S+

215 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

65 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

BD 65

149 Security analysts are conducting an investigation of an attack that occurred inside the organization's network. An attacker was able to collect network traffic between workstations throughout the network. The analysts review the following logs: The Layer 2 address table has hundreds of entries similar to the ones above. Which of the following attacks has MOST likely occurred? A. SQLinjection B. DNSspoofing C. MAC flooding D. ARP poisoning

C 149

81 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. Lookfortamperingontheevidencecollectionbag. B. Encryptthecollecteddatausingasymmetricencryption. C. Ensure proper procedures for chain of custody are being followed. D. Calculate the checksum using a hashing algorithm.

D 81

73 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

CD 73

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

A 105

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

A 56

80 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 80

86 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 86

20 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 the 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 -l -p 80

B

66 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 manager's concerns? A. Implementafullsystemupgrade. B. Performaphysical-to-virtualmigration. C. Install uninterruptible power supplies. D. Purchasecybersecurityinsurance.

B 66

74 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. MDMandapplicationmanagement B. BYODandcontainers C. COPE and VDI D. CYOD and VMs

B 74

222 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

C

180 A security analyst is reviewing web-application logs and finds the following log: Which of the following attacks is being observed? A. Directorytraversal B. XSS C. CSRF D. On-path attack

C 189

57 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 57

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

D

158 After a recent security incident, a security analyst discovered that unnecessary ports were open on a firewall policy for a web server. Which of the following firewall polices would be MOST secure for a web server? A. B. C. D.

D 167

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

D 129

138 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 138

162 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

D 171

153 HOTSPOT Select the appropriate attack and remediation from each drop-down list to label the corresponding attack with its remediation. INSTRUCTIONS Not all attacks and remediation actions will be used. If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button. Hot Area:

153 154 Question 1 SIMULATION A company recently added a DR site and is redesigning the network. Users at the DR site are having issues browsing websites. INSTRUCTIONS Click on each firewall to do the following: 1. Deny cleartext web traffic. 2. Ensure secure management protocols are used. 3. Resolve issues at the DR site. The ruleset order cannot be modified due to outside constraints. If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button. 155 156 157 158 Correct Answer: See explanation below. Firewall 1: DNS Rule - 10.0.0.1/24 --> ANY --> DNS --> PERMIT HTTPS Outbound - 10.0.0.1/24 --> ANY --> HTTPS --> PERMIT Management - ANY --> 10.0.0.1/24 --> SSH --> PERMIT HTTPS Inbound - ANY --> 10.0.0.1/24 --> HTTPS --> PERMIT HTTP Inbound - ANY --> 10.0.0.1/24 --> HTTP --> DENY Firewall 2: DNS Rule - 10.0.1.1/24 --> ANY --> DNS --> PERMIT HