C. SSO

To reduce and overhead, an organization wants to move from an on-premises email solution to a cloud-based email solution. At this time, no other services will be moving. Which of the following cloud models would BEST meet the needs of the organization? A. MaaS B. laaS C. SaaS D. PaaS

C. SaaS

An organization has expanded its operations by opening a remote office. The new office is fully furnished with office resources to support up to 50 employees working on any given day. Which of the following VPN solutions would BEST support the new office? A. Always On B. Remote access C. Site-to-site D. Full tunnel

C. Site-to-site

A company just developed a new web application for a government agency. The application must be assessed and authorized prior to being deployed. Which of the following is required to assess the vulnerabilities resident in the application? A. Repository transaction logs B. Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures C. Static code analysis D. Non-credentialed scans

C. Static code analysis

A company needs to validate its updated incident response plan using a real-world scenario that will test decision points and relevant incident response actions without interrupting daily operations. Which of the following would BEST meet the company's requirements? A. Red-team exercise B. Capture-the-flag exercise C. Tabletop exercise D. Phishing exercise

C. Tabletop exercise

Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for securing an air-gapped laboratory HVAC system? A. To avoid data leakage B. To protect surveillance logs C. To ensure availability D. To restrict remote access

C. To ensure availability

A security analyst is concerned about traffic initiated to the dark web form the corporate LAN. Which of the following networks should the analyst monitor? A. SFTP B. AS C. Tor D. IoC

C. Tor

A dynamic application vulnerability scan identified code injection could be performed using a web form. Which of the following will be BEST remediation to prevent this vulnerability? A. Implement input validations B. Deploy MFA C. Utilize a WAF D. Configure HIPS

C. Utilize a WAF

During a recent security assessment, a vulnerability was found in a common OS, The OS vendor was unaware of the issue and promised to release a patch within next quarter. Which of the following BEST describes this type of vulnerability? A. Legacy operating system B. Weak configuration C. Zero day D. Supply chain

C. Zero day

When implementing automation with loT devices, which of the following should be considered FIRST to keep the network secure? A. 2-Wave compatibility B. Network range C. Zigbee configuration D. Communication protocols

C. Zigbee configuration

A security analyst wants to fingerprint a web server. Which of the following tools will the security analyst MOST likely use to accomplish this task? A. nmap -p1-65535 192.168.0.10 B. dig 192.168.0.10 C. curl --head http://192.168.0.10 D. ping 192.168.0.10

C. curl --head http://192.168.0.10

The SOC for a large MSSP in a meeting to discuss the lessons learned from a recent incident that took much too long to resolve. This type of incident has become more common over weeks and is consuming large amounts of the analysts time due to manual tasks being performed. Which of the following solutions should the SOC consider to BEST improve its response time? A. configure a NIDS appliance using a Switched Port Analyzer B. collect OSINT and catalog the artifacts in a central repository C. implement a SOAR with customizable playbooks D. install a SIEM with community-driven threat intelligence

C. implement a SOAR with customizable playbooks

A cybersecurity administrator is using iptables as an enterprise firew ll. The administrator created some rules, but the network now seems to be unresponsive All connections are being dropped by the firewall. Which of the following would be the BEST option to remove the rules? A. # iptables -t mangle -X B. # iptables -F C. # iptables -Z D. # iptables -P INPUT -j DROP

D. # iptables -P INPUT -j DROP

Which of the following represents a multifactor authentication system? A. An iris scanner coupled with a palm print reader and fingerprint scanner with liveness detection B. A secret passcode that prompts the user to enter a secret key if entered correctly C. A digital certificate on a physical token that is unlocked with a secret passcode D. A one-time password token combined with a proximity badge

D. A one-time password token combined with a proximity badge

A security engineer is deploying a new wireless for a company. The company shares office space with multiple tenants. Which of the following should the engineer configured on the wireless network to ensure that confidential data is not exposed to unauthorized users? A. EAP B. TLS C. HTTPS D. AES

D. AES

After returning from a conference, a user's laptop has been operating slower than normal and overheating, and the fans have been running constantly. During the diagnosis process, an unknown piece of hardware is found connected to the laptop's motherboard. Which of the following attack vectors was exploited to install the hardware? A. Removable media B. Spear phishing C. Supply chain D. Direct access

D. Direct access

An organization wants to implement a biometric system with the highest likelihood that an unauthorized user will be denied access. Which of the following should the organization use to compare biometric solutions? A. FRR B. Difficulty of use C. Cost D. FAR E. CER

D. FAR

An organization has implemented a two-step verification process to protect user access to data that 6 stored in the could. Each employee now uses an email address of mobile number a code to access the data. Which of the following authentication methods did the organization implement? A. Token key B. Static code C. Push notification D. HOTP

D. HOTP

An organization wants to participate in threat intelligence information sharing with peer groups. Which of the following would MOST likely meet the organizations requirement? A. Perform OSINT investigations B. Subscribe to threat intelligence feeds C. Submit RFCs D. Implement a TAXII server

D. Implement a TAXII server

A company acquired several other small companies. The company that acquired the others is transitioning network services to the cloud. The company wants to make sure that performance and security remain intact. Which of the following BEST meets both requirements? A. High availability B. Application security C. Segmentation D. Integration and auditing

D. Integration and auditing

A company was recently breached Part of the company's new cybersecurity strategy is to centralize the logs from all security devices. Which of the following components forwards the logs to a central source? A. Log enrichment B. Log aggregation C. Log parser D. Log collector

D. Log collector

A cybersecurity administrator has a reduced team and needs to operate an on-premises network and security infrastructure efficiently. To help with the situation, the administrator decides to hire a service provider. Which of the following should the administrator use? A. SDP B. AAA C. IaaS D. MSSP E. Microservices

D. MSSP

A company processes highly sensitive data and senior management wants to protect the sensitive data by utilizing classification labels. Which of the following access control schemes would be BEST for the company to implement? A. Discretionary B. Rule-based C. Role-based D. Mandatory

D. Mandatory

An organization just implemented a new security system. Local laws state that citizens must be notified prior to encountering the detection mechanism to deter malicious activities. Which of the following is being implemented? A. Proximity cards with guards B. Fence with electricity C. Drones with alarms D. Motion sensors with signage

D. Motion sensors with signage

The security team received a report of copyright infringement from the IP space of the corporate network. The report provided a precise time stamp for the incident as well as the name of the copyrighted file. The analyst has been tasked with determining the infringing source machine and instructed to implement measures to prevent such incidents from occurring again. Which of the following is MOST capable of accomplishing both tasks? A. HIDS B. Allow list C. TPM D. NGFW

D. NGFW

A penetration tester was able to compromise an internal server and is now trying to pivot the current session in a network lateral movement. Which of the following tools, if available on the server, will provide the MOST useful information for the next assessment step? A. Autopsy B. Cuckoo C. Memdump D. Nmap

D. Nmap

A news article states that a popular web browser deployed on all corporate PCs is vulnerable a zero-day attack. Which of the following MOST concern the Chief Information Security Officer about the information in the new article? A. Insider threats have compromised this network B. Web browsing is not functional for the entire network C. Antivirus signatures are required to be updated immediately D. No patches are available for the web browser

D. No patches are available for the web browser

A company is implementing BYOD and wants to ensure all users have access to the same cloud-based services. Which of the following would BEST allow the company to meet this requirement? A. laaS B. PasS C. MaaS D. SaaS

D. SaaS

A customer service representative reported an unusual text message that was sent to the help desk. The message contained an unrecognized invoice number with a large balance due and a link to click for more details. Which of the following BEST describes this technique? A. Vishing B. Whaling C. Phishing D. Smishing

D. Smishing

A user recent an SMS on a mobile phone that asked for bank delays. Which of the following social-engineering techniques was used in this case? A. SPIM B. Vishing C. Spear phishing D. Smishing

D. Smishing

When selecting a technical solution for identity management, an architect chooses to go from an in-house to a third-party SaaS provider. Which of the following risk management strategies is this an example of? A. Acceptance B. Mitigation C. Avoidance D. Transference

D. Transference

After entering a username and password, and administrator must gesture on a touch screen. Which of the following demonstrates what the administrator is providing? A. Multifactor authentication B. Something you can do C. Biometric D. Two-factor authentication

D. Two-factor authentication

Which of the following is an example of federated access management? A. Windows passing user credentials on a peer-to-peer network B. Applying a new user account with a complex password C. Implementing a AM framework for network access D. Using a popular website login to provide access to another website

D. Using a popular website login to provide access to another website

Accompany deployed a WiFi access point in a public area and wants to harden the configuration to make it more secure. After performing an assessment, an analyst identifies that the access point is configured to use WPA3, AES, WPS, and RADIUS. Which of the following should the analyst disable to enhance the access point security? A. WPA3 B. AES C. RADIUS D. WPS

D. WPS

After installing a Windows server, a cybersecurity administrator needs to harden it, following security best practices. Which of the following will achieve the administrator's goal? (Select TWO). A. Disabling guest accounts B. Disabling service accounts C. Enabling network sharing D. Disabling NetBIOS over TCP/IP E. Storing LAN manager hash values F. Enabling NTLM

Answer: AD

Which of the following will provide the BEST physical security countermeasures to stop intruders? (Select TWO.) A. Alarms B. Signage C. Lighting D. Mantraps E. Fencing F. Sensors

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B. Proper error handling

A major political party experienced a server breach. The hacker then publicly posted stolen internal communications concerning campaign strategies to give the opposition party an advantage. Which of the following BEST describes these threat actors? A. Semi-authorized hackers B. State actors C. Script kiddies D. Advanced persistent threats

B. State actors

A company wants to deploy PKI on its Internet-facing website. The applications that are currently deployed are: "www.company.com (main website)" "contactus.company.com (for locating a nearby location)" "quotes.company.com (for requesting a price quote)" The company wants to purchase one SSL certificate that will work for all the existing applications and any future applications that follow the same naming conventions, such as store.company.com. Which of the following certificate types would BEST meet the requirements? A. SAN B. Wildcard C. Extended validation D. Self-signed

B. Wildcard

The spread of misinformation surrounding the outbreak of a novel virus on election day led to eligible voters choosing not to take the risk of going the polls. This is an example of: A. prepending. B. an influence campaign C. a watering-hole attack D. intimidation E. information elicitation

B. an influence campaign

After segmenting the network, the network manager wants to control the traffic between the segments. Which of the following should the manager use to control the network traffic? A. A DMZ B. A VPN C. A VLAN D. An ACL

C. A VLAN

A penetration tester is fuzzing an application to identify where the EIP of the stack is located on memory. Which of the following attacks is the penetration tester planning to execute? A. Race-condition B. Pass-the-hash C. Buffer overflow D. XSS

C. Buffer overflow

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C. Command injection and directory traversal attempts

A SOC is currently being outsourced. Which of the following is being used? A. Microservices B. SaaS C. MSSP D. PaaS

C. MSSP

During a security assessment, a security analyst finds a file with overly permissive permissions. Which of the following tools will allow the analyst to reduce the permissions for the existing users and groups and remove the set-user-ID bit from the file? A. ls B. chflags C. chmod D. leof E. setuid

C. chmod

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D. MAC flooding

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E. ARP poisoning

A company wants to modify its current backup strategy to minimize the number of backups that would need to be restored in case of data loss. Which of the following would be the BEST backup strategy to implement? A. Incremental backups followed by differential backups B. Full backups followed by incremental backups C. Delta backups followed by differential backups D. Incremental backups followed by delta backups E. Full backups followed by differential backups

E. Full backups followed by differential backups

An organization recently acquired an ISO 27001 certification. Which of the following would MOST likely be considered a benefit of this certification? A. It allows for the sharing of digital forensics data across organizations B. It provides insurance in case of a data breach C. It provides complimentary training and certification resources to IT security staff. D. It certifies the organization can work with foreign entities that require a security clearance E. It assures customers that the organization meets security standards

E. It assures customers that the organization meets security standards

Question 223

Question 223

A recent security audit revealed that a popular website with IP address 172.16.1.5 also has an FTP service that employees were using to store sensitive corporate data. The organization's outbound firewall processes rules top-down. Which of the following would permit HTTP and HTTPS, while denying all other services for this host? A. access-rule permit tcp destination 172.16.1.5 port 80 access-rule permit tcp destination 172.16-1-5 port 443 access-rule deny ip destination 172.16.1.5 B. access-rule permit tcp destination 172.16.1.5 port 22 access-rule permit tcp destination 172.16.1.5 port 443 access-rule deny tcp destination 172.16.1.5 port 80 C. access-rule permit tcp destination 172.16.1.5 port 21 access-rule permit tcp destination 172.16.1.5 port 80 access-rule deny ip destination 172.16.1.5 D. access-rule permit tcp destination 172.16.1.5 port 80 access-rule permit tcp destination 172.16.1.5 port 443 access-rule deny tcp destination 172.16.1.5 port 21

D. access-rule permit tcp destination 172.16.1.5 port 80 access-rule permit tcp destination 172.16.1.5 port 443 access-rule deny tcp destination 172.16.1.5 port 21

Which of the following is a benefit of including a risk management framework into an organizations security approach? A. it defines expected service level from participating supply chain partners to ensure system outages are remediated in a timely manner. B. it defines specific vendor products that have been tested and approved for use in a secure environment C. it provides legal assurances and remedies in the event a data breach occurs D. it incorporates control development, policy, and management activities into IT operations

D. it incorporates control development, policy, and management activities into IT operations

A security analyst must determine if either SSH or Telnet is being used to log in to servers. Which of the following should the analyst use? A. logger B. Metasploit C. tcpdump D. netstat

D. netstat

After gaining access to a dual-homed (i.e., wired and wireless) multifunction device by exploiting a vulnerability in the device's firmware, a penetration tester then gains shell access on another networked asset. This technique is an example of: A. privilege escalation B. footprinting C. persistence D. pivoting

D. pivoting

A vulnerability assessment report will include the CVSS score of the discovered vulnerabilities because the score allows the organization to better. A. validate the vulnerability exists in the organization's network through penetration testing B. research the appropriate mitigation techniques in a vulnerability database C. find the software patches that are required to mitigate a vulnerability D. prioritize remediation of vulnerabilities based on the possible impact.

D. prioritize remediation of vulnerabilities based on the possible impact.

Which two features are available only in next-generation firewalls? (Choose two ) A. deep packet inspection B. packet filtering C. application awareness D. stateful inspection E. virtual private network

D. stateful inspection E. virtual private network

A security analyst wants to verify that a client-server (non-web) application is sending encrypted traffic. Which of the following should the analyst use? A. openssl B. hping C. netcat D. tcpdump

D. tcpdump

An organization has decided to purchase an insurance policy because a risk assessment determined that the cost to remediate the risk is greater than the five-year cost of the insurance policy. The organization is enabling risk: A. avoidance B. acceptance C. mitigation D. transference

D. transference

While checking logs, a security engineer notices a number of end users suddenly downloading files with the .tar.gz extension. Closer examination of the files reveals they are PE32 files. The end users state they did not initiate any of the downloads. Further investigation reveals the end users all clicked on an external email containing an infected MHT file with an href link a week prior. Which of the following is MOST likely occurring? A. A RAT was installed and is transferring additional exploit tools. B. The workstations are beaconing to a command-and-control server. C. A logic bomb was executed and is responsible for the data transfers. D. A fireless virus is spreading in the local network environment.

A. A RAT was installed and is transferring additional exploit tools.

All security analysts workstations at a company have network access to a critical server VLAN. The information security manager wants to further enhance the controls by requiring that all access to the secure VLAN be authorized only from a given single location. Which of the following will the information security manager MOST likely implement? A. A forward proxy server B. A jump server C. A reverse proxy server D. A stateful firewall server

A. A forward proxy server

A500 is implementing an insider threat detection program, The primary concern is that users may be accessing confidential data without authorization. Which of the fallowing should be deployed to detect a potential insider threat? A. A honeyfile B. A DMZ C. ULF D. File integrity monitoring

A. A honeyfile

Which of the following describes a social engineering technique that seeks to exploit a person's sense of urgency? A. A phishing email stating a cash settlement has been awarded but will expire soon B. A smishing message stating a package is scheduled for pickup C. A vishing call that requests a donation be made to a local charity D. A SPIM notification claiming to be undercover law enforcement investigating a cybercrime

A. A phishing email stating a cash settlement has been awarded but will expire soon

Several employees return to work the day after attending an industry trade show. That same day, the security manager notices several malware alerts coming from each of the employee's workstations. The security manager investigates but finds no signs of an attack on the perimeter firewall or the NIDS. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the malware alerts? A. A worm that has propagated itself across the intranet, which was initiated by presentation media B. A fileless virus that is contained on a vCard that is attempting to execute an attack C. A Trojan that has passed through and executed malicious code on the hosts D. A USB flash drive that is trying to run malicious code but is being blocked by the host firewall

A. A worm that has propagated itself across the intranet, which was initiated by presentation media

Users are presented with a banner upon each login to a workstation. The banner mentions that users are not entitled to any reasonable expectation of privacy and access is for authorized personnel only. In order to proceed past that banner. users must click the OK button. Which of the following is this an example of? A. AUP B. NDA C. SLA D. MOU

A. AUP

Which of the following risk management strategies would an organization use to maintain a legacy system with known risks for operational purposes? A. Acceptance B. Transference C. Avoidance D. Mitigation

A. Acceptance

Which of the following should a data owner require all personnel to sign to legally protect intellectual property? A. An NDA B. An AUP C. An ISA D. An MOU

A. An NDA

A network engineer is troubleshooting wireless network connectivity issues that were reported by users. The issues are occurring only in the section of the building that is closest to the parking lot. Users are intermittently experiencing slow speeds when accessing websites and are unable to connect to network drives. The issues appear to increase when laptop users return desks after using their devices in other areas of the building. There have also been reports of users being required to enter their credentials on web pages in order to gain access to them. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue? A. An external access point is engaging in an evil-twin attack. B. The signal on the WAP needs to be increased in that section of the building. C. The certificates have expired on the devices and need to be reinstalled. D. The users in that section of the building are on a VLAN that is being blocked by the firewall.

A. An external access point is engaging in an evil-twin attack.

Which of the following would cause a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) the MOST concern regarding newly installed Internet-accessible 4K surveillance cameras? A. An inability to monitor 100%, of every facility could expose the company to unnecessary risk. B. The cameras could be compromised if not patched in a timely manner. C. Physical security at the facility may not protect the cameras from theft. D. Exported videos may take up excessive space on the file servers.

A. An inability to monitor 100%, of every facility could expose the company to unnecessary risk.

A security researcher has alerted an organization that its sensitive user data was found for sale on a website. Which of the following should the organization use to inform the affected parties? A. An incident response plan B. A communications plan C. A business continuity plan D. A disaster recovery plan

A. An incident response plan

Which of the following controls would BEST identify and report malicious insider activities? A. An intrusion detection system B. A proxy C. Audit trails D. Strong authentication

A. An intrusion detection system

Which of the following represents a biometric FRR? A. Authorized users being denied access B. Users failing to enter the correct PIN C. The denied and authorized numbers being equal D. The number of unauthorized users being granted access

A. Authorized users being denied access

After multiple on premises security solutions were migrated to the cloud, the incident response time increased. The analyst are spending a long time to trace information on different cloud consoles and correlating data in different formats. Which of the following can be used to optimize the incident response time? A. CASB B. VPC C. SWG D. CMS

A. CASB

The Chief Information Security Officer directed a risk reduction in shadow IT and created a policy requiring all unsanctioned high-risk SaaS applications to be blocked from user access. Which of the following is the BEST security solution to reduce this risk? A. CASB B. VPN concentrator C. MFA D. VPC endpoint

A. CASB

Which of the following provides a calculated value for known vulnerabilities so organizations can prioritize mitigation steps? A. CVSS B. SIEM C. SOAR D. CVE

A. CVSS

Which of the following is used to ensure that evidence is admissible in legal proceedings when it is collected and provided to the authorities? A. Chain of custody B. Legal hold C. Event log D. Artifacts

A. Chain of custody

A security analyst was called to Investigate a file received directly from a hardware manufacturer. The analyst is trying to determine whether the file was modified in transit before installation on the user's computer. Which of the following can be used to safely assess the file? A. Check the hash of the installation file B. Match the file names C. Verify the URL download location D. Verify the code-signing certificate

A. Check the hash of the installation file

Several universities are participating m a collaborative research project and need to share compute and storage resources. Which of the following cloud deployment strategies would BEST meet this need? A. Community B. Private C. Public D. Hybrid

A. Community

A company recently transitioned to a strictly BYOD culture due to the cost of replacing lost or damaged corporate-owned mobile devices. Which of the following technologies would be BEST to balance the BYOD culture while also protecting the company's data? A. Containerization B. Geofencing C. Full-disk encryption D. Remote wipe

A. Containerization Explanation: You cannot run a Full Disk Encryption on a Staff's Device. Rather you place the official application in a container.

A security proposal was set up to track requests for remote access by creating a baseline of the users' common sign-in properties. When a baseline deviation is detected, an MFA challenge will be triggered. Which of the following should be configured in order to deploy the proposal? A. Context-aware authentication B. Simultaneous authentication of equals C. Extensive authentication protocol D. Agentless network access control

A. Context-aware authentication

As part of the lessons-learned phase, the SOC is tasked with building methods to detect if a previous incident is happening again. Which of the following would allow the security analyst to alert the SOC if an event is reoccurring? A. Creating a playbook within the SOAR B. Implementing rules in the NGFW C. Updating the DLP hash database D. Publishing a new CRL with revoked certificates

A. Creating a playbook within the SOAR

A user's login credentials were recently compromised During the investigation, the security analyst determined the user input credentials into a pop-up window when prompted to confirm the username and password. However the trusted website does not use a pop-up for entering user credentials. Which of the following attacks occurred? A. Cross-site scripting B. SOL injection C. DNS poisoning D. Certificate forgery

A. Cross-site scripting

A security administrator has received multiple calls from the help desk about customers who are unable to access the organization's web server. Upon reviewing the log files. the security administrator determines multiple open requests have been made from multiple IP addresses, which is consuming system resources. Which of the following attack types does this BEST describe? A. DDoS B. DoS C. Zero day D. Logic bomb

A. DDoS

Which of the following algorithms has the SMALLEST key size? A. DES B. Twofish C. RSA D. AES

A. DES

A Chief Security Officer (CSO) was notified that a customer was able to access confidential internal company files on a commonly used file-sharing service. The file-sharing service is the same one used by company staff as one of its approved third-party applications. After further investigation, the security team determines the sharing of confidential files was accidental and not malicious. However, the CSO wants to implement changes to minimize this type of incident from reoccurring but does not want to impact existing business processes. Which of the following would BEST meet the CSO's objectives? A. DLP B. SWG C. CASB D. Virtual network segmentation E. Container security

A. DLP

An administrator is experiencing issues when trying to upload a support file to a vendor. A pop-up message reveals that a payment card number was found in the file, and the file upload was blocked. Which of the following controls is most likely causing this issue and should be checked FIRST? A. DLP B. Firewall rule C. Content filter D. MDM E. Application whitelist

A. DLP

Which of the following is an effective tool to stop or prevent the exfiltration of data from a network? A. DLP B. NIDS C. TPM D. FDE

A. DLP

Which of the following attacks MOST likely occurred on the user's internal network? Name: Wikipedia.org Address: 208.80.154.224 A. DNS poisoning B. URL redirection C. ARP poisoning D. /etc/hosts poisoning

A. DNS poisoning

A Chief Information Security Officer wants to ensure the organization is validating and checking the Integrity of zone transfers. Which of the following solutions should be implemented? A. DNSSEC B. LOAPS C. NGFW D. DLP

A. DNSSEC

An audit identified PII being utilized in the development environment of a critical application. The Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) is adamant that this data must be removed; however, the developers are concerned that without real data they cannot perform functionality tests and search for specific data. Which of the following should a security professional implement to BEST satisfy both the CPO's and the development team's requirements? A. Data anonymization B. Data encryption C. Data masking D. Data tokenization

A. Data anonymization

Which of the following is a known security risk associated with data archives that contain financial information? A. Data can become a liability if archived longer than required by regulatory guidance B. Data must be archived off-site to avoid breaches and meet business requirements C. Companies are prohibited from providing archived data to e-discovery requests D. Unencrypted archives should be preserved as long as possible and encrypted

A. Data can become a liability if archived longer than required by regulatory guidance

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A. Dictionary

A developer is concerned about people downloading fake malware-infected replicas of a popular game. Which of the following should the developer do to help verify legitimate versions of the game for users? A. Digitally sign the relevant game files. B. Embed a watermark using steganography. C. Implement TLS on the license activation server. D. Fuzz the application for unknown vulnerabilities.

A. Digitally sign the relevant game files.

A remote user recently took a two-week vacation abroad and brought along a corporate-owned laptop. Upon returning to work, the user has been unable to connect the laptop to the VPN. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the user's inability to connect the laptop to the VPN? A. Due to foreign travel, the user's laptop was isolated from the network. B. The user's laptop was quarantined because it missed the latest path update. C. The VPN client was blacklisted. D. The user's account was put on a legal hold.

A. Due to foreign travel, the user's laptop was isolated from the network.

A company installed several crosscut shredders as part of increased information security practices targeting data leakage risks. Which of the following will this practice reduce? A. Dumpster diving B. Shoulder surfing C. Information elicitation D. Credential harvesting

A. Dumpster diving

Server administrators want to configure a cloud solution so that computing memory and processor usage is maximized most efficiently across a number or virtual servers. They also need to avoid potential denial-of-service situations caused by availability. Which of the following should administrators configure to maximize system availability while efficiently utilizing available computing power? A. Dynamic resource allocation B. High availably C. Segmentation D. Container security

A. Dynamic resource allocation

A security engineer is concerned about using an agent on devices that relies completely on defined known-bad signatures. The security engineer wants to implement a tool with multiple components including the ability to track, analyze, and monitor devices without reliance on definitions alone. Which of the following solutions BEST fits this use case? A. EDR B. DLP C. NGFW D. HIPS

A. EDR

Administrators have allowed employee to access their company email from personal computers. However, the administrators are concerned that these computes are another attach surface and can result in user accounts being breached by foreign actors. Which of the following actions would provide the MOST secure solution? A. Enable an option in the administration center so accounts can be locked if they are accessed from different geographical areas B. Implement a 16-character minimum length and 30-day expiration password policy C. Set up a global mail rule to disallow the forwarding of any company email to email addresses outside the organization D. Enforce a policy that allows employees to be able to access their email only while they are connected to the internet via VPN

A. Enable an option in the administration center so accounts can be locked if they are accessed from different geographical areas

A company suspects that some corporate accounts were compromised. The number of suspicious logins from locations not recognized by the users is increasing. Employees who travel need their accounts protected without the risk of blocking legitimate login requests that may be made over new sign-in properties. Which of the following security controls can be implemented? A. Enforce MFA when an account request reaches a risk threshold. B. Implement geofencing to only allow access from headquarters C. Enforce time-based login requests that align with business hours D. Shift the access control scheme to a discretionary access control

A. Enforce MFA when an account request reaches a risk threshold.

A backdoor was detected on the containerized application environment. The investigation detected that a zero-day vulnerability was introduced when the latest container image version was downloaded from a public registry. Which of the following is the BEST solution to prevent this type of incident from occurring again? A. Enforce the use of a controlled trusted source of container images B. Deploy an IPS solution capable of detecting signatures of attacks targeting containers C. Define a vulnerability scan to assess container images before being introduced on the environment D. Create a dedicated VPC for the containerized environment

A. Enforce the use of a controlled trusted source of container images

Several large orders of merchandise were recently purchased on an e-commerce company's website. The totals for each of the transactions were negative values, resulting in credits on the customers' accounts. Which of the following should be implemented to prevent similar situations in the future? A. Ensure input validation is in place to prevent the use of invalid characters and values. B. Calculate all possible values to be added together and ensure the use of the proper integer in the code. C. Configure the web application firewall to look for and block session replay attacks. D. Make sure transactions that are submitted within very short time periods are prevented from being processed.

A. Ensure input validation is in place to prevent the use of invalid characters and values.

A security analyst reports a company policy violation in a case in which a large amount of sensitive data is being downloaded after hours from various mobile devices to an external site. Upon further investigation, the analyst notices that successful login attempts are being conducted with impossible travel times during the same time periods when the unauthorized downloads are occurring. The analyst also discovers a couple of WAPs are using the same SSID, but they have non-standard DHCP configurations and an overlapping channel. Which of the following attacks is being conducted? A. Evil twin B. Jamming C. DNS poisoning D. Bluesnarfing E. DDoS

A. Evil twin

Joe, an employee, is transferring departments and is providing copies of his files to a network share folder for his previous team to access. Joe is granting read-write-execute permissions to his manager but giving read-only access to the rest of the team. Which of the following access controls is Joe using? A. FACL B. DAC C. ABAC D. MAC

A. FACL

Remote workers in an organization use company-provided laptops with locally installed applications and locally stored data Users can store data on a remote server using an encrypted connection. The organization discovered data stored on a laptop had been made available to the public. Which of the following security solutions would mitigate the risk of future data disclosures? A. FDE B. TPM C. HIDS D. VPN

A. FDE

Which biometric error would allow an unauthorized user to access a system? A. False acceptance B. False entrance C. False rejection D. False denial

A. False acceptance

A security analyst reviews the datacenter access logs for a fingerprint scanner and notices an abundance of errors that correlate with users' reports of issues accessing the facility. Which of the following MOST likely the cause of the cause of the access issues? A. False rejection B. Cross-over error rate C. Efficacy rale D. Attestation

A. False rejection

A software company adopted the following processes before releasing software to production: - Peer review - Static code scanning - Signing A considerable number of vulnerabilities are still being detected when code is executed on production. Which of the following security tools can improve vulnerability detection on this environment? A. File integrity monitonng for the source code B. Dynamic code analysis tool C. Encrypted code repository D. Endpoint detection and response solution

A. File integrity monitonng for the source code

Which of the following would be the BEST method for creating a detailed diagram of wireless access points and hotspots? A. Footprinting B. White-box testing C. A drone/UAV D. Pivoting

A. Footprinting

A company moved into a new building next to a sugar mill. Cracks have been discovered in the walls of the server room, which is located on the same side as the sugar mill loading docks. The cracks are believed to have been caused by heavy trucks. Moisture has begun to seep into the server room, causing extreme humidification problems and equipment failure. Which of the following BEST describes the type of threat the organization faces? A. Foundational B. Man-made C. Environmental D. Natural

A. Foundational

A company is auditing the manner in which its European customers' personal information is handled. Which of the following should the company consult? A. GDPR B. ISO C. NIST D. PCI DSS

A. GDPR

The chief information security officer (CISO) has requested that a third-party vendor provide supporting documents that show proper controls are in place to protect customer data which of the following would be BEST for the third-party vendor to provide the CISO? A. GDPR compliance attestation B. cloud security alliance materials C. SOC 2 type 2 report D. NIST RMP workbooks

A. GDPR compliance attestation

An.. that has a large number of mobile devices is exploring enhanced security controls to manage unauthorized access if a device is lost or stolen. Specifically, if mobile devices are more than 3mi (4 8km) from the building, the management team would like to have the security team alerted and server resources restricted on those devices. Which of the following controls should the organization implement? A. Geofencing B. Lockout C. Near-field communication D. GPS tagging

A. Geofencing

An organization is planning to open other data centers to sustain operations in the event of a natural disaster. Which of the following considerations would BEST support the organization's resiliency? A. Geographic dispersal B. Generator power C. Fire suppression D. Facility automation

A. Geographic dispersal

A security analyst is evaluating solutions to deploy an additional layer of protection for a web application. The goal is to allow only encrypted communications without relying on devices. Which of the following can be implemented? A. HTTP security header B. DNSSEC implementation C. SRTP D. S/MIME

A. HTTP security header

A company's Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) recently warned the security manager that the company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is planning to publish a controversial opinion article in a national newspaper, which may result in new cyberattacks. Which of the following would be BEST for the security manager to use in a threat model? A. Hacktivists B. White-hat hackers C. Script kiddies D. Insider threats

A. Hacktivists

Which of the following can be used by a monitoring tool to compare values and detect password leaks without providing the actual credentials? A. Hashing B. Tokenization C. Masking D. Encryption

A. Hashing

A company recently suffered a breach in which an attacker was able to access the internal mail servers and directly access several user inboxes. A large number of email messages were later posted online. Which of the following would BEST prevent email contents from being released should another breach occur? A. Implement S/MIME to encrypt the emails at rest B. Enable full disk encryption on the mail servers. C. Use digital certificates when accessing email via the web D. Configure web traffic to only use TLS-enabled channels

A. Implement S/MIME to encrypt the emails at rest

Developers are about to release a financial application, but the number of fields on the forms that could be abused by an attacker is troubling. Which of the following techniques should be used to address this vulnerability? A. Implement input validation B. Encrypt data Before submission C. Perform a manual review D. Conduct a peer review session

A. Implement input validation

Which of the following BEST reduces the security risks introduced when running systems that have expired vendor support and lack an immediate replacement? A. Implement proper network access restrictions B. Initiate a bug bounty program C. Classify the system as shadow IT. D. Increase the frequency of vulnerability scans

A. Implement proper network access restrictions

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A. Impossible travel time

An organization's RPO for a critical system is two hours. The system is used Monday through Friday, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Currently, the organization performs a full backup every Saturday that takes four hours to complete. Which of the following additional backup implementations would be the BEST way for the analyst to meet the business requirements? A. Incremental backups Monday through Friday at 6:00 p.m and differential backups hourly B. Full backups Monday through Friday at 6:00 p.m and incremental backups hourly. C. incremental backups Monday through Friday at 6:00 p.m and full backups hourly. D. Full backups Monday through Friday at 6:00 p.m and differential backups hourly.

A. Incremental backups Monday through Friday at 6:00 p.m and differential backups hourly

A routine audit of medical billing claims revealed that several claims were submitted without the subscriber's knowledge. A review of the audit logs for the medical billing company's system indicated a company employee downloaded customer records and adjusted the direct deposit information to a personal bank account. Which of the following does this action describe? A. Insider threat B. Social engineering C. Third-party risk D. Data breach

A. Insider threat

To mitigate the impact of a single VM being compromised by another VM on the same hypervisor, an administrator would like to utilize a technical control to further segregate the traffic. Which of the following solutions would BEST accomplish this objective? A. Install a hypervisor firewall to filter east-west traffic. B. Add more VLANs to the hypervisor network switches. C. Move exposed or vulnerable VMs to the DMZ. D. Implement a zero-trust policy and physically segregate the hypervisor servers.

A. Install a hypervisor firewall to filter east-west traffic.

Which of the following explains why RTO is included in a BIA? A. It identifies the amount of allowable downtime for an application or system, B. It prioritizes risks so the organization can allocate resources appropriately, C. It monetizes the loss of an asset and determines a break even point for risk mitigation. D. It informs the backup approach so that the organization can recover data to a known time.

A. It identifies the amount of allowable downtime for an application or system,

The website http://companywebsite.com requires users to provide personal Information, Including security question responses, for registration. Which of the following would MOST likely cause a data breach? A. Lack of input validation B. Open permissions C. Unsecure protocol D. Missing patches

A. Lack of input validation

A company is under investigation for possible fraud. As part of the investigation. the authorities need to review all emails and ensure data is not deleted. Which of the following should the company implement to assist in the investigation? A. Legal hold B. Chain of custody C. Data loss prevention D. Content filter

A. Legal hold

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) requested a report on potential areas of improvement following a security incident. Which of the following incident response processes is the CISO requesting? A. Lessons learned B. Preparation C. Detection D. Containment E. Root cause analysis

A. Lessons learned

A website developer who is concerned about theft cf the company's user database warns to protect weak passwords from offline brute-force attacks. Which of the following be the BEST solution? A. Lock accounts after five failed logons B. Precompute passwords with rainbow tables C. Use a key-stretching technique D. Hash passwords with the MD5 algorithm

A. Lock accounts after five failed logons

A DBA reports that several production server hard drives were wiped over the weekend. The DBA also reports that several Linux servers were unavailable due to system files being deleted unexpectedly. A security analyst verified that software was configured to delete data deliberately from those servers. No backdoors to any servers were found. Which of the following attacks was MOST likely used to cause the data loss? A. Logic Bomb B. Ransomware C. Fileless virus D. Remote access Trojans E. Rootkit

A. Logic Bomb

A public relations team will be taking a group of guests on a tour through the facility of a large e-commerce company. The day before the tour, the company sends out an email to employees to ensure all whiteboards are cleaned and all desks are cleared. The company is MOST likely trying to protect against: A. Loss of proprietary information B. Damage to the company's reputation C. Social engineering D. Credential exposure

A. Loss of proprietary information

Two organizations plan to collaborate on the evaluation of new SIEM solutions for their respective companies. A combined effort from both organizations' SOC teams would speed up the effort. Which of the following can be written to document this agreement? A. MOU B. ISA C. SLA D. NDA

A. MOU

A small company that does not have security staff wants to improve its security posture. Which of the following would BEST assist the company? A. MSSP B. SOAR C. IaaS D. PaaS

A. MSSP

A system that requires an operation availability of 99.99% and has an annual maintenance window available to patching and fixes will require the HIGHEST: A. MTBF B. MTTR C. RPO D. RTO

A. MTBF

A company is adopting a BYOD policy and is looking for a comprehensive solution to protect company information on user devices. Which of the following solutions would BEST support the policy? A. Mobile device management B. Full-device encryption C. Remote wipe D. Biometrics

A. Mobile device management

Which of the following is the MOST effective control against zero-day vulnerabilities? A. Network segmentation B. Patch management C. Intrusion prevention system D. Multiple vulnerability scanners

A. Network segmentation

Which of the following is assured when a user signs an email using a private key? A. Non-repudiation B. Confidentiality C. Availably D. Authentication

A. Non-repudiation

A company is launching a new internet platform for its clients. The company does not want to implement its own authorization solution but instead wants to rely on the authorization provided by another platform. Which of the following is the BEST approach to implement the desired solution? A. OAuth B. TACACS+ C. SAML D. RADIUS

A. OAuth

Which of the following would be the BEST resource for a software developer who is looking to improve secure coding practices for web applications? A. OWASP B. Vulnerability scan results C. NIST CSF D. Third-party libraries

A. OWASP

Which of the following would be the BEST resource lor a software developer who is looking to improve secure coding practices for web applications? A. OWASP B. Vulnerability scan results C. NIST CSF D. Third-party libraries

A. OWASP

In which of the following common use cases would steganography be employed? A. Obfuscation B. Integrity C. Non-repudiation D. Blockchain

A. Obfuscation

Which of the following secure coding techniques makes compromised code more difficult for hackers to use? A. Obfuscation B. Normalization C. Execution D. Reuse

A. Obfuscation

An attacker was eavesdropping on a user who was shopping online. The attacker was able to spoof the IP address associated with the shopping site. Later, the user received an email regarding the credit card statement with unusual purchases. Which of the following attacks took place? A. On-path attack B. Protocol poisoning C. Domain hijacking D. Bluejacking

A. On-path attack

After a recent external audit, the compliance team provided a list of several non-compliant, in-scope hosts that were not encrypting cardholder data at rest. Which of the following compliance frameworks would address the compliance team's GREATEST concern? A. PCI DSS B. GDPR C. ISO 27001 D. NIST CSF

A. PCI DSS

A company recently set up an e-commerce portal to sell its product online. The company wants to start accepting credit cards for payment, which requires compliance with a security standard. Which of the following standards must the company comply with before accepting credit cards on its e-commerce platform? A. PCI DSS B. ISO 22301 C. ISO 27001 D. NIST CSF

A. PCI DSS Explanation: Additionally, many organizations should abide by certain standards. For example, organizations handling credit card information need to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). PCI DSS includes six control objectives and 12 specific requirements that help prevent fraud.

Business partners are working on a security mechanism to validate transactions securely. The requirement is for one company to be responsible for deploying a trusted solution that will register and issue artifacts used to sign, encrypt, and decrypt transaction files. Which of the following is the BEST solution to adopt? A. PKI B. Blockchain C. SAML D. OAuth

A. PKI

A security analyst is performing a forensic investigation compromised account credentials. Using the Event Viewer, the analyst able to detect the following message: "Special privileges assigned to new login." Several of these messages did not have a valid logon associated with the user before these privileges were assigned. Which of the following attacks is MOST likely being detected? A. Pass-the-hash B. Buffer overflow C. Cross-site scripting D. Session replay

A. Pass-the-hash

An application owner reports suspicious activity on an internal financial application from various internal users within the past 14 days. A security analyst notices the following: - Financial transactions were occurring during irregular time frames and outside of business hours by unauthorized users. - Internal users in question were changing their passwords frequently during that time period. - A jump box that several domain administrator users use to connect to remote devices was recently compromised. - The authentication method used in the environment is NTLM. Which of the following types of attacks is MOST likely being used to gain unauthorized access? A. Pass-the-hash B. Brute-force C. Directory traversal D. Replay

A. Pass-the-hash

A user enters a username and a password at the login screen for a web portal. A few seconds later the following message appears on the screen: Please use a combination of numbers, special characters, and letters in the password field. Which of the following concepts does this message describe? A. Password complexity B. Password reuse C. Password history D. Password age

A. Password complexity

Which of the following would satisfy three-factor authentication? A. Password, retina scanner, and NFC card B. Password, fingerprint scanner, and retina scanner C. Password, hard token, and NFC card D. Fingerprint scanner, hard token, and retina scanner

A. Password, retina scanner, and NFC card

An administrator needs to protect user passwords and has been advised to hash the passwords. Which of the following BEST describes what the administrator is being advised to do? A. Perform a mathematical operation on the passwords that will convert them into unique strings. B. Add extra data to the passwords so their length is increased, making them harder to brute force. C. Store all passwords in the system in a rainbow table that has a centralized location. D. Enforce the use of one-time passwords that are changed for every login session.

A. Perform a mathematical operation on the passwords that will convert them into unique strings.

Two hospitals merged into a single organization. The privacy officer requested a review of all records to ensure encryption was used during record storage, in compliance with regulations. During the review, the officer discovered thai medical diagnosis codes and patient names were left unsecured. Which of the following types of data does this combination BEST represent? A. Personal health information B. Personally Identifiable Information C. ToKenized data D. Proprietary data

A. Personal health information

Which of the following control types is focused primarily on reducing risk before an incident occurs? A. Preventive B. Deterrent C. Corrective D. Detective

A. Preventive

After a phishing scam for a user's credentials, the red team was able to craft a payload to deploy on a server. The attack allowed the installation of malicious software that initiates a new remote session. Which of the following types of attacks has occurred? A. Privilege escalation B. Session replay C. Application programming interface D. Directory traversal

A. Privilege escalation

Per company security policy, IT staff members are required to have separate credentials to perform administrative functions using just-in-time permissions. Which of the following solutions is the company Implementing? A. Privileged access management B. SSO C. RADIUS D. Attribute-based access control

A. Privileged access management

An organization is building backup server rooms in geographically diverse locations. The Chief Information Security Officer implemented a requirement on the project that states the new hardware cannot be susceptible to the same vulnerabilities in the existing server room. Which of the following should the systems engineer consider? A. Purchasing hardware from different vendors B. Migrating workloads to public cloud infrastructure C. Implementing a robust patch management solution D. Designing new detective security controls

A. Purchasing hardware from different vendors

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A. RAT

Several attempts have been made to pick the door lock of a secure facility. As a result, the security engineer has been assigned to implement a stronger preventative access control. Which of the following would BEST complete the engineer's assignment? A. Replacing the traditional key with an RFID key B. Installing and monitoring a camera facing the door C. Setting motion-sensing lights to illuminate the door on activity D. Surrounding the property with fencing and gates

A. Replacing the traditional key with an RFID key

An information security incident recently occurred at an organization, and the organization was required to report the incident to authorities and notify the affected parties. When the organization's customers became of aware of the incident, some reduced their orders or stopped placing orders entirely. Which of the following is the organization experiencing? A. Reputation damage B. Identity theft C. Anonymlzation D. Interrupted supply chain

A. Reputation damage

A Chief Security Officer is looking for a solution that can provide increased scalability and flexibility for back-end infrastructure, allowing it to be updated and modified without disruption to services. The security architect would like the solution selected to reduce the back-end server resources and has highlighted that session persistence is not important for the applications running on the back-end servers. Which of the following would BEST meet the requirements? A. Reverse proxy B. Automated patch management C. Snapshots D. NIC teaming

A. Reverse proxy

Which of the following is MOST likely to outline the roles and responsibilities of data controllers and data processors? A. SSAE SOC 2 B. PCI DSS C. GDPR D. ISO 31000

A. SSAE SOC 2 Explanation: Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements. This AICPA-developed auditing report assesses how well organizations handle data security, system privacy, data confidentiality and data processing processes.

After a recent security breach, a security analyst reports that several administrative usernames and passwords are being sent via cleartext across the network to access network devices over port 23. Which of the following should be implemented so all credentials sent over the network are encrypted when remotely accessing and configuring network devices? A. SSH B. SNMPv3 C. SFTP D. Telnet E. FTP

A. SSH

A company has three technicians who share the same credentials for troubleshooting system. Every time credentials are changed, the new ones are sent by email to all three technicians. The security administrator has become aware of this situation and wants to implement a solution to mitigate the risk. Which of the following is the BEST solution for company to implement? A. SSO authentication B. SSH keys C. OAuth authentication D. Password vaults

A. SSO authentication

Which of the following often operates in a client-server architecture to act as a service repository, providing enterprise consumers access to structured threat intelligence data? A. STIX B. CIRT C. OSINT D. TAXII

A. STIX

A company is looking to migrate some servers to the cloud to minimize its technology footprint. The company has 100 databases that are on premises. Which of the following solutions will require the LEAST management and support from the company? A. SaaS B. IaaS C. PaaS D. SDN

A. SaaS

A small business just recovered from a ransomware attack against its file servers by purchasing the decryption keys from the attackers. The issue was triggered by a phishing email and the IT administrator wants to ensure it does not happen again. Which of the following should the IT administrator do FIRST after recovery? A. Scan the NAS for residual or dormant malware and take new daily backups that are tested on a frequent basis B. Restrict administrative privileges and patch ail systems and applications. C. Rebuild all workstations and install new antivirus software D. Implement application whitelisting and perform user application hardening

A. Scan the NAS for residual or dormant malware and take new daily backups that are tested on a frequent basis

A security analyst is reviewing the vulnerability scan report for a web server following an incident. The vulnerability that was used to exploit the server is present in historical vulnerability scan reports, and a patch is available for the vulnerability. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause? A. Security patches were uninstalled due to user impact. B. An adversary altered the vulnerability scan reports C. A zero-day vulnerability was used to exploit the web server D. The scan reported a false negative for the vulnerability

A. Security patches were uninstalled due to user impact.

A security manager for a retailer needs to reduce the scope of a project to comply with PCI DSS. The PCI data is located in different offices than where credit cards are accepted. All the offices are connected via MPLS back to the primary datacenter. Which of the following should the security manager implement to achieve the objective? A. Segmentation B. Containment C. Geofencing D. Isolation

A. Segmentation

A database administrator wants to grant access to an application that will be reading and writing data to a database. The database is shared by other applications also used by the finance department. Which of the following account types Is MOST appropriate for this purpose? A. Service B. Shared C. Generic D. Admin

A. Service

Which of the following is a security best practice that ensures the integrity of aggregated log files within a SIEM? A. Set up hashing on the source log file servers that complies with local regulatory requirements, B. Back up the aggregated log files at least two times a day or as stated by local regulatory requirements. C. Write protect the aggregated log files and move them to an isolated server with limited access. D. Back up the source log files and archive them for at least six years or in accordance with local regulatory requirements.

A. Set up hashing on the source log file servers that complies with local regulatory requirements,

A large enterprise has moved all Hs data to the cloud behind strong authentication and encryption. A sales director recently had a laptop stolen and later, enterprise data was round to have been compromised database. Which of the following was the MOST likely cause? A. Shadow IT B. Credential stuffing C. SQL injection D. Man-in-the-browser E. Bluejacking

A. Shadow IT

Several employees have noticed other bystanders can clearly observe a terminal where passcodes are being entered. Which of the following can be eliminated with the use of a privacy screen? A. Shoulder surfing B. Spear phishing C. Impersonation attack D. Card cloning

A. Shoulder surfing

A company currently uses passwords for logging in to company-owned devices and wants to add a second authentication factor. Per corporate policy, users are not allowed to have smartphones at their desks. Which of the following would meet these requirements? A. Smart card B. PIN code C. Knowledge-based question D. Secret key

A. Smart card

A user must introduce a password and a USB key to authenticate against a secure computer, and authentication is limited to the state in which the company resides. Which of the following authentication concepts are in use? A. Something you know, something you have, and somewhere you are B. Something you know, something you can do, and somewhere you are C. Something you are, something you know, and something you can exhibit D. Something you have, somewhere you are, and someone you know

A. Something you know, something you have, and somewhere you are

While investigating a data leakage incident a security analyst reviews access control to cloud -hosted data. The following information was presented in a security posture report: Policy to control external application integration: Admin authorized only - 47 active integration to third-party applications - 2 applications authorized by admin - 45 applications authorized by users - 32 OAuth apps authorize to access data Based on the report, which of the following was the MOST likely attack vector used against the company? A. Spyware B. Logic bomb C. Potentially unwanted programs D. Supply chain

A. Spyware

Which of the following would BEST provide a systems administrator with the ability to more efficiently identify systems and manage permissions and policies based on location, role, and service level? A. Standard naming conventions B. Domain services C. Baseline configurations D. Diagrams

A. Standard naming conventions

Which of the following would be indicative of a hidden audio file found inside of a piece of source code? A. Steganography B. Homomorphic encryption C. Cipher surte D. Blockchain

A. Steganography

As part of a company's ongoing SOC maturation process, the company wants to implement a method to share cyberthreat intelligence data with outside security partners. Which of the following will the company MOST likely implement? A. TAXII B. TLP C. TTP D. STIX

A. TAXII

An analyst needs to set up a method for securely transferring files between systems. One of the requirements is to authenticate the IP header and the payload. Which of the following services would BEST meet the criteria? A. TLS B. PFS C. ESP D. AH

A. TLS

Which of the following environments would MOST likely be used to assess the execution of component parts of a system at both the hardware and software levels and to measure performance characteristics? A. Test B. Staging C. Development D. Production

A. Test

A host was infected with malware. During the incident response, Joe, a user, reported that he did not receive any emails with links, but he had been browsing the Internet all day. Which of the following would MOST likely show where the malware originated? A. The DNS logs B. The web server logs C. The SIP traffic logs D. The SNMP logs

A. The DNS logs

A security researching is tracking an adversary by noting its attack and techniques based on its capabilities, infrastructure, and victims. Which of the following is the researcher MOST likely using? A. The Diamond Model of intrusion Analysis B. The Cyber Kill Chain C. The MITRE CVE database D. The incident response process

A. The Diamond Model of intrusion Analysis

A security analyst discovers several .jpg photos from a cellular phone during a forensics investigation involving a compromised system. The analyst runs a forensics tool to gather file metadata. Which of the following would be part of the images if all the metadata is still intact? A. The GPS location B. When the file was deleted C. The total number of print jobs D. The number of copies made

A. The GPS location

A financial analyst is expecting an email containing sensitive information from a client. When the email arrives, the analyst receives an error and is unable to open the encrypted message. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue? A. The S/MME plug-in is not enabled. B. The SLL certificate has expired. C. Secure IMAP was not implemented D. POP3S is not supported.

A. The S/MME plug-in is not enabled.

Due to unexpected circumstances, an IT company must vacate its main office, forcing all operations to alternate, off-site locations. Which of the following will the company MOST likely reference for guidance during this change? A. The business continuity plan B. The retention policy C. The disaster recovery plan D. The incident response plan

A. The business continuity plan

Some laptops recently went missing from a locked storage area that is protected by keyless RFID-enabled locks. There is no obvious damage to the physical space. The security manager identifies who unlocked the door, however, human resources confirms the employee was on vacation at the time of the incident. Which of the following describes what MOST likely occurred? A. The employee's physical access card was cloned. B. The employee is colluding with human resources C. The employee's biometrics were harvested D. A criminal used lock picking tools to open the door.

A. The employee's physical access card was cloned.

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A. The end user purchased and installed a PUP from a web browser

A forensics examiner is attempting to dump password cached in the physical memory of a live system but keeps receiving an error message. Which of the following BEST describes the cause of the error? A. The examiner does not have administrative privileges to the system B. The system must be taken offline before a snapshot can be created C. Checksum mismatches are invalidating the disk image D. The swap file needs to be unlocked before it can be accessed

A. The examiner does not have administrative privileges to the system

An untrusted SSL certificate was discovered during the most recent vulnerability scan. A security analyst determines the certificate is signed properly and is a valid wildcard. This same certificate is installed on the other company servers without issue. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for this finding? A. The required intermediate certificate is not loaded as part of the certificate chain. B. The certificate is on the CRL and is no longer valid. C. The corporate CA has expired on every server, causing the certificate to fail verification. D. The scanner is incorrectly configured to not trust this certificate when detected on the server.

A. The required intermediate certificate is not loaded as part of the certificate chain.

After a hardware incident, an unplanned emergency maintenance activity was conducted to rectify the issue. Multiple alerts were generated on the SIEM during this period of time. Which of the following BEST explains what happened? A. The unexpected traffic correlated against multiple rules, generating multiple alerts. B. Multiple alerts were generated due to an attack occurring at the same time. C. An error in the correlation rules triggered multiple alerts. D. The SIEM was unable to correlate the rules, triggering the alerts.

A. The unexpected traffic correlated against multiple rules, generating multiple alerts.

After reading a security bulletin, a network security manager is concerned that a malicious actor may have breached the network using the same software flaw. The exploit code is publicly available and has been reported as being used against other industries in the same vertical. Which of the following should the network security manager consult FIRST to determine a priority list for forensic review? A. The vulnerability scan output B. The IDS logs C. The full packet capture data D. The SIEM alerts

A. The vulnerability scan output

The database administration team is requesting guidance for a secure solution that will ensure confidentiality of cardholder data at rest only in certain fields in the database schema. The requirement is to substitute a sensitive data field with a non-sensitive field that is rendered useless if a data breach occurs. Which of the following is the BEST solution to meet the requirement? A. Tokenization B. Masking C. Full disk encryption D. Mirroring

A. Tokenization

Which of the following actions would be recommended to improve an incident response process? A. Train the team to identify the difference between events and incidents B. Modify access so the IT team has full access to the compromised assets C. Contact the authorities if a cybercrime is suspected D. Restrict communication surrounding the response to the IT team

A. Train the team to identify the difference between events and incidents

In which of the following risk management strategies would cybersecurity insurance be used? A. Transference B. Avoidance C. Acceptance D. Mitigation

A. Transference

The board of doctors at a company contracted with an insurance firm to limit the organization's liability. Which of the following risk management practices does the BEST describe? A. Transference B. Avoidance C. Mitigation D. Acknowledgement

A. Transference

Which of the following components can be used to consolidate and forward inbound Interne! traffic to multiple cloud environments though a single firewall? A. Transit gateway B. Cloud hot site C. Edge computing D. DNS sinkhole

A. Transit gateway

Which of the following tools is effective in preventing a user from accessing unauthorized removable media? A. USB data blocker B. Faraday cage C. Proximity reader D. Cable lock

A. USB data blocker

During an investigation, the incident response team discovers that multiple administrator accounts were suspected of being compromised. The host audit logs indicate a repeated brute-force attack on a single administrator account followed by suspicious logins from unfamiliar geographic locations. Which of the following data sources would be BEST to use to assess the accounts impacted by this attack? A. User behavior analytics B. Dump files C. Bandwidth monitors D. Protocol analyzer output

A. User behavior analytics

A security manager runs Nessus scans of the network after every maintenance window. Which of the following is the security manger MOST likely trying to accomplish? A. Verifying that system patching has effectively removed knows vulnerabilities B. Identifying assets on the network that may not exist on the network asset inventory C. Validating the hosts do not have vulnerable ports exposed to the internet D. Checking the status of the automated malware analysis that is being performed

A. Verifying that system patching has effectively removed knows vulnerabilities

A company recently moved into a new annex of the building. Following the move, the help desk received reports of week Wi-Fi signals from users in that part of the building. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue? A. WAP placement B. Channel overlap C. captive portals D. AP security

A. WAP placement

A network technician is installing a guest wireless network at a coffee shop. When a customer purchases an Item, the password for the wireless network is printed on the recent so the customer can log in. Which of the following will the technician MOST likely configure to provide the highest level of security with the least amount of overhead? A. WPA-EAP B. WEP-TKIP C. WPA-PSK D. WPS-PIN

A. WPA-EAP

Which of the following is a targeted attack aimed at compromising users within a specific industry or group? A. Watering hole B. Typosquatting C. Hoax D. Impersonation

A. Watering hole

Which of the following types of attacks is specific to the individual it targets? A. Whaling B. Pharming C. Smishing D. Credential harvesting

A. Whaling

An administrator is configuring a firewall rule set for a subnet to only access DHCP, web pages, and SFTP, and to specifically block FTP. Which of the following would BEST accomplish this goal? A. [Permission Source Destination Port] Allow: Any Any 80 Allow: Any Any 443 Allow: Any Any 67 Allow: Any Any 68 Allow: Any Any 22 Deny: Any Any 21 Deny: Any Any B. [Permission Source Destination Port] Allow: Any Any 80 Allow: Any Any 443 Allow: Any Any 67 Allow: Any Any 68 Deny: Any Any 22 Allow: Any Any 21 Deny: Any Any C. [Permission Source Destination Port] Allow: Any Any 80 Allow: Any Any 443 Allow: Any Any 22 Deny: Any Any 67 Deny: Any Any 68 Deny: Any Any 21 Allow: Any Any D. [Permission Source Destination Port] Allow: Any Any 80 Allow: Any Any 443 Deny: Any Any 67 Allow: Any Any 68 Allow: Any Any 22 Allow: Any Any 21 Allow: Any Any

A. [Permission Source Destination Port] Allow: Any Any 80 Allow: Any Any 443 Allow: Any Any 67 Allow: Any Any 68 Allow: Any Any 22 Deny: Any Any 21 Deny: Any Any

During an incident response process involving a laptop, a host was identified as the entry point for malware. The management team would like to have the laptop restored and given back to the user. The cybersecurity analyst would like to continue investigating the intrusion on the host. Which of the following would allow the analyst to continue the investigation and also return the laptop to the user as soon as possible? A. dd B. memdump C. tcpdump D. head

A. dd

A company labeled some documents with the public sensitivity classification. This means the documents can be accessed by? A. employees of other companies and the press B. all members of the department that created the documents C. only the company's employees and those listed in the document D. only the individuals listed in the documents

A. employees of other companies and the press

The concept of connecting a user account across the systems of multiple enterprises is BEST known as: A. federation. B. a remote access policy. C. multifactor authentication. D. single sign-on.

A. federation.

A transitive trust: A. is automatically established between a parent and a child. B. is used to update DNS records. C. allows access to untrusted domains. D. can be used in place of a hardware token for logins.

A. is automatically established between a parent and a child.

A security incident has been resolved. Which of the following BEST described the importance of the final phase of the incident response plan? A. it examines and documents how well the team responded, discovers what caused the incident, and determines how the incident can be avoided in the future B. it returns the affected systems back into production once systems have been fully patched, data restored, and vulnerabilities addressed C. it identifies the incident and the scope of the breach, how it affects the production environment, and the ingress point D. it contains the affected systems and disconnects them from the network, preventing further spread of the attack or breach.

A. it examines and documents how well the team responded, discovers what caused the incident, and determines how the incident can be avoided in the future

A company reduced the area utilized in its datacenter by creating virtual networking through automation and by creating provisioning routes and rules through scripting. Which of the following does this example describe? A. laC B. MSSP C. Containers D. SaaS

A. laC

A security analyst is logged into a Windows file server and needs to see who is accessing files and from which computers. Which of the following tools should the analyst use? A. netstat B. net share C. netcat D. nbtstat E. net session

A. netstat

A security policy states that common words should not be used as passwords. A security auditor was able to perform a dictionary attack against corporate credentials. Which of the following controls was being violated? A. password complexity B. password history C. password reuse D. password length

A. password complexity

Digital signatures use asymmetric encryption. This means the message is encrypted with: A. the sender's private key and decrypted with the sender's public key. B. the sender's public key and decrypted with the sender's private key. C. the sender's private key and decrypted with the recipient's public key. D. the sender's public key and decrypted with the recipient's private key.

A. the sender's private key and decrypted with the sender's public key.

A tax organization is working on a solution to validate the online submission of documents. The solution should be carried on a portable USB device that should be inserted on any computer that is transmitting a transaction securely. Which of the following is the BEST certificate for these requirements? A. user certificate B. self-signed certificate C. computer certificate D. root certificate

A. user certificate

A Chief Information Officer receives an email stating a database will be encrypted within 24 hours unless a payment of $20,000 is credited to the account mentioned In the email. This BEST describes a scenario related to: A. whaling. B. smishing. C. spear phishing D. Vishing.

A. whaling.

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ANSWER B

A network administrator needs to build out a new datacenter, with a focus on resiliency and uptime. Which of the following would BEST meet this objective? (Choose two.) A. Dual power supply B. Off-site backups C. Automatic OS upgrades D. NIC teaming E. Scheduled penetration testing F. Network-attached storage

Answer: AB

A remote user recently took a two-week vacation abroad and brought along a corporate-owned laptop. Upon returning to work, the user has been unable to connect the laptop to the VPN. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the user's inability to connect the laptop to the VPN? (Select TWO). A. Due to foreign travel, the user's laptop was isolated from the network. B. The user's laptop was quarantined because it missed the latest patch update. C. The VPN client was blacklisted. D. The user's account was put on a legal hold. E. The laptop is still configured to connect to an international mobile network operator. F. The user in unable to authenticate because they are outside of the organization's mobile geofencing configuration.

Answer: AB

A security analyst is hardening a Linux workstation and must ensure it has public keys forwarded to remote systems for secure login. Which of the following steps should the analyst perform to meet these requirements? (Select TWO). A. Forward the keys using ssh-copy-id. B. Forward the keys using scp. C. Forward the keys using ash -i. D. Forward the keys using openssl -s. E. Forward the keys using ssh-keygen.

Answer: AB

A security engineer needs to Implement the following requirements: - All Layer 2 switches should leverage Active Directory tor authentication. - All Layer 2 switches should use local fallback authentication If Active Directory Is offline. - All Layer 2 switches are not the same and are manufactured by several vendors. Which of the following actions should the engineer take to meet these requirements? (Select TWO). A. Implement RADIUS. B. Configure AAA on the switch with local login as secondary. C. Configure port security on the switch with the secondary login method. D. Implement TACACS+ E. Enable the local firewall on the Active Directory server. F. Implement a DHCP server.

Answer: AB

A user enters a password to log in to a workstation and is then prompted to enter an authentication code. Which of the following MFA factors or attributes are being utilized in the authentication process? (Select TWO). A. Something you know B. Something you have C. Somewhere you are D. Someone you are E. Something you are F. Something you can do

Answer: AB

A network engineer has been asked to investigate why several wireless barcode scanners and wireless computers in a warehouse have intermittent connectivity to the shipping server. The barcode scanners and computers are all on forklift trucks and move around the warehouse during their regular use. Which of the following should the engineer do to determine the issue? (Choose two.) A. Perform a site survey B. Deploy an FTK Imager C. Create a heat map D. Scan for rogue access points E. Upgrade the security protocols F. Install a captive portal

Answer: AC

A university with remote campuses, which all use different service providers, loses Internet connectivity across all locations. After a few minutes, Internet and VoIP services are restored, only to go offline again at random intervals, typically within four minutes of services being restored. Outages continue throughout the day, impacting all inbound and outbound connections and services. Services that are limited to the local LAN or WiFi network are not impacted, but all WAN and VoIP services are affected. Later that day, the edge-router manufacturer releases a CVE outlining the ability of an attacker to exploit the SIP protocol handling on devices, leading to resource exhaustion and system reloads. Which of the following BEST describe this type of attack? (Choose two.) A. DoS B. SSL stripping C. Memory leak D. Race condition E. Shimming F. Refactoring

Answer: AD

An employee opens a web browser and types a URL into the address bar. Instead of reaching the requested site, the browser opens a completely different site. Which of the following types of attacks have MOST likely occurred? (Select TWO). A. DNS hijacking B. Cross-site scripting C. Domain hijacking D. Man-in-the-browser E. Session hijacking

Answer: AD

Which of the following are the BEST ways to implement remote home access to a company's intranet systems if establishing an always-on VPN is not an option? (Select Two) A. Install VPN concentrations at home offices B. Create NAT on the firewall for intranet systems C. Establish SSH access to a jump server D. Implement a SSO solution E. Enable MFA for intranet systems F. Configure SNMPv3 server and clients.

Answer: AE

A Chief Security Officer (CSO) is concerned that cloud-based services are not adequately protected from advanced threats and malware. The CSO believes there is a high risk that a data breach could occur in the near future due to the lack of detective and preventive controls. Which of the following should be implemented to BEST address the CSO's concerns? (Choose two.) A. A WAF B. A CASB C. An NG-SWG D. Segmentation E. Encryption F. Containerization

Answer: BC

A cybersecurity administrator needs to allow mobile BYOD devices to access network resources. As the devices are not enrolled to the domain and do not have policies applied to them, which of the following are best practices for authentication and infrastructure security? (Select TWO). A. Create a new network for the mobile devices and block the communication to the internal network and servers B. Use a captive portal for user authentication. C. Authenticate users using OAuth for more resiliency D. Implement SSO and allow communication to the internal network E. Use the existing network and allow communication to the internal network and servers. F. Use a new and updated RADIUS server to maintain the best solution

Answer: BC

A security administrator has generated an SSH key pair to authenticate to a new server. Which of the following should the security administrator do NEXT to use the keys securely for authentication? Choose 2 A. Install the public key on the server. B. Install the private key on the server. C. Encrypt the public key. D. Encrypt the private key. E. Install both keys on the server. F. Securely wipe the certificate signing request.

Answer: BC

Which of the following organizational policies are MOST likely to detect fraud that is being conducted by existing employees? (Select TWO). A. Offboarding B. Mandatory vacation C. Job rotation D. Background checks E. Separation of duties F. Acceptable use

Answer: BC

An analyst is trying to identify insecure services that are running on the internal network. After performing a port scan the analyst identifies that a server has some insecure services enabled on default ports. Which of the following BEST describes the services that are currently running and the secure alternatives for replacing them' (Select THREE) A. SFTP FTPS B. SNMPv2 SNMPv3 C. HTTP, HTTPS D. TFTP FTP E. SNMPv1, SNMPv2 F. Telnet SSH G. TLS, SSL H. POP, IMAP I. Login, rlogin

Answer: BCF

A cybersecurity administrator needs to implement a Layer 7 security control on a network and block potential attacks. Which of the following can block an attack at Layer 7? (Choose two.) A. HIDS B. NIPS C. HSM D. WAF E. NAC F. NIDS G. Stateless firewall

Answer: BD

An information security officer at a credit card transaction company is conducting a framework-mapping exercise with the internal controls. The company recently established a new office in Europe. To which of the following frameworks should the security officer map the existing controls? (Select TWO). A. ISO B. PCI DSS C. SOC D. GDPR E. CSA F. NIST

Answer: BD

An organization is developing an authentication service for use at the entry and exit ports of country borders. The service will use data feeds obtained from passport systems, passenger manifests, and high-definition video feeds from CCTV systems that are located at the ports. The service will incorporate machine-learning techniques to eliminate biometric enrollment processes while still allowing authorities to identify passengers with increasing accuracy over time. The more frequently passengers travel, the more accurately the service will identify them. Which of the following biometrics will MOST likely be used, without the need for enrollment? (Choose two.) A. Voice B. Gait C. Vein D. Facial E. Retina F. Fingerprint

Answer: BD

Data exfiltration analysis indicates that an attacker managed to download system configuration notes from a web server. The web-server logs have been deleted, but analysts have determined that the system configuration notes were stored in the database administrator's folder on the web server. Which of the following attacks explains what occurred? (Choose two.) A. Pass-the-hash B. Directory traversal C. SQL injection D. Privilege escalation E. Cross-site scripting F. Request forgery

Answer: BD

The new Chief Information Security Officer at a company has asked the security team to implement stronger user account policies. The new policies require: - Users to choose a password unique to their last ten passwords - Users to not log in from certain high risk countries Which of the following should the security team implement? (Choose two.) A. Password complexity B. Password history C. Geolocation D. Geofencing E. Geotagging F. Password reuse

Answer: BD

Which of the following are requirements that must be configured for PCI DSS compliance? (Select TWO). A. Testing security systems and processes regularly B. Installing and maintaining a web proxy to protect cardholder data C. Assigning a unique ID to each person with computer access D. Encrypting transmission of cardholder data across private networks E. Benchmarking security awareness training for contractors F. Using vendor-supplied default passwords for system passwords

Answer: BD

Which of the following encryption algorithms require one encryption key? (Select TWO). A. MD5 B. 3DES C. BCRYPT D. RC4 E. DSA

Answer: BD

A pharmaceutical sales representative logs on to a laptop and connects to the public WiFi to check emails and update reports. Which of the following would be BEST to prevent other devices on the network from directly accessing the laptop? (Choose two.) A. Trusted Platform Module B. A host-based firewall C. A DLP solution D. Full disk encryption E. A VPN F. Antivirus software

Answer: BE

A technician needs to prevent data loss in a laboratory. The laboratory is not connected to any external networks. Which of the following methods would BEST prevent data? (Select TWO) A. VPN B. Drive encryption C. Network firewall D. File-level encryption E. USB blocker F. MFA

Answer: BE

During a routine scan of a wireless segment at a retail company, a security administrator discovers several devices are connected to the network that do not match the company's naming convention and are not in the asset Inventory. WiFi access Is protected with 255-Wt encryption via WPA2. Physical access to the company's facility requires two-factor authentication using a badge and a passcode. Which of the following should the administrator implement to find and remediate the Issue? (Select TWO). A. Check the SIEM for failed logins to the LDAP directory. B. Enable MAC filtering on the switches that support the wireless network. C. Run a vulnerability scan on all the devices in the wireless network D. Deploy multifactor authentication for access to the wireless network E. Scan the wireless network for rogue access points. F. Deploy a honeypot on the network

Answer: BE

Users have been issued smart cards that provide physical access to a building. The cards also contain tokens that can be used to access information systems. Users can log m to any thin client located throughout the building and see the same desktop each time. Which of the following technologies are being utilized to provide these capabilities? (Select TWO) A. COPE B. VDI C. GPS D. TOTP E. RFID F. BYOD

Answer: BE

Which of the following are common VoIP-associated vulnerabilities? (Select TWO). A. SPIM B. Vishing C. Hopping D. Phishing E. Credential harvesting F. Tailgating

Answer: BE

Which of the following utilize a subset of real data and are MOST likely to be used to assess the features and functions of a system and how it interacts or performs from an end user's perspective against defined test cases? (Select TWO). A. Production B. Test C. Research and development D. PoC E. UAT F. SDLC

Answer: BE

An organization is migrating several SaaS applications that support SSO. The security manager wants to ensure the migration is completed securely. Which of the following application integration aspects should the organization consider before focusing into underlying implementation details? (Choose two.) A. The back-end directory source B. The identity federation protocol C. The hashing method D. The encryption method E. The registration authority F. The certificate authority

Answer: BF

Which of the following in a forensic investigation should be priorities based on the order of volatility? (Select TWO). A. Page files B. Event logs C. RAM D. Cache E. Stored files F. HDD

Answer: CD

A security engineer needs to implement an MDM solution that complies with the corporate mobile device policy. The policy states that in order for mobile users to access corporate resources on their devices the following requirements must be met: - Mobile device OSs must be patched up to the latest release - A screen lock must be enabled (passcode or biometric) - Corporate data must be removed if the device is reported lost or stolen Which of the following controls should the security engineer configure? (Select TWO) A. Containerization B. Storage segmentation C. Posturing D. Remote wipe E. Full-device encryption F. Geofencing

Answer: DE

An organization's finance department is implementing a policy to protect against collusion. Which of the following control types and corresponding procedures should the organization implement to fulfill this policy's requirement? (Select TWO). A. Corrective B. Deterrent C. Preventive D. Mandatory vacations E. Job rotation F. Separation of duties

Answer: DE

Which of the following are the MOST likely vectors for the unauthorized inclusion of vulnerable code in a software company's final software releases? (Select TWO.) A. Unsecure protocols B. Use of penetration-testing utilities C. Weak passwords D. Included third-party libraries E. Vendors/supply chain F. Outdated anti-malware software

Answer: DE

A Chief Information Security Officer has defined resiliency requirements for a new data center architecture. The requirements are as follows: - Critical fileshares will remain accessible during and after a natural disaster - Five percent of hard disks can fail at any given time without impacting the data. - Systems will be forced to shut down gracefully when battery levels are below 20% Which of the following are required to BEST meet these objectives? (Select THREE) A. Fiber switching B. laC C. NAS D. RAID E. UPS F. Redundant power supplies G. Geographic dispersal H. Snapshots I. Load balancing

Answer: DEG

A company is upgrading its wireless infrastructure to WPA2-Enterprise using EAP-TLS. Which of the following must be part of the security architecture to achieve AAA? (Select TWO) A. DNSSEC B. Reverse proxy C. VPN concentrator D. PKI E. Active Directory F. RADIUS

Answer: DF

Which of the following will MOST likely adversely impact the operations of unpatched traditional programmable-logic controllers, running a back-end LAMP server and OT systems with human-management interfaces that are accessible over the Internet via a web interface? (Choose two.) A. Cross-site scripting B. Data exfiltration C. Poor system logging D. Weak encryption E. SQL injection F. Server-side request forgery

Answer: DF

A company is designing the layout of a new datacenter so it will have an optimal environmental temperature. Which of the following must be included? (Select TWO) A. An air gap B. A cold aisle C. Removable doors D. A hot aisle E. An loT thermostat F. A humidity monitor

Answer: EF

A nationwide company is experiencing unauthorized logins at all hours of the day. The logins appear to originate from countries in which the company has no employees. Which of the following controls should the company consider using as part of its IAM strategy? (Select TWO). A. A complex password policy B. Geolocation C. An impossible travel policy D. Self-service password reset E. Geofencing F. Time-based logins

Answer: EF

On which of the following is the live acquisition of data for forensic analysis MOST dependent? (Choose two.) A. Data accessibility B. Legal hold C. Cryptographic or hash algorithm D. Data retention legislation E. Value and volatility of data F. Right-to-audit clauses

Answer: EF

A new vulnerability in the SMB protocol on the Windows systems was recently discovered, but no patches are currently available to resolve the issue. The security administrator is concerned that servers in the company's DMZ will be vulnerable to external attack; however, the administrator cannot disable the service on the servers, as SMB is used by a number of internal systems and applications on the LAN. Which of the following TCP ports should be blocked for all external inbound connections to the DMZ as a workaround to protect the servers? (Select TWO). A. 135 B. 139 C. 143 D. 161 E. 443 F. 445

B. 139 F. 445

A company has been experiencing very brief power outages from its utility company over the last few months. These outages only last for one second each time. The utility company is aware of the issue and is working to replace a faulty transformer. Which of the following BEST describes what the company should purchase to ensure its critical servers and network devices stay online? A. Dual power supplies B. A UPS C. A generator D. APDU

B. A UPS

A security engineer is installing a WAF to protect the company's website from malicious web requests over SSL. Which of the following is needed to meet the objective? A. A reverse proxy B. A decryption certificate C. A split-tunnel VPN D. Load-balanced servers

B. A decryption certificate

A security researcher is attempting to gather data on the widespread use of a Zero-day exploit. Which of the following will the researcher MOST likely use to capture this data? A. A DNS sinkhole B. A honeypot C. A vulnerability scan D. cvss

B. A honeypot

Which of the following is MOST likely to contain ranked and ordered information on the likelihood and potential impact of catastrophic events that may affect business processes and systems, while also highlighting the residual risks that need to be managed after mitigating controls have been implemented? A. An RTO report B. A risk register C. A business impact analysis D. An asset value register E. A disaster recovery plan

B. A risk register

Which of the following scenarios BEST describes a risk reduction technique? A. A security control objective cannot be met through a technical change, so the company purchases insurance and is no longer concerned about losses from data breaches. B. A security control objective cannot be met through a technical change, so the company implements a policy to train users on a more secure method of operation. C. A security control objective cannot be met through a technical change, so the company changes as method of operation D. A security control objective cannot be met through a technical change, so the Chief Information Officer (CIO) decides to sign off on the risk.

B. A security control objective cannot be met through a technical change, so the company implements a policy to train users on a more secure method of operation.

A systems administrator needs to install the same X.509 certificate on multiple servers. Which of the following should the administrator use? A. Key escrow B. A self-signed certificate C. Certificate chaining D. An extended validation certificate

B. A self-signed certificate

An attacker is trying to gain access by installing malware on a website that is known to be visited by the target victims. Which of the following is the attacker MOST likely attempting? A. A spear-phishing attack B. A watering-hole attack C. Typo squatting D. A phishing attack

B. A watering-hole attack

An organization has hired a red team to simulate attacks on its security posture. Which of the following will the blue team do after detecting an IoC? A. Reimage the impacted workstations. B. Activate runbooks for incident response C. Conduct forensics on the compromised system D. Conduct passive reconnaissance to gather information

B. Activate runbooks for incident response

A network engineer at a company with a web server is building a new web environment with the following requirements: - Only one web server at a time can service requests. - If the primary web server fails, a failover needs to occur to ensure the secondary web server becomes the primary. Which of the following load-balancing options BEST fits the requirements? A. Cookie-based B. Active-passive C. Persistence D. Round robin

B. Active-passive

A system in the network is used to store proprietary secrets and needs the highest level of security possible. Which of the following should a security administrator implement to ensure the system cannot be reached from the Internet? A. VLAN B. Air gap C. NAT D. Firewall

B. Air gap Explanation: An air gap, air wall or air gapping is a network security measure employed on one or more computers to ensure that a secure computer network is physically isolated from unsecured networks, such as the public Internet or an unsecured local area network. It means a computer or network has no network interfaces connected to other networks, with a physical or conceptual air gap, analogous to the air gap used in plumbing to maintain water quality.

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B. An injection attack is being conducted against a user authentication system.

An information security policy stales that separation of duties is required for all highly sensitive database changes that involve customers' financial data. Which of the following will this be BEST to prevent? A. Least privilege B. An insider threat C. A data breach D. A change control violation

B. An insider threat

Users at organization have been installing programs from the internet on their workstations without first proper authorization. The organization maintains a portal from which users can install standardized programs. However, some users have administrative access on their workstations to enable legacy programs to function property. Which of the following should the security administrator consider implementing to address this issue? A. Application code signing B. Application whitellsting C. Data loss prevention D. Web application firewalls

B. Application whitellsting

A security analyst has identified malware spreading through the corporate network and has activated the CSIRT Which of the following should the analyst do NEXT? A. Review how the malware was introduced to the network. B. Attempt to quarantine all infected hosts to limit further spread. C. Create help desk tickets to get infected systems reimaged. D. Update all endpoint antivirus solutions with the latest updates.

B. Attempt to quarantine all infected hosts to limit further spread.

An enterprise has hired an outside security firm to conduct penetration testing on its network and applications. The firm has not received information about the internal architecture. Which of the following best represents the type of testing that will occur? A. Bug bounty B. Black-box C. Gray-box D. White-box

B. Black-box

A company is moving its retail website to a public cloud provider. The company wants to tokenize credit card data but not allow the cloud provider to see the stored credit card information. Which of the following would BEST meet these objectives? A. WAF B. CASB C. VPN D. TLS

B. CASB

Which of the following would BEST identify and remediate a data-loss event in an enterprise using third-party, web-based services and file-sharing platforms? A. SIEM B. CASB C. UTM D. EDR

B. CASB

Which of the following is the correct order of volatility from MOST to LEAST volatile? A. Memory, temporary filesystems, routing tables, disk, network storage B. Cache, memory, temporary filesystems, disk, archival media C. Memory, disk, temporary filesystems, cache, archival media D. Cache, disk, temporary filesystems, network storage, archival media

B. Cache, memory, temporary filesystems, disk, archival media

During an incident response, an analyst applied rules to all inbound traffic on the border firewall and implemented ACLs on each critical server. Following an investigation, the company realizes it is still vulnerable because outbound traffic is not restricted, and the adversary is able to maintain a presence in the network. In which of the following stages of the Cyber Kill Chain is the adversary currently operating? A. Reconnaissance B. Command and control C. Actions on objective D. Exploitation

B. Command and control

A company recently decided to allow its employees to use their personally owned devices for tasks like checking email and messaging via mobile applications. The company would like to use MDM, but employees are concerned about the loss of personal data. Which of the following should the IT department implement to BEST protect the company against company data loss while still addressing the employees' concerns? A. Enable the remote-wiping option in the MDM software in case the phone is stolen. B. Configure the MDM software to enforce the use of PINs to access the phone. C. Configure MDM for FDE without enabling the lock screen. D. Perform a factory reset on the phone before installing the company's applications.

B. Configure the MDM software to enforce the use of PINs to access the phone.

A small business office is setting up a wireless infrastructure with primary requirements centered around protecting customer information and preventing unauthorized access to the business network. Which of the following would BEST support the office's business needs? (Select TWO) A. Installing WAPs with strategic placement B. Configuring access using WPA3 C. Installing a WIDS D. Enabling MAC filtering E. Changing the WiFi password every 30 days F. Reducing WiFi transmit power throughout the office

B. Configuring access using WPA3 D. Enabling MAC filtering

A development team employs a practice of bringing all the code changes from multiple team members into the same development project through automation. A tool is utilized to validate the code and track source code through version control. Which of the following BEST describes this process? A. Continuous delivery B. Continuous integration C. Continuous validation D. Continuous monitoring

B. Continuous integration

During an incident, a company's CIRT determines it is necessary to observe the continued network-based transactions between a callback domain and the malware running on an enterprise PC. Which of the following techniques would be BEST to enable this activity while reducing the risk of lateral spread and the risk that the adversary would notice any changes? A. Physically move the PC to a separate Internet point of presence. B. Create and apply microsegmentation rules. C. Emulate the malware in a heavily monitored DMZ segment. D. Apply network blacklisting rules for the adversary domain.

B. Create and apply microsegmentation rules.

A security analyst has received an alert about being sent via email. The analyst's Chief information Security Officer (CISO) has made it clear that PII must be handle with extreme care From which of the following did the alert MOST likely originate? A. S/MIME B. DLP C. IMAP D. HIDS

B. DLP

The Chief Information Security Officer is concerned about employees using personal email rather than company email to communicate with clients and sending sensitive business information and PII. Which of the following would be the BEST solution to install on the employees' workstations to prevent information from leaving the company's network? A. HIPS B. DLP C. HIDS D. EDR

B. DLP

The cost of '﹎ovable media and the security risks of transporting data have become too great for a laboratory. The laboratory has decided to interconnect with partner laboratones to make data transfers easier and more secure. The Chief Security Officer <CSO) has several concerns about proprietary data being exposed once the interconnections are established. Which of the following security features should the network administrator implement lo prevent unwanted data exposure to users in partner laboratories? A. VLAN zoning with a file-transfer server in an external-facing zone B. DLP running on hosts to prevent file transfers between networks C. NAC that permits only data-transfer agents to move data between networks D. VPN with full tunneling and NAS authenticating through the Active Directory

B. DLP running on hosts to prevent file transfers between networks

During a security incident investigation, an analyst consults the company's SIEM and sees an event concerning high traffic to a known, malicious command-and-control server. The analyst would like to determine the number of company workstations that may be impacted by this issue. Which of the following can provide the information? A. WAF logs B. DNS logs C. System logs D. Application logs

B. DNS logs

An analyst receives multiple alerts for beaconing activity for a host on the network, After analyzing the activity, the analyst observes the following activity: - A user enters comptia.org into a web browser. - The website that appears is not the comptia.org site. - The website is a malicious site from the attacker. - Users in a different office are not having this issue. Which of the following types of attacks was observed? A. On-path attack B. DNS poisoning C. Locator (URL) redirection D. Domain hijacking

B. DNS poisoning

Which of the following employee roles is responsible for protecting an organization's collected personal information? A. CTO B. DPO C. CEO D. DBA

B. DPO

Which of the following is the FIRST environment in which proper, secure coding should be practiced? A. Stage B. Development C. Production D. Test

B. Development

A systems administrator is considering different backup solutions for the IT infrastructure. The company is looking for a solution that offers the fastest recovery time while also saving the most amount of storage used to maintain the backups. Which of the following recovery solutions would be the BEST option to meet these requirements? A. Snapshot B. Differential C. Full D. Tape

B. Differential

A system administrator needs to implement an access control scheme that will allow an object's access policy be determined by its owner. Which of the following access control schemes BEST fits the requirements? A. Role-based access control B. Discretionary access control C. Mandatory access control D. Attribute-based access control

B. Discretionary access control

An organization's help desk is flooded with phone calls from users stating they can no longer access certain websites. The help desk escalates the issue to the security team, as these websites were accessible the previous day. The security analysts run the following command: ipconfig /flushdns, but the issue persists. Finally, an analyst changes the DNS server for an impacted machine, and the issue goes away. Which of the following attacks MOST likely occurred on the original DNS server? A. DNS cache poisoning B. Domain hijacking C. Distributed denial-of-service D. DNS tunneling

B. Domain hijacking

A security analyst has been tasked with ensuring all programs that are deployed into the enterprise have been assessed in a runtime environment. Any critical issues found in the program must be sent back to the developer for verification and remediation. Which of the following BEST describes the type of assessment taking place? A. Input validation B. Dynamic code analysis C. Fuzzing D. Manual code review

B. Dynamic code analysis

A security analyst receives the configuration of a current VPN profile and notices the authentication is only applied to the IP datagram portion of the packet. Which of the following should the analyst implement to authenticate the entire packet? A. AH B. ESP C. SRTP D. LDAP

B. ESP

A well-known organization has been experiencing attacks from APIs. The organization is concerned that custom malware is being created and emailed into the company or installed on USB sticks that are dropped in parking lots. Which of the following is the BEST defense against this scenario? A. Configuring signature-based antivirus io update every 30 minutes B. Enforcing S/MIME for email and automatically encrypting USB drives upon insertion. C. Implementing application execution in a sandbox for unknown software. D. Fuzzing new files for vulnerabilities if they are not digitally signed

B. Enforcing S/MIME for email and automatically encrypting USB drives upon insertion.

A security administrator is analyzing the corporate wireless network. The network only has two access points running on channels 1 and 11. While using airodump-ng, the administrator notices other access points are running with the same corporate ESSID on all available channels and with the same BSSID of one of the legitimate access points. Which of the following attacks is happening on the corporate network? A. On-path B. Evil twin C. Jamming D. Rogue access point E. Disassociation

B. Evil twin

A user contacts the help desk to report the following: - Two days ago, a pop-up browser window prompted the user for a name and password after connecting to the corporate wireless SSID. This had never happened before, but the user entered the information as requested. - The user was able to access the Internet but had trouble accessing the department share until the next day. - The user is now getting notifications from the bank about unauthorized transactions. Which of the following attack vectors was MOST likely used in this scenario? A. Rogue access point B. Evil twin C. DNS poisoning D. ARP poisoning

B. Evil twin

QUESTION 125 A user reports constant lag and performance issues with the wireless network when working at a local coffee shop. A security analyst walks the user through an installation of Wireshark and get a five-minute pcap to analyze. The analyst observes the following output: Which of the following attacks does the analyst MOST likely see in this packet capture? A. Session replay B. Evil twin C. Bluejacking D. ARP poisoning

B. Evil twin Explanation: One of the main purposes of deauthentication used in the hacking community is to force clients to connect to an evil twin access point which then can be used to capture network packets transferred between the client and the access point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_deauthentication_attack

Which of the following uses SAML for authentication? A. TOTP B. Federation C. Kerberos D. HOTP

B. Federation

A user is concerned that a web application will not be able to handle unexpected or random input without crashing. Which of the following BEST describes the type of testing the user should perform? A. Code signing B. Fuzzing C. Manual code review D. Dynamic code analysis

B. Fuzzing

A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) needs to create a policy set that meets international standards for data privacy and sharing. Which of the following should the CISO read and understand before writing the policies? A. PCI DSS B. GDPR C. NIST D. ISO 31000

B. GDPR

A security analyst needs to generate a server certificate to be used for 802.1X and secure RDP connections. The analyst is unsure what is required to perform the task and solicits help from a senior colleague. Which of the following is the FIRST step the senior colleague will most likely tell the analyst to perform to accomplish this task? A. Create an OCSP B. Generate a CSR C. Create a CRL D. Generate a .pfx file

B. Generate a CSR

A company is receiving emails with links to phishing sites that look very similar to the company's own website address and content. Which of the following is the BEST way for the company to mitigate this attack? A. Create a honeynet to trap attackers who access the VPN with credentials obtained by phishing. B. Generate a list of domains similar to the company's own and implement a DNS sinkhole for each. C. Disable POP and IMAP on all Internet-facing email servers and implement SMTPS. D. Use an automated tool to flood the phishing websites with fake usernames and passwords.

B. Generate a list of domains similar to the company's own and implement a DNS sinkhole for each.

A cyber threat intelligence analyst is gathering data about a specific adversary using OSINT techniques. Which of the following should the analyst use? A. Internal log files B. Government press releases C. Confidential reports D. Proprietary databases

B. Government press releases

A security administrator has discovered that workstations on the LAN are becoming infected with malware. The cause of the infections appears to be users receiving phishing emails that are bypassing the current email-filtering technology. As a result, users are being tricked into clicking on malicious URLs, as no internal controls currently exist in the environment to evaluate their safety. Which of the following would be BEST to implement to address the issue? A. Forward proxy B. HIDS C. Awareness training D. A jump server E. IPS

B. HIDS

A security engineer is concerned that the strategy for detection on endpoints is too heavily dependent on previously defined attacks. The engineer would like a tool to monitor for changes to key files and network traffic on the device. Which of the following tools BEST addresses both detection and prevention? A. NIDS B. HIPS C. AV D. NGFW

B. HIPS

Which of the following threat actors is MOST likely to be motivated by ideology? A. Business competitor B. Hacktivist C. Criminal syndicate D. Script kiddie E. Disgruntled employee

B. Hacktivist

Which of the following cryptographic concepts would a security engineer utilize while implementing non-repudiation? (Select TWO) A. Block cipher B. Hashing C. Private key D. Perfect forward secrecy E. Salting F. Symmetric keys

B. Hashing C. Private key

The chief compliance officer from a bank has approved a background check policy for all new hires. Which of the following is the policy MOST likely protecting against? A. Preventing any current employees' siblings from working at the bank to prevent nepotism B. Hiring an employee who has been convicted of theft to adhere to industry compliance C. Filtering applicants who have added false information to resumes so they appear better qualified D. Ensuring no new hires have worked at other banks that may be trying to steal customer information

B. Hiring an employee who has been convicted of theft to adhere to industry compliance

A company wants to deploy systems alongside production systems in order to entice threat actors and to learn more about attackers. Which of the following BEST describe these systems? A. DNS sinkholes B. Honeypots C. Virtual machines D. Neural network

B. Honeypots

A company is considering transitioning to the cloud. The company employs individuals from various locations around the world. The company does not want to increase its on premises infrastructure blueprint and only wants to pay for additional compute power required. Which of the following solutions would BEST meet the needs of the company? A. Private cloud B. Hybrid environment C. Managed security service provider D. Hot backup site

B. Hybrid environment

A social media company based in North America is looking to expand into new global markets and needs to maintain compliance with international standards. With which of the following is the company's data protection officer MOST likely concerned? A. NIST Framework B. ISO 27001 C. GDPR D. PCI-DSS

B. ISO 27001

A security analyst wants to reference a standard to develop a risk management program. Which of the following is the BEST source for the analyst to use? A. SSAE SOC 2 B. ISO 31000 C. NIST CSF D. GDPR

B. ISO 31000

A security analyst is running a vulnerability scan to check for missing patches during a suspected security rodent. During which of the following phases of the response process is this activity MOST likely occurring? A. Containment B. Identification C. Recovery D. Preparation

B. Identification

A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is concerned about the organization's ability to continue business operation in the event of a prolonged DDoS attack on its local datacenter that consumes database resources. Which of the following will the CISO MOST likely recommend to mitigate this risk? A. Upgrade the bandwidth available into the datacenter B. Implement a hot-site failover location C. Switch to a complete SaaS offering to customers D. Implement a challenge response test on all end-user queries

B. Implement a hot-site failover location

A security analyst is responding to an alert from the SIEM. The alert states that malware was discovered on a host and was not automatically deleted. Which of the following would be BEST for the analyst to perform? A. Add a deny-all rule to that host in the network ACL B. Implement a network-wide scan for other instances of the malware. C. Quarantine the host from other parts of the network D. Revoke the client's network access certificates

B. Implement a network-wide scan for other instances of the malware.

A network administrator is concerned about users being exposed to malicious content when accessing company cloud applications. The administrator wants to be able to block access to sites based on the AUP. The users must also be protected because many of them work from home or at remote locations, providing on-site customer support. Which of the following should the administrator employ to meet these criteria? A. Implement NAC. B. Implement an SWG. C. Implement a URL filter. D. Implement an MDM.

B. Implement an SWG.

A security analyst is investigating a phishing email that contains a malicious document directed to the company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Which of the following should the analyst perform to understand the threat and retrieve possible IoCs? A. Run a vulnerability scan against the CEOs computer to find possible vulnerabilities B. Install a sandbox to run the malicious payload in a safe environment C. Perform a traceroute to identify the communication path D. Use netstat to check whether communication has been made with a remote host

B. Install a sandbox to run the malicious payload in a safe environment

In a phishing attack, the perpetrator is pretending to be someone in a position of power in an effort to influence the target to click or follow the desired response. Which of the following principles is being used? A. Authority B. Intimidation C. Consensus D. Scarcity

B. Intimidation

Certain users are reporting their accounts are being used to send unauthorized emails and conduct suspicious activities. After further investigation, a security analyst notices the following: - All users share workstations throughout the day. - Endpoint protection was disabled on several workstations throughout the network. - Travel times on logins from the affected users are impossible. - Sensitive data is being uploaded to external sites. - All user account passwords were forced to be reset and the issue continued. Which of the following attacks is being used to compromise the user accounts? A. Brute-force B. Keylogger C. Dictionary D. Rainbow

B. Keylogger

Which of the following corporate policies is used to help prevent employee fraud and to detect system log modifications or other malicious activity based on tenure? A. Background checks B. Mandatory vacation C. Social media analysis D. Separation of duties

B. Mandatory vacation

A user reports falling for a phishing email to an analyst. Which of the following system logs would the analyst check FIRST? A. DNS B. Message gateway C. Network D. Authentication

B. Message gateway

Field workers in an organization are issued mobile phones on a daily basis. All the work is performed within one city, and the mobile phones are not used for any purpose other than work. The organization does not want these phones used for personal purposes. The organization would like to issue the phones to workers as permanent devices so the phones do not need to be reissued every day. Given the conditions described, which of the following technologies would BEST meet these requirements? A. Geofencing B. Mobile device management C. Containerization D. Remote wiping

B. Mobile device management

A global company is experiencing unauthorized logging due to credential theft and account lockouts caused by brute-force attacks. The company is considering implementing a third-party identity provider to help mitigate these attacks. Which of the following would be the BEST control for the company to require from prospective vendors'? A. IP restrictions B. Multifactor authentication C. A banned password list D. A complex password policy

B. Multifactor authentication

An organization is concerned about intellectual property theft by employee who leave the organization. Which of the following will be organization MOST likely implement? A. CBT B. NDA C. MOU D. AUP

B. NDA

A security analyst needs to complete an assessment. The analyst is logged into a server and must use native tools to map services running on it to the server's listening ports. Which of the following tools can BEST accomplish this talk? A. Netcat B. Netstat C. Nmap D. Nessus

B. Netstat

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has decided to reorganize security staff to concentrate on incident response and to outsource outbound Internet URL categorization and filtering to an outside company. Additionally, the CISO would like this solution to provide the same protections even when a company laptop or mobile device is away from a home office. Which of the following should the CISO choose? A. CASB B. Next-generation SWG C. NGFW D. Web-application firewall

B. Next-generation SWG

Which of the following processes will eliminate data using a method that will allow the storage device to be reused after the process is complete? A. Pulverizing B. Overwriting C. Shredding D. Degaussing

B. Overwriting

An analyst needs to identify the applications a user was running and the files that were open before the user's computer was shut off by holding down the power button. Which of the following would MOST likely contain that information? A. NGFW B. Pagefile C. NetFlow D. RAM

B. Pagefile Explanation: In Digital Forensics, sometimes an investigator will literally pull the plug out of the wall to cause a hard shutdown and then access the drive for the pagefile because if you shut the PC down normally, the pagefile is cleared. https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jce/papers/Vol16-issue2/Version-5/C016251116.pdf

Multiple business accounts were compromised a few days after a public website had its credentials database leaked on the Internet. No business emails were identified in the breach, but the security team thinks that the list of passwords exposed was later used to compromise business accounts. Which of the following would mitigate the issue? A. Complexity requirements B. Password history C. Acceptable use policy D. Shared accounts

B. Password history

During a recent penetration test, the tester discovers large amounts of data were exfiltrated over the course of 12 months via the Internet. The penetration tester stops the test to inform the client of the findings. Which of the following should be the client's NEXT step to mitigate the issue? A. Conduct a full vulnerability scan to identify possible vulnerabilities. B. Perform containment on the critical servers and resources C. Review the firewall and identify the source of the active connection. D. Disconnect the entire infrastructure from the Internet

B. Perform containment on the critical servers and resources

A research company discovered that an unauthorized piece of software has been detected on a small number of machines in its lab. The researchers collaborate with other machines using port 445 and on the Internet using port 443. The unauthorized software is starting to be seen on additional machines outside of the lab and is making outbound communications using HTTPS and SMB. The security team has been instructed to resolve the problem as quickly as possible causing minimal disruption to the researchers. Which of the following contains the BEST course of action in this scenario? A. Update the host firewalls to block outbound SMB. B. Place the machines with the unapproved software in containment. C. Place the unauthorized application in a blocklist. D. Implement a content filter to block the unauthorized software communication.

B. Place the machines with the unapproved software in containment.

An attacker browses a company's online job board attempting to find any relevant information regarding the technologies the company uses. Which of the following BEST describes this social engineering technique? A. Hoax B. Reconnaissance C. Impersonation D. Pretexting

B. Reconnaissance

A security analyst needs to be able to search and correlate logs from multiple sources in a single tool. Which of the following would BEST allow a security analyst to have this ability? A. SOAR B. SIEM C. Log collectors D. Network-attached storage

B. SIEM

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B. SQLi attack

Which of the following BEST describes when an organization utilizes a ready-to-use application from a cloud provider? A. laaS B. SaaS C. Paas D. XaaS

B. SaaS

A Chief Security Officer (CSO) has asked a technician to devise a solution that can detect unauthorized execution privileges from the OS in both executable and data files, and can work in conjunction with proxies or UTM. Which of the following would BEST meet the CSO's requirements? A. Fuzzing B. Sandboxing C. Static code analysis D. Code review

B. Sandboxing

Which of the following function as preventive, detective, and deterrent controls to reduce the risk of physical theft? (Select TWO). A. Mantraps B. Security guards C. Video surveillance D. Fences E. Bollards F. Antivirus

B. Security guards C. Video surveillance

An organization hired a consultant to assist with an active attack, and the consultant was able to identify the compromised accounts and computers. Which of the following is the consultant MOST likely to recommend to prepare for eradication? A. Quarantining the compromised accounts and computers, only providing them with network access B. Segmenting the compromised accounts and computers into a honeynet so as to not alert the attackers. C. Isolating the compromised accounts and computers, cutting off all network and internet access. D. Logging off and deleting the compromised accounts and computers to eliminate attacker access.

B. Segmenting the compromised accounts and computers into a honeynet so as to not alert the attackers.

The Chief Information Security Officer wants to pilot a new adaptive, user-based authentication method. The concept Includes granting logical access based on physical location and proximity. Which of the following Is the BEST solution for the pilot? A. Geofencing B. Self-sovereign identification C. PKl certificates D. SSO

B. Self-sovereign identification

Which of the following would produce the closet experience of responding to an actual incident response scenario? A. Lessons learned B. Simulation C. Walk-through D. Tabletop

B. Simulation

Which of the following BEST describes the MFA attribute that requires a callback on a predefined landline? A. Something you exhibit B. Something you can do C. Someone you know D. Somewhere you are

B. Something you can do

Which of the following would be the BEST way to analyze diskless malware that has infected a VDI? A. Shut down the VDI and copy off the event logs. B. Take a memory snapshot of the running system. C. Use NetFlow to identify command-and-control IPs. D. Run a full on-demand scan of the root volume.

B. Take a memory snapshot of the running system.

Which of the following environments minimizes end-user disruption and is MOST likely to be used to assess the impacts of any database migrations or major system changes by using the final version of the code? A. Staging B. Test C. Production D. Development

B. Test

A security analyst has been reading about a newly discovered cyber attack from a known threat actor. Which of the following would BEST support the analyst's review of the tactics, techniques, and protocols the threat actor was observed using in previous campaigns? A. Security research publications B. The MITRE ATT&CK framework C. The Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis D. The Cyber Kill Chain

B. The MITRE ATT&CK framework

A company's bank has reported that multiple corporate credit cards have been stolen over the past several weeks. The bank has provided the names of the affected cardholders to the company's forensics team to assist in the cyber-incident investigation. An incident responder learns the following information: - The timeline of stolen card numbers corresponds closely with affected users making Internet-based purchases from diverse websites via enterprise desktop PCs. - All purchase connections were encrypted, and the company uses an SSL inspection proxy for the inspection of encrypted traffic of the hardwired network. - Purchases made with corporate cards over the corporate guest WiFi network, where no SSL inspection occurs, were unaffected. Which of the following is the MOST likely root cause? A. HTTPS sessions are being downgraded to insecure cipher suites B. The SSL inspection proxy is feeding events to a compromised SIEM C. The payment providers are insecurely processing credit card charges D. The adversary has not yet established a presence on the guest WiFi network

B. The SSL inspection proxy is feeding events to a compromised SIEM

A security monitoring company offers a service that alerts ifs customers if their credit cards have been stolen. Which of the following is the MOST likely source of this information? A. STIX B. The dark web C. TAXII D. Social media E. PCI

B. The dark web

Which of the following BEST explains the difference between a data owner and a data custodian? A. The data owner is responsible for adhering to the rules for using the data, while the data custodian is responsible for determining the corporate governance regarding the data B. The data owner is responsible for determining how the data may be used, while the data custodian is responsible for implementing the protection to the data C. The data owner is responsible for controlling the data, while the data custodian is responsible for maintaining the chain of custody when handling the data D. The data owner grants the technical permissions for data access, while the data custodian maintains the database access controls to the data

B. The data owner is responsible for determining how the data may be used, while the data custodian is responsible for implementing the protection to the data

A security auditor is reviewing vulnerability scan data provided by an internal security team. Which of the following BEST indicates that valid credentials were used? A. The scan results show open ports, protocols, and services exposed on the target host B. The scan enumerated software versions of installed programs C. The scan produced a list of vulnerabilities on the target host D. The scan identified expired SSL certificates

B. The scan enumerated software versions of installed programs

An analyst has determined that a server was not patched and an external actor exfiltrated data on port 139. Which of the following sources should the analyst review to BEST ascertain how the Incident could have been prevented? A. The vulnerability scan output B. The security logs C. The baseline report D. The correlation of events

B. The security logs

A privileged user at a company stole several proprietary documents from a server. The user also went into the log files and deleted all records of the incident. The systems administrator has Just informed investigators that other log files are available for review. Which of the following did the administrator MOST likely configure that will assist the investigators? A. Memory dumps B. The syslog server C. The application logs D. The log retention policy

B. The syslog server

A user's PC was recently infected by malware. The user has a legacy printer without vendor support, and the user's OS is fully patched. The user downloaded a driver package from the internet. No threats were found on the downloaded file, but during file installation, a malicious runtime threat was detected. Which of the following is MOST likely cause of the infection? A. The driver has malware installed and was refactored upon download to avoid detection. B. The user's computer has a rootkit installed that has avoided detection until the new driver overwrote key files. C. The user's antivirus software definition were out of date and were damaged by the installation of the driver D. The user's computer has been infected with a logic bomb set to run when new driver was installed.

B. The user's computer has a rootkit installed that has avoided detection until the new driver overwrote key files.

Which of the following is the BEST reason to maintain a functional and effective asset management policy that aids in ensuring the security of an organization? A. To provide data to quantity risk based on the organization's systems. B. To keep all software and hardware fully patched for known vulnerabilities C. To only allow approved, organization-owned devices onto the business network D. To standardize by selecting one laptop model for all users in the organization

B. To keep all software and hardware fully patched for known vulnerabilities

A security analyst is working on a project to implement a solution that monitors network communications and provides alerts when abnormal behavior is detected. Which of the following is the security analyst MOST likely implementing? A. Vulnerability scans B. User behavior analysis C. Security orchestration, automation, and response D. Threat hunting

B. User behavior analysis

Which of the following describes the ability of code to target a hypervisor from inside a guest OS? A. Fog computing B. VM escape C. Software-defined networking D. Image forgery E. Container breakout

B. VM escape Explanation: Virtual machine escape is an exploit in which the attacker runs code on a VM that allows an operating system running within it to break out and interact directly with the hypervisor.

A company has a flat network that is deployed in the cloud. Security policy states that all production and development servers must be segmented. Which of the following should be used to design the network to meet the security requirements? A. CASB B. VPC C. Perimeter network D. WAF

B. VPC

A news article states hackers have been selling access to IoT camera feeds. Which of the following is the Most likely reason for this issue? A. Outdated software B. Weak credentials C. Lack of encryption D. Backdoors

B. Weak credentials

A company wants to simplify the certificate management process. The company has a single domain with several dozen subdomains, all of which are publicly accessible on the internet. Which of the following BEST describes the type of certificate the company should implement? A. Subject alternative name B. Wildcard C. Self-signed D. Domain validation

B. Wildcard

An organization is concerned about hackers potentially entering a facility and plugging in a remotely accessible Kali Linux box. Which of the following should be the first lines of defense against such an attack? (Select TWO). A. MAC filtering B. Zero Trust segmentation C. Network access control D. Access control vestibules E. Guards F. Bollards

B. Zero Trust segmentation D. Access control vestibules

Which of the following BEST describes a security exploit for which a vendor patch is not readily available? A. Integer overflow B. Zero-day C. End of life D. Race condition

B. Zero-day

A commercial cyber-threat intelligence organization observes IoCs across a variety of unrelated customers. Prior to releasing specific threat intelligence to other paid subscribers, the organization is MOST likely obligated by contracts to: A. perform attribution to specific APTs and nation-state actors. B. anonymize any PII that is observed within the IoC data. C. add metadata to track the utilization of threat intelligence reports. D. assist companies with impact assessments based on the observed data.

B. anonymize any PII that is observed within the IoC data.

A business operations manager is concerned that a PC that is critical to business operations will have a costly hardware failure soon. The manager is looking for options to continue business operations without incurring large costs. Which of the following would mitigate the managers concerns? A. implement a full system upgrade B. perform a physical-to-virtual migration C. install uninterruptible power supplies D. purchase cybersecurity insurance

B. perform a physical-to-virtual migration

Moving laterally within a network once an initial exploit is used to gain persistent access for the purpose of establishing further control of a system is known as: A. pivoting. B. persistence. C. active reconnaissance. D. a backdoor

B. persistence.

The process of passively gathering information poor to launching a cyberattack is called: A. tailgating B. reconnaissance C. pharming D. prepending

B. reconnaissance

A network manager is concerned that business may be negatively impacted if the firewall in its datacenter goes offline. The manager would like to Implement a high availability pair to: A. decrease the mean ne between failures B. remove the single point of failure C. cut down the mean tine to repair D. reduce the recovery time objective

B. remove the single point of failure

During a trial, a judge determined evidence gathered from a hard drive was not admissible. Which of the following BEST explains this reasoning? A. the forensic investigator forgot to run a checksum on the disk image after creation B. the chain of custody form did not note time zone offsets between transportation regions C. the computer was turned off, and a RAM image could not be taken at the same time D. the hard drive was not properly kept in an antistatic bag when it was moved.

B. the chain of custody form did not note time zone offsets between transportation regions

Which of the following is a difference between a DRP and a BCP? A. A BCP keeps operations running during a disaster while a DRP does not. B. A BCP prepares for any operational interruption while a DRP prepares for natural disasters C. A BCP is a technical response to disasters while a DRP is operational. D. A BCP Is formally written and approved while a DRP is not.

C. A BCP is a technical response to disasters while a DRP is operational.

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An organization needs to implement more stringent controls over administrator/root credentials and service accounts. Requirements for the project include: - Check-in/checkout of credentials - The ability to use but not know the password - Automated password changes - Logging of access to credentials Which of the following solutions would meet the requirements? A. OAuth 2.0 B. Secure Enclave C. A privileged access management system D. An OpenID Connect authentication system

C. A privileged access management system

Which of the following statements BEST describes zero-day exploits? A. When a zero-day exploit is discovered, the system cannot be protected by any means B. Zero-day exploits have their own scoring category in CVSS C. A zero-day exploit is initially undetectable and no patch for it exists D. Discovering zero-day exploits is always performed via bug bounty programs

C. A zero-day exploit is initially undetectable and no patch for it exists

Which of the following is a policy that provides a greater depth of knowldge across an organization? A. Asset management policy B. Separation of duties policy C. Acceptable use policy D. Job Rotation policy

C. Acceptable use policy

While preparing a software Inventory report, a security analyst discovers an unauthorized program installed on most of the company's servers. The program utilizes the same code signing certificate as an application deployed to only the accounting team. Which of the following mitigations would BEST secure the server environment? A. Revoke the code signing certificate used by both programs. B. Block all unapproved file hashes from installation. C. Add the accounting application file hash to the allowed list. D. Update the code signing certificate for the approved application

C. Add the accounting application file hash to the allowed list.

Which of the following would BEST provide detective and corrective controls for thermal regulation? A. A smoke detector B. A fire alarm C. An HVAC system D. A fire suppression system E. Guards

C. An HVAC system

A company just implemented a new telework policy that allows employees to use personal devices for official email and file sharing while working from home. Some of the requirements are: - Employees must provide an alternate work location (i.e., a home address) - Employees must install software on the device that will prevent the loss of proprietary data but will not restrict any other software from being installed. Which of the following BEST describes the MDM options the company is using? A. Geofencing, content management, remote wipe, containerization, and storage segmentation B. Content management, remote wipe, geolocation, context-aware authentication, and containerization C. Application management, remote wipe, geofencing, context-aware authentication, and containerization D. Remote wipe, geolocation, screen locks, storage segmentation, and full-device encryption

C. Application management, remote wipe, geofencing, context-aware authentication, and containerization

The lessons-learned analysis from a recent incident reveals that an administrative office worker received a call from someone claiming to be from technical support. The caller convinced the office worker to visit a website, and then download and install a program masquerading as an antivirus package. The program was actually a backdoor that an attacker could later use to remote control the worker's PC. Which of the following would be BEST to help prevent this type of attack in the future? A. Data loss prevention B. Segmentation C. Application whitelisting D. Quarantine

C. Application whitelisting

Which of the following is the MOST relevant security check to be performed before embedding third-parry libraries in developed code? A. Check to see if the third party has resources to create dedicated development and staging environments. B. Verify the number of companies that downloaded the third-party code and the number of contributions on the code repository. C. Assess existing vulnerabilities affecting the third-parry code and the remediation efficiency of the libraries' developers. D. Read multiple penetration-testing reports for environments running software that reused the library.

C. Assess existing vulnerabilities affecting the third-parry code and the remediation efficiency of the libraries' developers.

An enterprise has hired an outside security firm to facilitate penetration testing on its network and applications. The firm has agreed to pay for each vulnerability that is discovered. Which of the following BEST represents the type of testing that is being used? A. White-box B. Red-team C. Bug bounty D. Gray-box E. Black-box

C. Bug bounty

A startup company is using multiple SaaS and IaaS platforms to stand up a corporate infrastructure and build out a customer-facing web application. Which of the following solutions would be BEST to provide security, manageability, and visibility into the platforms? A. SIEM B. DLP C. CASB D. SWG

C. CASB Explanation: A cloud access security broker is on-premises or cloud based software that sits between cloud service users and cloud applications, and monitors all activity and enforces security policies A CASB has a separate, and more distinctive role. Differing from the use case for SWG, which focuses on the broader filtering and protection against inbound threats and filtering illegitimate web traffic, a CASB is more deeply integrated and has control over your cloud application usage. It can be tied into an applications API to scan data at rest or can be used with a proxy based deployment to enforce inline policies for more real time protection.

A security engineer at an offline government facility is concerned about the validity of an SSL certificate. The engineer wants to perform the fastest check with the least delay to determine if the certificate has been revoked. Which of the following would BEST these requirement? A. RA B. OCSP C. CRL D. CSR

C. CRL

A company provides mobile devices to its users to permit access to email and enterprise applications. The company recently started allowing users to select from several different vendors and device models. When configuring the MDM, which of the following is a key security implication of this heterogeneous device approach? A. The most common set of MDM configurations will become the effective set of enterprise mobile security controls. B. All devices will need to support SCEP-based enrollment; therefore, the heterogeneity of the chosen architecture may unnecessarily expose private keys to adversaries. C. Certain devices are inherently less secure than others, so compensatory controls will be needed to address the delta between device vendors. D. MDMs typically will not support heterogeneous deployment environments, so multiple MDMs will need to be installed and configured.

C. Certain devices are inherently less secure than others, so compensatory controls will be needed to address the delta between device vendors.

Which of the following should an organization consider implementing In the event executives need to speak to the media after a publicized data breach? A. Incident response plan B. Business continuity plan C. Communication plan D. Disaster recovery plan

C. Communication plan

A new company wants to avoid channel interference when building a WLAN. The company needs to know the radio frequency behavior, identify dead zones, and determine the best place for access points. Which of the following should be done FIRST? A. Configure heat maps. B. Utilize captive portals. C. Conduct a site survey. D. Install Wi-Fi analyzers.

C. Conduct a site survey.

A cybersecurity manager has scheduled biannual meetings with the IT team and department leaders to discuss how they would respond to hypothetical cyberattacks. During these meetings, the manager presents a scenario and injects additional information throughout the session to replicate what might occur in a dynamic cybersecurity event involving the company, its facilities, its data, and its staff. Which of the following describes what the manager is doing? A. Developing an incident response plan B. Building a disaster recovery plan C. Conducting a tabletop exercise D. Running a simulation exercise

C. Conducting a tabletop exercise

A root cause analysis reveals that a web application outage was caused by one of the company's developers uploading a newer version of the third-party libraries that were shared among several applications. Which of the following implementations would be BEST to prevent the issue from reoccurring? A. CASB B. SWG C. Containerization D. Automated failover

C. Containerization Explanation: Containerization is defined as a form of operating system virtualization, through which applications are run in isolated user spaces called containers, all using the same shared operating system (OS).

An organization is repairing the damage after an incident. Which of the following controls is being implemented? A. Detective B. Preventive C. Corrective D. Compensating

C. Corrective

A penetration tester gains access to the network by exploiting a vulnerability on a public-facing web server. Which of the following techniques will the tester most likely perform NEXT? A. Gather more information about the target through passive reconnaissance B. Establish rules of engagement before proceeding C. Create a user account to maintain persistence D. Move laterally throughout the network to search for sensitive information

C. Create a user account to maintain persistence

A security analyst is receiving numerous alerts reporting that the response time of an internet-facing application has been degraded. However, the internal network performance has degraded. Which of the following MOST likely explains this behavior? A. DNS poisoning B. MAC flooding C. DDoS attack D. ARP poisoning

C. DDoS attack

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C. DNS poisoning

An incident, which is affecting dozens of systems, involves malware that reaches out to an Internet service for rules and updates. The IP addresses for the Internet host appear to be different in each case. The organization would like to determine a common IoC to support response and recovery actions. Which of the following sources of information would BEST support this solution? A. Web log files B. Browser cache C. DNS query logs D. Antivirus

C. DNS query logs

A company recently experienced an attack during which its main website was directed to the attacker's web server, allowing the attacker to harvest credentials from unsuspecting customers. Which of the following should the company implement to prevent this type of attack occurring in the future? A. IPSec B. SSL/TLS C. DNSSEC D. S/MIME

C. DNSSEC

Hackers recently attacked a company's network and obtained several unfavorable pictures from the Chief Executive Officer's workstation. The hackers are threatening to send the images to the press if a ransom is not paid. Which of the following is impacted the MOST? A. Identify theft B. Data loss C. Data exfiltration D. Reputation

C. Data exfiltration

A security analyst notices several attacks are being blocked by the NIPS but does not see anything on the boundary firewall logs. The attack seems to have been thwarted. Which of the following resiliency techniques was applied to the network to prevent this attack? A. NIC Teaming B. Port mirroring C. Defense in depth D. High availability E. Geographic dispersaL

C. Defense in depth

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C. Denial of service

A vulnerability has been discovered and a known patch to address the vulnerability does not exist. Which of the following controls works BEST until a proper fix is released? A. Detective B. Compensating C. Deterrent D. Corrective

C. Deterrent

A security analyst is designing the appropriate controls to limit unauthorized access to a physical site. The analyst has a directive to utilize the lowest possible budget. Which of the following would BEST meet the requirements? A. Preventive controls B. Compensating controls C. Deterrent controls D. Detective controls

C. Deterrent controls

An organization blocks user access to command-line interpreters but hackers still managed to invoke the interpreters using native administrative tools. Which of the following should the security team do to prevent this from Happening in the future? A. Implement HIPS to block Inbound and outbound SMB ports 139 and 445. B. Trigger a SIEM alert whenever the native OS tools are executed by the user C. Disable the built-in OS utilities as long as they are not needed for functionality. D. Configure the AV to quarantine the native OS tools whenever they are executed

C. Disable the built-in OS utilities as long as they are not needed for functionality.

A malicious actor recently penetration a company's network and moved laterally to the datacenter. Upon investigation, a forensics firm wants to know was in the memory on the compromised server. Which of the following files should be given to the forensics firm? A. Security B. Application C. Dump D. Syslog

C. Dump

A recent malware outbreak across a subnet included successful rootkit installations on many PCs, ensuring persistence by rendering remediation efforts ineffective. Which of the following would BEST detect the presence of a rootkit in the future? A. FDE B. NIDS C. EDR D. DLP

C. EDR

A new plug-and-play storage device was installed on a PC in the corporate environment. Which of the following safeguards will BEST help to protect the PC from malicious files on the storage device? A. Change the default settings on the PC. B. Define the PC firewall rules to limit access. C. Encrypt the disk on the storage device. D. Plug the storage device into the UPS

C. Encrypt the disk on the storage device.

An organization routes all of its traffic through a VPN. Most users are remote and connect into a corporate datacenter that houses confidential information. There is a firewall at the Internet border followed by a DIP appliance, the VPN server and the datacenter itself. Which of the following is the WEAKEST design element? A. The DLP appliance should be integrated into a NGFW. B. Split-tunnel connections can negatively impact the DLP appliance's performance C. Encrypted VPN traffic will not be inspected when entering or leaving the network D. Adding two hops in the VPN tunnel may slow down remote connections

C. Encrypted VPN traffic will not be inspected when entering or leaving the network

To secure an application after a large data breach, an e-commerce site will be resetting all users' credentials. Which of the following will BEST ensure the site's users are not compromised after the reset? A. A password reuse policy B. Account lockout after three failed attempts C. Encrypted credentials in transit D. A geofencing policy based on login history

C. Encrypted credentials in transit

A RAT that was used to compromise an organization's banking credentials was found on a user's computer. The RAT evaded antivirus detection. It was installed by a user who has local administrator rights to the system as part of a remote management tool set. Which of the following recommendations would BEST prevent this from reoccurring? A. Create a new acceptable use policy. B. Segment the network into trusted and untrusted zones. C. Enforce application whitelisting. D. Implement DLP at the network boundary.

C. Enforce application whitelisting.

Which of the following should a technician use to protect a cellular phone that is needed for an investigation, to ensure the data will not be removed remotely? A. Air gap B. Secure cabinet C. Faraday cage D. Safe

C. Faraday cage

A company wants to improve end users' experiences when they log in to a trusted partner website. The company does not want the users to be issued separate credentials for the partner website. Which of the following should be implemented to allow users to authenticate using their own credentials to log in to the trusted partner's website? A. Directory service B. AAA server C. Federation D. Multifactor authentication

C. Federation

A systems analyst determines the source of a high number of connections to a web server that were initiated by ten different IP addresses that belong to a network block in a specific country. Which of the following techniques will the systems analyst MOST likely implement to address this issue? A. Content filter B. SIEM C. Firewall rules D. DLP

C. Firewall rules

A financial institution would like to stare is customer data a could but still allow the data ta he accessed and manipulated while encrypted. Doing se would prevent the cloud service provider from being able to decipher the data due to its sensitivity. The financial institution is not concern about computational overheads and slow speeds, Which of the following cryptographic techniques would BEST meet the requirement? A. Asymmatric B. Symmetric C. Homeomorphic D. Ephemeral

C. Homeomorphic

A financial institution would like to store its customer data in a cloud but still allow the data to be accessed and manipulated while encrypted. Doing so would prevent the cloud service provider from being able to decipher the data due to its sensitivity. The financial institution is not concerned about computational overheads and slow speeds. Which of the following cryptographic techniques would BEST meet the requirement? A. Asymmetric B. Symmetric C. Homomorphic D. Ephemeral

C. Homomorphic

A cloud service provider has created an environment where customers can connect existing local networks to the cloud for additional computing resources and block internal HR applications from reaching the cloud. Which of the following cloud models is being used? A. Public B. Community C. Hybrid D. Private

C. Hybrid

Which of the following cloud models provides clients with servers, storage, and networks but nothing else? A. SaaS B. PaaS C. IaaS D. DaaS

C. IaaS

A security operations analyst is using the company's SIEM solution to correlate alerts. Which of the following stages of the incident response process is this an example of? A. Eradication B. Recovery C. Identification D. Preparation

C. Identification

A developer is building a new portal to deliver single-pane-of-glass management capabilities to customers with multiple firewalls. To Improve the user experience, the developer wants to implement an authentication and authorization standard that uses security tokens that contain assertions to pass user Information between nodes. Which of the following roles should the developer configure to meet these requirements? (Select TWO). A. Identity processor B. Service requestor C. Identity provider D. Service provider E. Tokenized resource F. Notarized referral

C. Identity provider E. Tokenized resource

Which of the following is the MOST effective way to detect security flaws present on third-party libraries embedded on software before it is released into production? A. Employ different techniques for server- and client-side validations. B. Use a different version control system for third-party libraries. C. Implement a vulnerability scan to assess dependencies earlier on SDLC. D. Increase the number of penetration tests before software release.

C. Implement a vulnerability scan to assess dependencies earlier on SDLC.

Law enforcement officials sent a company a notification that states electronically stored information and paper documents cannot be destroyed. Which of the following explains this process? A. Data breach notification B. Accountability C. Legal hold D. Chain of custody

C. Legal hold

A Chief Security Officer is looking for a solution that can reduce the occurrence of customers receiving errors from back-end infrastructure when systems go offline unexpectedly. The security architect would like the solution to help maintain session persistence. Which of the following would BEST meet the requirements? A. Reverse proxy B. NIC teaming C. Load balancer D. Forward proxy

C. Load balancer

A security analyst is investigating multiple hosts that are communicating to external IP addresses during the hours of 2:00 a.m - 4:00 am. The malware has evaded detection by traditional antivirus software. Which of the following types of malware is MOST likely infecting the hosts? A. A RAT B. Ransomware C. Logic bomb D. A worm

C. Logic bomb

An amusement park is implementing a biometric system that validates customers' fingerprints to ensure they are not sharing tickets. The park's owner values customers above all and would prefer customers' convenience over security. For this reason, which of the following features should the security team prioritize FIRST? A. Low FAR B. Low efficacy C. Low FRR D. Low CER

C. Low FRR

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C. MAC address cloning

A security engineer was assigned to implement a solution to prevent attackers from gaining access by pretending to be authorized users. Which of the following technologies meets the requirement? A. SSO B. IDS C. MFA D. TPM

C. MFA

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C. Man-in-the-middle

A network engineer needs to create a plan for upgrading the wireless infrastructure in a large office Priority must be given to areas that are currently experiencing latency and connection issues. Which of the following would be the BEST resource for determining the order of priority? A. Nmapn B. Heat maps C. Network diagrams D. Wireshark

C. Network diagrams

A company Is concerned about is security after a red-team exercise. The report shows the team was able to reach the critical servers due to the SMB being exposed to the Internet and running NTLMV1, Which of the following BEST explains the findings? A. Default settings on the servers B. Unsecured administrator accounts C. Open ports and services D. Weak Data encryption

C. Open ports and services

Which of the following terms describes a broad range of information that is sensitive to a specific organization? A. Public B. Top secret C. Proprietary D. Open-source

C. Proprietary

An analyst just discovered an ongoing attack on a host that is on the network. The analyst observes the below taking place: - The computer performance is slow - Ads are appearing from various pop-up windows - Operating system files are modified - The computer is receiving AV alerts for execution of malicious processes Which of the following steps should the analyst consider FIRST? A. Check to make sure the DLP solution is in the active state B. Patch the host to prevent exploitation C. Put the machine in containment D. Update the AV solution on the host to stop the attack

C. Put the machine in containment

A company has determined that if its computer-based manufacturing is not functioning for 12 consecutive hours, it will lose more money that it costs to maintain the equipment. Which of the following must be less than 12 hours to maintain a positive total cost of ownership? A. MTBF B. RPO C. RTO D. MTTR

C. RTO

A new security engineer has started hardening systems. One of the hardening techniques the engineer is using involves disabling remote logins to the NAS. Users are now reporting the inability to use SCP to transfer files to the NAS, even though the data is still viewable from the users PCs. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue? A. TFTP was disabled on the local hosts B. SSH was turned off instead of modifying the configuration file C. Remote login was disabled in the networkd.config instead of using the sshd.conf D. Network services are no longer running on the NAS

C. Remote login was disabled in the networkd.config instead of using the sshd . conf

After consulting with the Chief Risk Officer (CRO). A manager decides to acquire cybersecurity insurance for the company. Which of the following risk management strategies is the manager adopting? A. Risk acceptance B. Risk avoidance C. Risk transference D. Risk mitigation

C. Risk transference

A security engineer is building a file transfer solution to send files to a business partner. The users would like to drop off the files in a specific directory and have the server send to the business partner. The connection to the business partner is over the internet and needs to be secure. Which of the following can be used? A. S/MIME B. LDAPS C. SSH D. SRTP

C. SSH

A database administrator needs to ensure all passwords are stored in a secure manner, so the administrate adds randomly generated data to each password before string. Which of the following techniques BEST explains this action? A. Predictability B. Key stretching C. Salting D. Hashing

C. Salting

A penetration tester is brought on site to conduct a full attack simulation at a hospital. The penetration tester notices a WAP that is hanging from the drop ceiling by its cabling and is reachable. Which of the following recommendations would the penetration tester MOST likely make given this observation? A. Employ a general contractor to replace the drop-ceiling tiles. B. Place the network cabling inside a secure conduit. C. Secure the access point and cabling inside the drop ceiling. D. Utilize only access points that have internal antennas

C. Secure the access point and cabling inside the drop ceiling.

Which of the following is a risk that is specifically associated with hosting applications in the public cloud? A. Unsecured root accounts B. Zero-day C. Shared tenancy D. Insider threat

C. Shared tenancy

An attacker has determined the best way to impact operations is to infiltrate third-party software vendors. Which of the following vectors is being exploited? A. Social media B. Cloud C. Supply chain D. Social engineering

C. Supply chain

A company recently experienced an inside attack using a corporate machine that resulted in data compromise. Analysis indicated an unauthorized change to the software circumvented technological protection measures. The analyst was tasked with determining the best method to ensure the integrity of the systems remains intact and local and remote boot attestation can take place. Which of the following would provide the BEST solution? A. HIPS B. FIM C. TPM D. DLP

C. TPM

On the way into a secure building, an unknown individual strikes up a conversation with an employee. The employee scans the required badge at the door while the unknown individual holds the door open, seemingly out of courtesy, for the employee. Which of the following social engineering techniques is being utilized? A. Shoulder surfing B. Watering-hole attack C. Tailgating D. Impersonation

C. Tailgating

The human resources department of a large online retailer has received multiple customer complaints about the rudeness of the automated chatbots It uses to interface and assist online shoppers. The system, which continuously learns and adapts, was working fine when it was installed a few months ago. Which of the following BEST describes the method being used to exploit the system? A. Baseline modification B. A fileless virus C. Tainted training data D. Cryptographic manipulation

C. Tainted training data

The SIEM at an organization has detected suspicious traffic coming from a workstation in its internal network. An analyst in the SOC investigates the workstation and discovers malware that is associated with a botnet is installed on the device. A review of the logs on the workstation reveals that the privileges of the local account were escalated to a local administrator. To which of the following groups should the analyst report this real-world event? A. The NOC team B. The vulnerability management team C. The CIRT D. The read team

C. The CIRT

A web server has been compromised due to a ransomware attack. Further investigation reveals the ransomware has been in the server for the past 72 hours. The systems administrator needs to get the services back up as soon as possible. Which of the following should the administrator use to restore services to a secure state? A. The last incremental backup that was conducted 72 hours ago B. The last known-good configuration C. The last full backup that was conducted seven days ago D. The baseline OS configuration

C. The last full backup that was conducted seven days ago

A desktop support technician recently installed a new document-scanning software program on a computer However, when the end user tried to launch the program, it did not respond. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause? A. A new firewall rule is needed to access the application. B. The system was quarantined for missing software updates C. The software was not added to the application whitelist. D. The system was isolated from the network due to infected software.

C. The software was not added to the application whitelist.

An auditor is performing an assessment of a security appliance with an embedded OS that was vulnerable during the last two assessments. Which of the following BEST explains the appliance's vulnerable state? A. The system was configured with weak default security settings. B. The device uses weak encryption ciphers. C. The vendor has not supplied a patch for the appliance. D. The appliance requires administrative credentials for the assessment.

C. The vendor has not supplied a patch for the appliance.

An engineer is setting up a VDI environment for a factory location, and the business wants to deploy a low-cost solution to enable users on the shop floor to log in to the VDI environment directly. Which of the following should the engineer select to meet these requirements? A. Laptops B. Containers C. Thin clients D. Workstations

C. Thin clients

A security analyst is using a recently released security advisory to review historical logs, looking for the specific activity that was outlined in the advisory. Which of the following is the analyst doing? A. A packet capture B. A user behavior analysis C. Threat hunting D. Credentialed vulnerability scanning

C. Threat hunting

Which of the following is the purpose of a risk register? A. To define the level or risk using probability and likelihood B. To register the risk with the required regulatory agencies C. To identify the risk, the risk owner, and the risk measures D. To formally log the type of risk mitigation strategy the organization is using

C. To identify the risk, the risk owner, and the risk measures Explanation: The Risk Register displays a list of all risks recorded and displays various risk details, including the residual risk level, risk source, risk owner, risk stage, and the treatment status of the risk. The question ask for purpose. So C is the purpose, while A is only part of the risk register work.

A large bank with two geographically dispersed data centers is concerned about major power disruptions at both locations. Every day each location experiences very brief outages that last for a few seconds. However, during the summer a high risk of intentional brownouts that last up to an hour exists, particularly at one of the locations near an industrial smelter. Which of the following is the BEST solution to reduce the risk of data loss? A. Dual supply B. Generator C. UPS D. PDU E. Daily backups

C. UPS

A cybersecurity department purchased o new PAM solution. The team is planning to randomize the service account credentials of the Windows server first. Which of the following would be the BEST method to increase the security on the Linux server? A. Randomize the shared credentials B. Use only guest accounts to connect. C. Use SSH keys and remove generic passwords D. Remove all user accounts.

C. Use SSH keys and remove generic passwords

A recent audit cited a risk involving numerous low-criticality vulnerabilities created by a web application using a third-party library. The development staff state there are still customers using the application even though it is end of life and it would be a substantial burden to update the application for compatibility with more secure libraries. Which of the following would be the MOST prudent course of action? A. Accept the risk if there is a clear road map for timely decommission B. Deny the risk due to the end-of-life status of the application. C. Use containerization to segment the application from other applications to eliminate the risk D. Outsource the application to a third-party developer group

C. Use containerization to segment the application from other applications to eliminate the risk

A security analyst has been asked by the Chief Information Security Officer to: - develop a secure method of providing centralized management of infrastructure - reduce the need to constantly replace aging end user machines - provide a consistent user desktop experience Which of the following BEST meets these requirements? A. BYOD B. Mobile device management C. VDI D. Containerization

C. VDI

A company has a flat network in the cloud. The company needs to implement a solution to segment its production and non-production servers without migrating servers to a new network. Which of the following solutions should the company implement? A. internet B. Screened Subnet C. VLAN segmentation D. Zero Trust

C. VLAN segmentation

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C. XSS attack

A security analyst wants to fingerprint a web server. Which of the following tools will the security analyst MOST likely use to accomplish this task? A. nmap -pl-65535 192.168.0.10 B. dig 192.168.0.10 C. curl --head http://192.168.0.10 D. ping 192.168.0.10

C. curl --head http://192.168.0.10

A technician enables full disk encryption on a laptop that will be taken on a business trip. Which of the following does this process BEST protect? A. data in transit B. data in processing C. data at rest D. data tokenization

C. data at rest

A security analyst is investigating a vulnerability in which a default file permission was set incorrectly. The company uses non-credentialed scanning for vulnerability management. Which of the following tools can the analyst use to verify the permissions? A. ssh B. chmod C. ls D. setuid E. nessus F. nc

C. ls

While investigating a recent security incident, a security analyst decides to view all network connections on a particular server, Which of the following would provide the desired information? A. arp B. nslookup C. netstat D. nmap

C. netstat

An organization is concerned that its hosted web servers are not running the most updated version of the software. Which of the followi g would work BEST to help identify potential vulnerabilities? A. hping3 -S corsptia.org -p 80 B. nc --1 --v comptia.org -p 80 C. nmap comptia.org -p 80 --sV D. nslookup -port 80 comptia.org

C. nmap comptia.org -p 80 --sV

A help desk technician receives a phone call from someone claiming to be a part of the organizations cybersecurity incident response team. The caller asks the technician to verify networks internal firewall IP address. Which of the following is the technicians BEST course of action? A. direct the caller to stop by the help desk in person and hang up declining any further requests from the caller. B. ask for the callers name, verify the persons identity in the email directory, and provide the requested information over the phone. C. write down the phone number of the caller if possible, the name of the person requesting the information. Hang-up, and notify the organizations cybersecurity officer D. request the caller send an email for identity verification and provide the requested information via email to the caller.

C. write down the phone number of the caller if possible, the name of the person requesting the information. Hang-up, and notify the organizations cybersecurity officer

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D. 13

A cybersecurity administrator needs to add disk redundancy for a critical server. The solution must have a two-drive failure for better fault tolerance. Which of the following RAID levels should the administrator select? A. 0 B. 1 C. 5 D. 6

D. 6 Explanation: RAID 6: Because of parity, RAID 6 can withstand two disk failures at one time. This can be simultaneous failures or during a rebuild another drive can fail and the system will still be operational. Source: https://www.promax.com/blog/how-many-drives-can-fail-in-a-raid-configuration

A large financial services firm recently released information regarding a security bfeach within its corporate network that began several years before. During the time frame in which the breach occurred, indicators show an attacker gained administrative access to the network through a file download from a social media site and subsequently installed it without the user's knowledge. Since the compromise, the attacker was able to take command and control of the computer systems anonymously while obtaining sensitive corporate and personal employee information. Which of the following methods did the attacker MOST likely use to gam access? A. A bot B. A fileless virus C. A logic bomb D. A RAT

D. A RAT

A large financial services firm recently released information regarding a security breach within its corporate network that began several years before. During the time frame in which the breach occurred, indicators show an attacker gained administrative access to the network through a file downloaded from a social media site and subsequently installed it without the user's knowledge. Since the compromise, the attacker was able to take command and control the computer systems anonymously while obtaining sensitive corporate and personal employee information. Which of the following methods did the attacker MOST likely use to gain access? A. A bot B. A fileless virus C. A logic bomb D. A RAT

D. A RAT

During an incident, an EDR system detects an increase in the number of encrypted outbound connections from multiple hosts. A firewall is also reporting an increase in outbound connections that use random high ports. An analyst plans to review the correlated logs to find the source of the incident. Which of the following tools will BEST assist the analyst? A. A vulnerability scanner B. A NGFW C. The Windows Event Viewer D. A SIEM

D. A SIEM

A global pandemic is forcing a private organization to close some business units and reduce staffing at others. Which of the following would be BEST to help the organization's executives determine the next course of action? A. An incident response plan B. A communications plan C. A disaster recovery plan D. A business continuity plan

D. A business continuity plan

In which of the following situations would it be BEST to use a detective control type for mitigation? A. A company implemented a network load balancer to ensure 99.999% availability of its web application. B. A company designed a backup solution to increase the chances of restoring services in case of a natural disaster. C. A company purchased an application-level firewall to isolate traffic between the accounting department and the information technology department. D. A company purchased an IPS system, but after reviewing the requirements, the appliance was supposed to monitor, not block, any traffic. E. A company purchased liability insurance for flood protection on all capital assets.

D. A company purchased an IPS system, but after reviewing the requirements, the appliance was supposed to monitor, not block, any traffic.

A security engineer needs to create a network segment that can be used for servers that require connections from untrusted networks. When of the following should the engineer implement? A. An air gap B. A hot site C. A VLAN D. A screened subnet

D. A screened subnet

A retail company that is launching a new website to showcase the company's product line and other information for online shoppers registered the following URLs: www.companysite.com shop.companysite.com about-us.companysite.com contact-us.companysite.com secure-logon.companysite.com Which of the following should the company use to secure its website if the company is concerned with convenience and cost? A. A self-signed certificate B. A root certificate C. A code-signing certificate D. A wildcard certificate E. An extended validation certificate

D. A wildcard certificate

Which of the following describes the continuous delivery software development methodology? A. Waterfall B. Spiral C. V-shaped D. Agile

D. Agile

A security analyst needs to implement security features across smartphones, laptops, and tablets. Which of the following would be the MOST effective across heterogeneous platforms? A. Enforcing encryption B. Deploying GPOs C. Removing administrative permissions D. Applying MDM software

D. Applying MDM software

When planning to build a virtual environment, an administrator need to achieve the following: - Establish polices in Limit who can create new VMs - Allocate resources according to actual utilization` - Require justification for requests outside of the standard requirements. - Create standardized categories based on size and resource requirements Which of the following is the administrator MOST likely trying to do? A. Implement IaaS replication B. Product against VM escape C. Deploy a PaaS D. Avoid VM sprawl

D. Avoid VM sprawl

Which of the following must be in place before implementing a BCP? A. SLA B. AUP C. NDA D. BIA

D. BIA

An organization has activated an incident response plan due to a malware outbreak on its network. The organization has brought in a forensics team that has identified an internet-facing Windows server as the likely point of initial compromise. The malware family that was detected is known to be distributed by manually logging on to servers and running the malicious code. Which of the following actions would be BEST to prevent reinfection from the infection vector? A. Prevent connections over TFTP from the internal network. B. Create a firewall rule that blocks port 22 from the internet to the server. C. Disable file sharing over port 445 to the server. D. Block port 3389 inbound from untrusted networks.

D. Block port 3389 inbound from untrusted networks.

A company has drafted an insider-threat policy that prohibits the use of external storage devices. Which of the following would BEST protect the company from data exfiltration via removable media? A. Monitoring large data transfer transactions in the firewall logs B. Developing mandatory training to educate employees about the removable media policy C. Implementing a group policy to block user access to system files D. Blocking removable-media devices and write capabilities using a host-based security tool

D. Blocking removable-media devices and write capabilities using a host-based security tool

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An organization has various applications that contain sensitive data hosted in the cloud. The company's leaders are concerned about lateral movement across applications of different trust levels. Which of the following solutions should the organization implement to address the concern? A. ISFW B. UTM C. SWG D. CASB

D. CASB

A security analyst is reviewing information regarding recent vulnerabilities. Which of the following will the analyst MOST likely consult to validate which platforms have been affected? A. OSINT B. SIEM C. CVSS D. CVE

D. CVE

A company would like to provide flexibility for employees on device preference. However, the company is concerned about supporting too many different types of hardware. Which of the following deployment models will provide the needed flexibility with the GREATEST amount of control and security over company data and infrastructure? A. BYOD B. VDI C. COPE D. CYOD

D. CYOD

A forensic analyst needs to prove that data has not been tampered with since it was collected. Which of the following methods will the analyst MOST likely use? A. Look for tampering on the evidence collection bag B. Encrypt the collected data using asymmetric encryption C. Ensure proper procedures for chain of custody are being followed D. Calculate the checksum using a hashing algorithm

D. Calculate the checksum using a hashing algorithm

A systems administrator wants to disable the use of usernames and passwords for SSH authentication and enforce key-based authentication. Which of the following should the administrator do NEXT to enforce this new configuration? A. Issue a public/private key pair for each user and securely distribute a private key to each employee. B. Instruct users on how to create a public/private key pair and install users' public keys on the server. C. Disable the username and password authentication and enable TOTP in the sshd.conf file. D. Change the default SSH port. enable TCP tunneling. and provide a pre-configured SSH client.

D. Change the default SSH port. enable TCP tunneling. and provide a pre-configured SSH client.

A financial organization has adopted a new secure, encrypted document-sharing application to help with its customer loan process. Some important PII needs to be shared across this new platform, but it is getting blocked by the DLP systems. Which of the following actions will BEST allow the PII to be shared with the secure application without compromising the organization's security posture? A. Configure the DLP policies to allow all PII B. Configure the firewall to allow all ports that are used by this application C. Configure the antivirus software to allow the application D. Configure the DLP policies to whitelist this application with the specific PII E. Configure the application to encrypt the PII

D. Configure the DLP policies to whitelist this application with the specific PII

An organization relies on third-party video conferencing to conduct daily business. Recent security changes now require all remote workers to utilize a VPN to corporate resources. Which of the following would BEST maintain high-quality video conferencing while minimizing latency when connected to the VPN? A. Using geographic diversity to have VPN terminators closer to end users B. Utilizing split tunneling so only traffic for corporate resources is encrypted C. Purchasing higher-bandwidth connections to meet the increased demand D. Configuring QoS properly on the VPN accelerators

D. Configuring QoS properly on the VPN accelerators

A customer called a company's security team to report that all invoices the customer has received over the last five days from the company appear to have fraudulent banking details. An investigation into the matter reveals the following: - The manager of the accounts payable department is using the same password across multiple external websites and the corporate account. - One of the websites the manager used recently experienced a data breach. - The manager's corporate email account was successfully accessed in the last five days by an IP address located in a foreign country Which of the following attacks has MOST likely been used to compromise the manager's corporate account? A. Remote access Trojan B. Brute-force C. Dictionary D. Credential stuffing E. Password spraying

D. Credential stuffing

A security analyst needs to perf rm periodic vulnerability scans on production systems. Which of the following scan Types would produce the BEST vulnerability scan report? A. Port B. Intrusive C. Host discovery D. Credentialed

D. Credentialed

A Chief Security Officer (CSO) is concerned about the volume and integrity of sensitive information that is exchanged between the organization and a third party through email. The CSO is particularly concerned about an unauthorized party who is intercepting information that is in transit between the two organizations. Which of the following would address the CSO's concerns? A. SPF B. DMARC C. SSL D. DKIM E. TLS

D. DKIM

A company recently experienced a significant data loss when proprietary Information was leaked to a competitor. The company took special precautions by using proper labels; however, email filter logs do not have any record of the incident. An Investigation confirmed the corporate network was not breached, but documents were downloaded from an employee's COPE tablet and passed to the competitor via cloud storage. Which of the following is the BEST remediation for this data leak? A. User training B. CASB C. MDM D. DLP

D. DLP

A security engineer is reviewing log files after a third discovered usernames and passwords for the organization's accounts. The engineer sees there was a change in the IP address for a vendor website one earlier. This change lasted eight hours. Which of the following attacks was MOST likely used? A. Man-in-the middle B. Spear-phishing C. Evil twin D. DNS poising

D. DNS poising

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D. DNS poisoning

To further secure a company's email system, an administrator is adding public keys to DNS records in the company's domain Which of the following is being used? A. PFS B. SPF C. DMARC D. DNSSEC

D. DNSSEC

An organization's Chief Information Security Officer is creating a position that will be responsible for implementing technical controls to protect data, including ensuring backups are properly maintained. Which of the following roles would MOST likely include these responsibilities? A. Data protection officer B. Data owner C. Backup administrator D. Data custodian E. Internal auditor

D. Data custodian

An organization has implemented a policy requiring the use of conductive metal lockboxes for personal electronic devices outside of a secure research lab. Which of the following did the organization determine to be the GREATEST risk to intellectual property when creating this policy? A. The theft of portable electronic devices B. Geotagging in the metadata of images C. Bluesnarfing of mobile devices D. Data exfiltration over a mobile hotspot

D. Data exfiltration over a mobile hotspot

The new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a large company has announced a partnership with a vendor that will provide multiple collaboration applications to make remote work easier. The company has a geographically dispersed staff located in numerous remote offices in different countries. The company's IT administrators are concerned about network traffic and load if all users simultaneously download the application. Which of the following would work BEST to allow each geographic region to download the software without negatively impacting the corporate network? A. Update the host IDS rules. B. Enable application whitelisting. C. Modify the corporate firewall rules. D. Deploy all applications simultaneously.

D. Deploy all applications simultaneously.

The Chief Technology Officer of a local college would like visitors to utilize the school's WiFi but must be able to associate potential malicious activity to a specific person. Which of the following would BEST allow this objective to be met? A. Requiring all new, on-site visitors to configure their devices to use WPS B. Implementing a new SSID for every event hosted by the college that has visitors C. Creating a unique PSK for every visitor when they arrive at the reception area D. Deploying a captive portal to capture visitors' MAC addresses and names

D. Deploying a captive portal to capture visitors' MAC addresses and names

A security administrator is setting up a SIEM to help monitor for notable events across the enterprise. Which of the following control types does this BEST represent? A. Preventive B. Compensating C. Corrective D. Detective

D. Detective

A company posts a sign indicating its server room is under video surveillance. Which of the following control types is represented? A. Administrative B. Detective C. Technical D. Deterrent

D. Deterrent

Which of the following BEST describes the method a security analyst would use to confirm a file that is downloaded from a trusted security website is not altered in transit or corrupted using a verified checksum? A. Hashing B. Salting C. Integrity D. Digital signature

D. Digital signature

A manufacturing company has several one-off legacy information systems that cannot be migrated to a newer OS due to software compatibility issues. The Oss are still supported by the vendor, but the industrial software is no longer supported. The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has created a resiliency plan for these systems that will allow OS patches to be installed in a non-production environment, while also creating backups of the systems for recovery. Which of the following resiliency techniques will provide these capabilities? A. Redundancy B. RAID 1+5 C. Virtual machines D. Full backups

D. Full backups

Which of the following would be MOST effective to contain a rapidly attack that is affecting a large number of organizations? A. Machine learning B. DNS sinkhole C. Blocklist D. Honeypot

D. Honeypot

A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is evaluating the dangers involved in deploying a new ERP system for the company. The CISO categorizes the system, selects the controls that apply to the system, implements the controls, and then assesses the success of the controls before authorizing the system. Which of the following is the CISO using to evaluate the environment for this new ERP system? A. The Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis B. CIS Critical Security Controls C. NIST Risk Management Framework D. ISO 27002

D. ISO 27002

A Chief Security Office's (CSO's) key priorities are to improve preparation, response, and recovery practices to minimize system downtime and enhance organizational resilience to ransomware attacks. Which of the following would BEST meet the CSO's objectives? A. Use email-filtering software and centralized account management, patch high-risk systems, and restrict administration privileges on fileshares. B. Purchase cyber insurance from a reputable provider to reduce expenses during an incident. C. Invest in end-user awareness training to change the long-term culture and behavior of staff and executives, reducing the organization's susceptibility to phishing attacks. D. Implement application whitelisting and centralized event-log management, and perform regular testing and validation of full backups.

D. Implement application whitelisting and centralized event-log management, and perform regular testing and validation of full backups.

A security analyst is evaluating the risks of authorizing multiple security solutions to collect data from the company's cloud environment Which of the following is an immediate consequence of these integrations? A. Non-compliance with data sovereignty rules B. Loss of the vendor's interoperability support C. Mandatory deployment of a SIEM solution D. Increase in the attack surface

D. Increase in the attack surface

A network engineer needs to build a solution that will allow guests at the company's headquarters to access the Internet via WiFi. This solution should not allow access to the internal corporate network, but it should require guests to sign off on the acceptable use policy before accessing the Internet. Which of the following should the engineer employ to meet these requirements? A. Implement open PSK on the APs B. Deploy a WAF C. Configure WIPS on the APs D. Install a captive portal

D. Install a captive portal

Which of the following is a policy that provides a greater depth and breadth of knowledge across an organization? A. Asset management policy B. Separation of duties policy C. Acceptable use policy D. Job rotation policy

D. Job rotation policy

A network engineer created two subnets that will be used for production and development servers. Per security policy, production and development servers must each have a dedicated network that cannot communicate with one another directly. Which of the following should be deployed so that server administrators can access these devices? A. VLANS B. Internet proxy servers C. NIDS D. Jump servers

D. Jump servers

As part of a security compliance assessment, an auditor performs automated vulnerability scans. In addition, which of the following should the auditor do to complete the assessment? A. User behavior analysis B. Packet captures C. Configuration reviews D. Log analysis

D. Log analysis

An organization regularly scans its infrastructure for missing security patches but is concerned about hackers gaining access to the scanner's account. Which of the following would be BEST to minimize this risk? A. Require a complex, eight-character password that is updated every 90 days. B. Perform only non-intrusive scans of workstations. C. Use non-credentialed scans against high-risk servers. D. Log and alert on unusual scanner account logon times.

D. Log and alert on unusual scanner account logon times.

A Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is dissatisfied with the level of service from the company's new service provider. The service provider is preventing the CEO. from sending email from a work account to a personal account. Which of the following types of service providers is being used? A. Telecommunications service provider B. Cloud service provider C. Master managed service provider D. Managed security service provider

D. Managed security service provider

A systems administrator reports degraded performance on a virtual server. The administrator increases the virtual memory allocation which improves conditions, but performance degrades again after a few days. The administrator runs an analysis tool and sees the following output: ==3214== timeAttend.exe analyzed ==3214== ERROR SUMMARY: ==3214== malloc/free: in use at exit: 4608 bytes in 18 blocks. ==3214== checked 82116 bytes ==3214== definitely lost: 4608 bytes in 18 blocks. The administrator terminates the timeAttend.exe observes system performance over the next few days, and notices that the system performance does not degrade. Which of the following issues is MOST likely occurring? A. DLL injection B. API attack C. Buffer overflow D. Memory leak

D. Memory leak

A grocery store is expressing security and reliability concerns regarding the on-site backup strategy currently being performed by locally attached disks. The main concerns are the physical security of the backup media and the durability of the data stored on these devices. Which of the following is a cost-effective approach to address these concerns? A. Enhance resiliency by adding a hardware RAID. B. Move data to a tape library and store the tapes off site C. Install a local network-attached storage. D. Migrate to a cloud backup solution

D. Migrate to a cloud backup solution

Which of the following would MOST likely be identified by a credentialed scan but would be missed by an uncredentialed scan? A. Vulnerabilities with a CVSS score greater than 6.9. B. Critical infrastructure vulnerabilities on non-IP protocols. C. CVEs related to non-Microsoft systems such as printers and switches. D. Missing patches for third-party software on Windows workstations and servers.

D. Missing patches for third-party software on Windows workstations and servers.

Which of the following provides a catalog of security and privacy controls related to the United States federal information systems? A. GDPR B. PCI DSS C. ISO 27000 D. NIST 800-53

D. NIST 800-53

Which of the following uses six initial steps that provide basic control over system security by including hardware and software inventory, vulnerability management, and continuous monitoring to minimize risk in all network environments? A. ISO 27701 B. The Center for Internet Security C. SSAE SOC 2 D. NIST Risk Management Framework

D. NIST Risk Management Framework

A systems administrator is troubleshooting a server's connection to an internal web server. The administrator needs to determine the correct ports to use. Which of the following tools BEST shows which ports on the web server are in a listening state? A. ipconfig B. ssh C. Ping D. Netstat

D. Netstat

A security administrator needs to inspect in-transit files on the enterprise network to search for Pll, credit card data, and classification words. Which of the following would be the BEST to use? A. IDS solution B. EDR solution C. HIPS software solution D. Network DLP solution

D. Network DLP solution

A report delivered to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) shows that some user credentials could be exfiltrated. The report also indicates that users tend to choose the same credentials on different systems and applications. Which of the following policies should the CISO use to prevent someone from using the exfiltrated credentials? A. MFA B. Lockout C. Time-based logins D. Password history

D. Password history

Which of the following would MOST likely support the integrity of a voting machine? A. Asymmetric encryption B. Blockchain C. Transport Layer Security D. Perfect forward secrecy

D. Perfect forward secrecy

An organization is tuning SIEM rules based off of threat intelligence reports. Which of the following phases of the incident response process does this scenario represent? A. Lessons learned B. Eradication C. Recovery D. Preparation

D. Preparation

Which of the following would MOST likely be a result of improperly configured user accounts? A. Resource exhaustion B. Buffer overflow C. Session hijacking D. Privilege escalation

D. Privilege escalation

An organization has developed an application that needs a patch to fix a critical vulnerability. In which of the following environments should the patch be deployed LAST? A. Test B. Staging C. Development D. Production

D. Production

An organization suffered an outage and a critical system took 90 minutes to come back online. Though there was no data loss during the outage, the expectation was that the critical system would be available again within 60 minutes. Which of the following is the 60- minute expectation an example of: A. MTBF B. RPO C. MTTR D. RTO

D. RTO

Users reported several suspicious activities within the last two weeks that resulted in several unauthorized transactions. Upon investigation, the security analyst found the following: - Multiple reports of breached credentials within that time period - Traffic being redirected in certain parts of the network - Fraudulent emails being sent by various internal users without their consent Which of the following types of attacks was MOST likely used? A. Replay attack B. Race condition C. Cross site scripting D. Request forgeries

D. Request forgeries

An application developer accidentally uploaded a company's code-signing certificate private key to a public web server. The company is concerned about malicious use of its certificate. Which of the following should the company do FIRST? A. Delete the private key from the repository-. B. Verify the public key is not exposed as well. C. Update the DLP solution to check for private keys. D. Revoke the code-signing certificate.

D. Revoke the code-signing certificate.

Which of the following is the BEST action to foster a consistent and auditable incident response process? A. Incent new hires to constantly update the document with external knowledge. B. Publish the document in a central repository that is easily accessible to the organization. C. Restrict eligibility to comment on the process to subject matter experts of each IT silo. D. Rotate CIRT members to foster a shared responsibility model in the organization.

D. Rotate CIRT members to foster a shared responsibility model in the organization.

A local coffee shop runs a small WiFi hotspot for its customers that utilizes WPA2-PSK. The coffee shop would like to stay current with security trends and wants to implement WPA3 to make its WiFi even more secure. Which of the following technologies will the coffee shop MOST likely use in place of PSK? A. WEP B. MSCHAP C. WPS D. SAE

D. SAE

To reduce and limit software and infrastructure costs, the Chief Information Officer has requested to move email services to the cloud. The cloud provider and the organization must have security controls to protect sensitive data. Which of the following cloud services would BEST accommodate the request? A. laas B. Paas C. Daas D. SaaS

D. SaaS

The facilities supervisor for a government agency is concerned about unauthorized access to environmental systems in the event the staff WiFi network is breached. Which of the blowing would BEST address this security concern? A. install a smart meter on the staff WiFi. B. Place the environmental systems in the same DHCP scope as the staff WiFi. C. Implement Zigbee on the staff WiFi access points. D. Segment the staff WiFi network from the environmental systems network.

D. Segment the staff WiFi network from the environmental systems network.

A security analyst is reviewing a penetration-testing report from a third-party contractor. The penetration testers used the organization's new API to bypass a driver to perform privilege escalation on the organization's web servers. Upon looking at the API, the security analyst realizes the particular API call was to a legacy system running an outdated OS. Which of the following is the MOST likely attack type? A. Request forgery B. Session replay C. DLL injection D. Shimming

D. Shimming

The IT department's on-site developer has been with the team for many years. Each time an application is released, the security team is able to identify multiple vulnerabilities. Which of the following would BEST help the team ensure the application is ready to be released to production? A. Limit the use of third-party libraries. B. Prevent data exposure queries. C. Obfuscate the source code. D. Submit the application to QA before releasing it.

D. Submit the application to QA before releasing it.

A company wants to build a new website to sell products online. The website will host a storefront application that will allow visitors to add products to a shopping cart and pay for the products using a credit card. Which of the following protocols would be the MOST secure to implement? A. SSL B. FTP C. SNMP D. TLS

D. TLS

A website developer is working on a new e-commerce website and has asked an information security expert for the most appropriate way to store credit card numbers to create an easy reordering process. Which of the following methods would BEST accomplish this goal? A. Salting the magnetic strip information B. Encrypting the credit card information in transit. C. Hashing the credit card numbers upon entry. D. Tokenizing the credit cards in the database

D. Tokenizing the credit cards in the database

A recent security assessment revealed that an actor exploited a vulnerable workstation within an organization and has persisted on the network for several months. The organization realizes the need to reassess its security strategy for mitigating risks within the perimeter. Which of the following solutions would BEST support the organization's strategy? A. FIM B. DLP C. EDR D. UTM

D. UTM

A security assessment found that several embedded systems are running unsecure protocols. These Systems were purchased two years ago and the company that developed them is no longer in business. Which of the following constraints BEST describes the reason the findings cannot be remediated? A. inability to authenticate B. Implied trust C. Lack of computing power D. Unavailable patch

D. Unavailable patch

A security analyst is receiving several alerts per user and is trying to determine If various logins are malicious. The security analyst would like to create a baseline of normal operations and reduce noise. Which of the following actions should the security analyst perform? A. Adjust the data flow from authentication sources to the SIEM. B. Disable email alerting and review the SIEM directly. C. Adjust the sensitivity levels of the SIEM correlation engine. D. Utilize behavioral analysis to enable the SIEM's learning mode.

D. Utilize behavioral analysis to enable the SIEM's learning mode.

A network analyst is setting up a wireless access point for a home office in a remote, rural location. The requirement is that users need to connect to the access point securely but do not want to have to remember passwords. Which of the following should the network analyst enable to meet the requirement? A. MAC address filtering B. 802.1X C. Captive portal D. WPS

D. WPS

An attacked is attempting to exploit users by creating a fake website with the URL www.validwebsite.com. The attacker s intent is to imitate the look and feel of a legitimate website to obtain personal information from unsuspecting users. Which of the following social-engineering attacks does this describe? A. Information elicitation B. Typo squatting C. Impersonation D. Watering-hole attack

D. Watering-hole attack

An attacker is attempting to exploit users by creating a fake website with the URL users. Which of the following social-engineering attacks does this describe? A. Information elicitation B. Typo squatting C. Impersonation D. Watering-hole attack

D. Watering-hole attack

An organization recently discovered that a purchasing officer approved an invoice for an amount that was different than the original purchase order. After further investigation a security analyst determines that the digital signature for the fraudulent invoice is exactly the same as the digital signature for the correct invoice that had been approved Which of the following attacks MOST likely explains the behavior? A. Birthday B. Rainbow table C. Impersonation D. Whaling

D. Whaling

An enterprise has hired an outside security firm to conduct penetration testing on its network and applications. The firm has been given all the developer's documentation about the internal architecture. Which of the following BEST represents the type of testing that will occur? A. Bug bounty B. Black-box C. Gray-box D. White-box

D. White-box

A security analyst generated a file named host1.pcap and shared it with a team member who is going to use it for further incident analysis. Which of the following tools will the other team member MOST likely use to open this file? A. Autopsy B. Memdump C. FTK imager D. Wireshark

D. Wireshark

An organization has hired a security analyst to perform a penetration test. The analyst captures 1Gb worth of inbound network traffic to the server and transfer the pcap back to the machine for analysis. Which of the following tools should the analyst use to further review the pcap? A. Nmap B. cURL C. Netcat D. Wireshark

D. Wireshark

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A security analyst is preparing a threat for an upcoming internal penetration test. The analyst needs to identify a method for determining the tactics, techniques, and procedures of a threat against the organization's network. Which of the following will the analyst MOST likely use to accomplish the objective? A. A table exercise B. NST CSF C. MTRE ATT$CK D. OWASP

A. A table exercise

Which of the following describes the BEST approach for deploying application patches? A. Apply the patches to systems in a testing environment then to systems in a staging environment, and finally to production systems. B. Test the patches in a staging environment, develop against them in the development environment, and then apply them to the production systems C. Test the patches m a test environment apply them to the production systems and then apply them to a staging environment D. Apply the patches to the production systems apply them in a staging environment, and then test all of them in a testing environment

A. Apply the patches to systems in a testing environment then to systems in a staging environment, and finally to production systems.

A company is implementing a DLP solution on the file server. The file server has PII, financial information, and health information stored on it. Depending on what type of data that is hosted on the file server, the company wants different DLP rules assigned to the data. Which of the following should the company do to help to accomplish this goal? A. Classify the data B. Mask the data C. Assign the application owner D. Perform a risk analysis

A. Classify the data Explanation: Data classification and typing schemas tag data assets so that they can be managed through the information life cycle. A data classification schema is a decision tree for applying one or more tags or labels to each data asset. Many data classification schemas are based on the degree of confidentiality required: Public (unclassified) - there are no restrictions on viewing the data. Public information presents no risk to an organization if it is disclosed but does present a risk if it is modified or not available. Confidential (secret)- the information is highly sensitive, for viewing only by approved persons within the owner organization, and possibly by trusted third parties under NDA. Critical (top secret)- the information is too valuable to allow any risk of its capture. Viewing is severely restricted.

A security analyst discovers that a company username and password database was posted on an internet forum. The username and passwords are stored in plan text. Which of the following would mitigate the damage done by this type of data exfiltration in the future? A. Create DLP controls that prevent documents from leaving the network B. Implement salting and hashing C. Configure the web content filter to block access to the forum. D. Increase password complexity requirements

A. Create DLP controls that prevent documents from leaving the network

Employees are having issues accessing the company's website. Some employees report very slow performance, while others cannot the website at all. The web and security administrators search the logs and find millions of half-open connections to port 443 on the web server. Further analysis reveals thousands of different source IPs initiating this traffic. Which of the following attacks is MOST likely occurring? A. DDoS B. Man-in-the-middle C. MAC flooding D. Domain hijacking

A. DDoS

Which of the following provides the BEST protection for sensitive information and data stored in cloud-based services but still allows for full functionality and searchability of data within the cloud-based services? A. Data encryption B. Data masking C. Anonymization D. Tokenization

A. Data encryption

An incident response technician collected a mobile device during an investigation. Which of the following should the technician do to maintain chain of custody? A. Document the collection and require a sign-off when possession changes. B. Lock the device in a safe or other secure location to prevent theft or alteration. C. Place the device in a Faraday cage to prevent corruption of the data. D. Record the collection in a blockchain-protected public ledger.

A. Document the collection and require a sign-off when possession changes.

Which of the following attacks can be mitigated by proper data retention policies? A. Dumpster diving B. Man-in-the-browser C. Spear phishing D. Watering hole

A. Dumpster diving Explanation: Dumpster diving risks would be mitigated by proper data SANITATION policies...isn't data RETNETION about how we keep data secure through backups, legal hold, etc.

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A. MAC Flooding

Which of the following is a valid multifactor authentication combination? A. OTP token combined with password B. Strong password and PIN combination C. OTP token plus smart card D. Presence detecting facial recognition

A. OTP token combined with password

The following is an administrative control that would be MOST effective to reduce the occurrence of malware execution? A. Security awareness training B. Frequency of NIDS updates C. Change control procedures D. EDR reporting cycle

A. Security awareness training

A company needs to centralize its logs to create a baseline and have visibility on its security events. Which of the following technologies will accomplish this objective? A. Security information and event management B. A web application firewall C. A vulnerability scanner D. A next-generation firewall

A. Security information and event management

A large industrial system's smart generator monitors the system status and sends alerts to third-party maintenance personnel when critical failures occur. While reviewing the network logs the company's security manager notices the generator's IP is sending packets to an internal file server's IP. Which of the following mitigations would be BEST for the security manager to implement while maintaining alerting capabilities? A. Segmentation B. Firewall whitelisting C. Containment D. isolation

A. Segmentation

The SOC is reviewing process and procedures after a recent incident. The review indicates it took more than 30 minutes to determine that quarantining an infected host was the best course of action. The allowed the malware to spread to additional hosts before it was contained. Which of the following would be BEST to improve the incident response process? A. Updating the playbooks with better decision points B. Dividing the network into trusted and untrusted zones C. Providing additional end-user training on acceptable use D. Implementing manual quarantining of infected hosts

A. Updating the playbooks with better decision points

Company engineers regularly participate in a public Internet forum with other engineers throughout the industry. Which of the following tactics would an attacker MOST likely use in this scenario? A. Watering-hole attack B. Credential harvesting C. Hybrid warfare D. Pharming

A. Watering-hole attack

The exploitation of a buffer-overrun vulnerability in an application will MOST likely lead to: A. arbitrary code execution. B. resource exhaustion. C. exposure of authentication credentials. D. dereferencing of memory pointers.

A. arbitrary code execution.

A security analyst is performing a packet capture on a series of SOAP HTTP requests for a security assessment. The analyst redirects the output to a file After the capture is complete, the analyst needs to review the first transactions quickly and then search the entire series of requests for a particular string. Which of the following would be BEST to use to accomplish the task? (Select TWO). A. head B. tcpdump C. grep D. rail E. curl F. openssi G. dd

Answer: AC Explanation: "Head" to display the first transactions. "grep" to search for a specific string.

An organization has been experiencing outages during holiday sales and needs to ensure availability of its point-of-sale systems. The IT administrator has been asked to improve both server-data fault tolerance and site availability under high consumer load. Which of the following are the BEST options to accomplish this objective? (Select TWO) A. Load balancing B. Incremental backups C. UPS D. RAID E. Dual power supply F. NIC teaming

Answer: AD

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an organization would like staff members to have the flexibility to work from home anytime during business hours, incident during a pandemic or crisis, However, the CEO is concerned that some staff members may take advantage of the of the flexibility and work from high-risk countries while on holidays work to a third-party organization in another country. The Chief information Officer (CIO) believes the company can implement some basic to mitigate the majority of the risk. Which of the following would be BEST to mitigate CEO's concern? (Select TWO). A. Geolocation B. Time-of-day restrictions C. Certificates D. Tokens E. Geotagging F. Role-based access controls

Answer: AE Explanation: Geolocation(1) vs Geotagging(2) vs Geofencing(3) 1. Locates you, mostly your smartphone, via GPS location feature. 2. Puts geographical info. on files, i.e. pictures. 3. When enabled, If application on mobile device isn't within permitted area. It would not function.

A security analyst needs to implement an MDM solution for BYOD users that will allow the company to retain control over company emails residing on the devices and limit data exfiltration that might occur if the devices are lost or stolen. Which of the following would BEST meet these requirements? (Select TWO). A. Full-device encryption B. Network usage rules C. Geofencing D. Containerization E. Application whitelisting F. Remote control

Answer: AF

A company's Chief Information Office (CIO) is meeting with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to plan some activities to enhance the skill levels of the company's developers. Which of the following would be MOST suitable for training the developers'? A. A capture-the-flag competition B. A phishing simulation C. Physical security training D. Baste awareness training

B. A phishing simulation

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A smart switch has the ability to monitor electrical levels and shut off power to a building in the event of power surge or other fault situation. The switch was installed on a wired network in a hospital and is monitored by the facilities department via a cloud application. The security administrator isolated the switch on a separate VLAN and set up a patch routine. Which of the following steps should also be taken to harden the smart switch? A. Set up an air gap for the switch. B. Change the default password for the switch. C. Place the switch In a Faraday cage. D. Install a cable lock on the switch

B. Change the default password for the switch.

A security modern may have occurred on the desktop PC of an organization's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) A duplicate copy of the CEO's hard drive must be stored securely to ensure appropriate forensic processes and the chain of custody are followed. Which of the following should be performed to accomplish this task? A. Install a new hard drive in the CEO's PC, and then remove the old hard drive and place it in a tamper-evident bag B. Connect a write blocker to the hard drive Then leveraging a forensic workstation, utilize the dd command m a live Linux environment to create a duplicate copy C. Remove the CEO's hard drive from the PC, connect to the forensic workstation, and copy all the contents onto a remote fileshare while the CEO watches D. Refrain from completing a forensic analysts of the CEO's hard drive until after the incident is confirmed, duplicating the hard drive at this stage could destroy evidence

B. Connect a write blocker to the hard drive Then leveraging a forensic workstation, utilize the dd command m a live Linux environment to create a duplicate copy

Which of the following allows for functional test data to be used in new systems for testing and training purposes to protect the read data? A. Data encryption B. Data masking C. Data deduplication D. Data minimization

B. Data masking Explanation: The main reason for applying masking to a data field is to protect data that is classified as personally identifiable information, sensitive personal data, or commercially sensitive data. However, the data must remain usable for the purposes of undertaking valid test cycles. It must also look real and appear consistent. It is more common to have masking applied to data that is represented outside of a corporate production system. In other words, where data is needed for the purpose of application development, building program extensions and conducting various test cycles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_masking

A workwide manufacturing company has been experiencing email account compromised. In one incident, a user logged in from the corporate office in France, but then seconds later, the same user account attempted a login from Brazil. Which of the following account policies would BEST prevent this type of attack? A. Network location B. Impossible travel time C. Geolocation D. Geofencing

B. Impossible travel time

A company is experiencing an increasing number of systems that are locking up on Windows startup. The security analyst clones a machine, enters into safe mode, and discovers a file in the startup process that runs Wstart.bat. @echo off :asdhbawdhbasdhbawdhb start notepad.exe start notepad.exe start calculator.exe start calculator.exe goto asdhbawdhbasdhbawdhb Given the file contents and the system's issues, which of the following types of malware is present? A. Rootkit B. Logic bomb C. Worm D. Virus

B. Logic bomb

QUESTION 101 Which of the following is the MOST likely motivation for a script kiddie threat actor? A. Financial gain B. Notoriety C. Political expression D. Corporate espionage

B. Notoriety

The president of a company that specializes in military contracts receives a request for an interview. During the interview, the reporter seems more interested in discussing the president's family life and personal history than the details of a recent company success. Which of the following security concerns is this MOST likely an example of? A. Insider threat B. Social engineering C. Passive reconnaissance D. Phishing

B. Social engineering

An organization discovers that unauthorized applications have been installed on company-provided mobile phones. The organization issues these devices, but some users have managed to bypass the security controls. Which of the following is the MOST likely issue, and how can the organization BEST prevent this from happening? A. The mobile phones are being infected with malware that covertly installs the applications. Implement full disk encryption and integrity-checking software. B. Some advanced users are jailbreaking the OS and bypassing the controls. Implement an MDM solution to control access to company resources. C. The mobile phones have been compromised by an APT and can no longer be trusted. Scan the devices for the unauthorized software, recall any compromised devices, and issue completely new ones. D. Some advanced users are upgrading the devices' OS and installing the applications. The organization should create an AUP that prohibits this activity.

B. Some advanced users are jailbreaking the OS and bypassing the controls. Implement an MDM solution to control access to company resources.

During a security audit of a company's network, unsecure protocols were found to be in use. A network administrator wants to ensure browser-based access to company switches is using the most secure protocol. Which of the following protocols should be implemented? A. SSH2 B. TLS1.2 C. SSL1.3 D. SNMPv3

B. TLS1.2

An organization has decided to host its web application and database in the cloud. Which of the following BEST describes the security concerns for this decision? A. Access to the organization's servers could be exposed to other cloud-provider clients B. The cloud vendor is a new attack vector within the supply chain C. Outsourcing the code development adds risk to the cloud provider D. Vendor support will cease when the hosting platforms reach EOL.

B. The cloud vendor is a new attack vector within the supply chain

A company uses wireless tor all laptops and keeps a very detailed record of its assets, along with a comprehensive list of devices that are authorized to be on the wireless network. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is concerned about a script kiddie potentially using an unauthorized device to brute force the wireless PSK and obtain access to the internal network. Which of the following should the company implement to BEST prevent this from occurring? A. A BPDU guard B. WPA-EAP C. IP filtering D. A WIDS

B. WPA-EAP

A symmetric encryption algorithm is BEST suited for: A. key-exchange scalability. B. protecting large amounts of data. C. providing hashing capabilities, D. implementing non-repudiation.

B. protecting large amounts of data.

A company recently experienced a data breach and the source was determined to be an executive who was charging a phone in a public area. Which of the following would MOST likely have prevented this breach? A. A firewall B. A device pin C. A USB data blocker D. Biometrics

C. A USB data blocker

An organization's Chief Security Officer (CSO) wants to validate the business's involvement in the incident response plan to ensure its validity and thoroughness. Which of the following will the CSO MOST likely use? A. An external security assessment B. A bug bounty program C. A tabletop exercise D. A red-team engagement

C. A tabletop exercise

Which of the following would be BEST to establish between organizations to define the responsibilities of each party, outline the key deliverables, and include monetary penalties for breaches to manage third-party risk? A. An ARO B. An MOU C. An SLA D. A BPA

C. An SLA

A consultant is configuring a vulnerability scanner for a large, global organization in multiple countries. The consultant will be using a service account to scan systems with administrative privileges on a weekly basis, but there is a concern that hackers could gain access to the account and pivot through the global network. Which of the following would be BEST to help mitigate this concern? A. Create consultant accounts for each region, each configured with push MFA notifications. B. Create one global administrator account and enforce Kerberos authentication C. Create different accounts for each region. limit their logon times, and alert on risky logins D. Create a guest account for each region. remember the last ten passwords, and block password reuse

C. Create different accounts for each region. limit their logon times, and alert on risky logins

A security analyst is investigating a call from a user regarding one of the websites receiving a 503: Service Unavailableerror. The analyst runs a netstat-ancommand to discover if the web server is up and listening. The analyst receives the following output: TCP 10.1.5.2:80 192.168.2.112:60973 TIME_WAIT TCP 10.1.5.2:80 192.168.2.112:60974 TIME_WAIT TCP 10.1.5.2:80 192.168.2.112:60975 TIME_WAIT TCP 10.1.5.2:80 192.168.2.112:60976 TIME_WAIT TCP 10.1.5.2:80 192.168.2.112:60977 TIME_WAIT TCP 10.1.5.2:80 192.168.2.112:60978 TIME_WAIT Which of the following types of attack is the analyst seeing? A. Buffer overflow B. Domain hijacking C. Denial of service D. ARP poisoning

C. Denial of service

Which of the following technical controls is BEST suited for the detection and prevention of buffer overflows on hosts? A. DLP B. HIDS C. EDR D. NIPS

C. EDR

A network administrator would like to configure a site-to-site VPN utilizing iPSec. The administrator wants the tunnel to be established with data integrity encryption, authentication and anti- replay functions. Which of the following should the administrator use when configuring the VPN? A. AH B. EDR C. ESP D. DNSSEC

C. ESP

Which of the following ISO standards is certified for privacy? A. ISO 9001 B. ISO 27002 C. ISO 27701 D. ISO 31000

C. ISO 27701

An organization has a growing workforce that is mostly driven by additions to the sales department. Each newly hired salesperson relies on a mobile device to conduct business. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is wondering it the organization may need to scale down just as quickly as it scaled up. The ClO is also concerned about the organization's security and customer privacy. Which of the following would be BEST to address the ClO's concerns? A. Disallow new hires from using mobile devices for six months B. Select four devices for the sales department to use in a CYOD model C. Implement BYOD for the sates department while leveraging the MDM D. Deploy mobile devices using the COPE methodology

C. Implement BYOD for the sates department while leveraging the MDM

A smart retail business has a local store and a newly established and growing online storefront. A recent storm caused a power outage to the business and the local ISP, resulting in several hours of lost sales and delayed order processing. The business owner now needs to ensure two things: - Protection from power outages - Always-available connectivity In case of an outage The owner has decided to implement battery backups for the computer equipment Which of the following would BEST fulfill the owner's second need? A. Lease a point-to-point circuit to provide dedicated access. B. Connect the business router to its own dedicated UPS. C. Purchase services from a cloud provider for high availability D. Replace the business's wired network with a wireless network.

C. Purchase services from a cloud provider for high availability

A network engineer notices the VPN concentrator overloaded and crashes on days when there are a lot of remote workers. Senior management has placed greater importance on the availability of VPN resources for the remote workers than the security of the end users' traffic. Which of the following would be BEST to solve this issue? A. iPSec B. Always On C. Split tunneling D. L2TP

C. Split tunneling

Which of the following job roles would sponsor data quality and data entry initiatives that ensure business and regulatory requirements are met? A. The data owner B. The data processor C. The data steward D. The data privacy officer.

C. The data steward

Which of the following would be BEST to establish between organizations that have agreed cooperate and are engaged in early discussion to define the responsibilities of each party, but do not want to establish a contractually binding agreement? A. An SLA B. An NDA C. A BPA D. An MOU

D. An MOU

A security audit has revealed that a process control terminal is vulnerable to malicious users installing and executing software on the system. The terminal is beyond end-of-life support and cannot be upgraded, so it is placed on a projected network segment. Which of the following would be MOST effective to implement to further mitigate the reported vulnerability? A. DNS sinkholding B. DLP rules on the terminal C. An IP blacklist D. Application whitelisting

D. Application whitelisting

A recent audit uncovered a key finding regarding the use of a specific encryption standard in a web application that is used to communicate with business customers. Due to the technical limitations of its customers the company is unable to upgrade the encryption standard. Which of the following types of controls should be used to reduce the risk created by this scenario? A. Physical B. Detective C. Preventive D. Compensating

D. Compensating

An engineer wants to access sensitive data from a corporate-owned mobile device. Personal data is not allowed on the device. Which of the following MDM configurations must be considered when the engineer travels for business? A. Screen locks B. Application management C. Geofencing D. Containerization

D. Containerization

A document that appears to be malicious has been discovered in an email that was sent to a company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Which of the following would be BEST to allow a security analyst to gather information and confirm it is a malicious document without executing any code it may contain? A. Open the document on an air-gapped network B. View the document's metadata for origin clues C. Search for matching file hashes on malware websites D. Detonate the document in an analysis sandbox

D. Detonate the document in an analysis sandbox

A company network is currently under attack. Although security controls are in place to stop the attack, the security administrator needs more information about the types of attacks being used. Which of the following network types would BEST help the administrator gather this information? A. DMZ B. Guest network C. Ad hoc D. Honeynet

D. Honeynet

more than four hours. Which of the following backup methodologies should the company implement to allow for the FASTEST database restore time in the event of a failure, while being mindful of the limited available storage space? A. Implement full tape backups every Sunday at 8:00 p.m. and perform nightly tape rotations. B. Implement differential backups every Sunday at 8:00 p.m. and nightly incremental backups at 8:00 p.m. C. Implement nightly full backups every Sunday at 8:00 p.m. D. Implement full backups every Sunday at 8:00 p.m. and nightly differential backups at 8:00 p.m.

D. Implement full backups every Sunday at 8:00 p.m. and nightly differential backups at 8:00 p.m.

A security analyst needs to be proactive in understand the types of attacks that could potentially target the company's execute. Which of the following intelligence sources should to security analyst review? A. Vulnerability feeds B. Trusted automated exchange of indicator information C. Structured threat information expression D. Industry information-sharing and collaboration groups

D. Industry information-sharing and collaboration groups

A security engineer needs to enhance MFA access to sensitive areas in a building. A key card and fingerprint scan are already in use. Which of the following would add another factor of authentication? A. Hard token B. Retina scan C. SMS text D. Keypad PIN

D. Keypad PIN

A network administrator has been asked to design a solution to improve a company's security posture The administrator is given the following, requirements? - The solution must be inline in the network - The solution must be able to block known malicious traffic - The solution must be able to stop network-based attacks Which of the following should the network administrator implement to BEST meet these requirements? A. HIDS B. NIDS C. HIPS D. NIPS

D. NIPS

A retail executive recently accepted a job with a major competitor. The following week, a security analyst reviews the security logs and identifies successful logon attempts to access the departed executive's accounts. Which of the following security practices would have addressed the issue? A. A non-disclosure agreement B. Least privilege C. An acceptable use policy D. Ofboarding

D. Ofboarding

A healthcare company is revamping its IT strategy in light of recent regulations. The company is concerned about compliance and wants to use a pay-per-use model. Which of the following is the BEST solution? A. On-premises hosting B. Community cloud C. Hosted infrastructure D. Public SaaS

D. Public SaaS Explanation: "Pay per use" in this regard is like your electric Bill where you pay for how much of their services you use. You have to pay for Software as a Service and it must be public as well. https://1c-dn.com/1c_enterprise/public/

A critical file server is being upgraded and the systems administrator must determine which RAID level the new server will need to achieve parity and handle two simultaneous disk failures. Which of the following RAID levels meets this requirements? A. RAID 0+1 B. RAID 2 C. RAID 5 D. RAID 6

D. RAID 6

A company recently implemented a new security system. In the course of configuration, the security administrator adds the following entry: #Whitelist USB\VID13FE&PID_4127&REV_0100 Which of the following security technologies is MOST likely being configured? A. Application whitelisting B. HIDS C. Data execution prevention D. Removable media control

D. Removable media control

A security administrator currently spends a large amount of time on common security tasks, such aa report generation, phishing investigations, and user provisioning and deprovisioning This prevents the administrator from spending time on other security projects. The business does not have the budget to add more staff members. Which of the following should the administrator implement? A. DAC B. ABAC C. SCAP D. SOAR

D. SOAR

The Chief Security Officer (CSO) at a major hospital wants to implement SSO to help improve in the environment patient data, particularly at shared terminals. The Chief Risk Officer (CRO) is concerned that training and guidance have been provided to frontline staff, and a risk analysis has not been performed. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the CRO's concerns? A. SSO would simplify username and password management, making it easier for hackers to pass guess accounts. B. SSO would reduce password fatigue, but staff would still need to remember more complex passwords. C. SSO would reduce the password complexity for frontline staff. D. SSO would reduce the resilience and availability of system if the provider goes offline.

D. SSO would reduce the resilience and availability of system if the provider goes offline.

An organization's policy requires users to create passwords with an uppercase letter, lowercase letter, number, and symbol. This policy is enforced with technical controls, which also prevents users from using any of their previous 12 passwords. The quantization does not use single sign-on, nor does it centralize storage of passwords. The incident response team recently discovered that passwords for one system were compromised. Passwords for a completely separate system have NOT been compromised, but unusual login activity has been detected fc that separate system. Account login has been detected for users who are on vacation. Which of the following BEST describes what is happening? A. Some users are meeting password complexity requirements but not password length requirements. B. The password history enforcement is insufficient, and old passwords are still valid across many different systems. C. Some users are reusing passwords, and some of the compromised passwords are valid on multiple systems. ' D. The compromised password file has been brute-force hacked, and the complexity requirements are not adequate to mitigate this risk.

D. The compromised password file has been brute-force hacked, and the complexity requirements are not adequate to mitigate this risk.

Under GDPR, which of the following is MOST responsible for the protection of privacy and website user rights? A. The data protection officer B. The data processor C. The data owner D. The data controller

D. The data controller Explanation: In GDPR and other privacy laws, the data controller has the most responsibility when it comes to protecting the privacy and rights of the data's subject, such as the user of a website.

A user recently attended an exposition and received some digital promotional materials. The user later noticed blue boxes popping up and disappearing on the computer, and reported receiving several spam emails, which the user did not open. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of the reported issue? A. There was a drive-by download of malware B. The user installed a cryptominer C. The OS was corrupted D. There was malicious code on the USB drive

D. There was malicious code on the USB drive

A security assessment determines DES and 3DES at still being used on recently deployed production servers. Which of the following did the assessment identify? A. Unsecme protocols B. Default settings C. Open permissions D. Weak encryption

D. Weak encryption

A preventive control differs from a compensating control in that a preventive control is: A. put in place to mitigate a weakness in a user control. B. deployed to supplement an existing control that is EOL. C. relied on to address gaps in the existing control structure. D. designed to specifically mitigate a risk.

D. designed to specifically mitigate a risk. Explanation: Preventative controls are designed to be implemented prior to a threat event and reduce and/or avoid the likelihood and potential impact of a successful threat event. Examples of preventative controls include policies, standards, processes, procedures, encryption, firewalls, and physical barriers.

In the middle of a cybersecurity, a security engineer removes the infected devices from the network and lock down all compromised accounts. In which of the following incident response phases is the security engineer currently operating? A. Identification B. Preparation C. Eradiction D. Recovery E. Containment

E. Containment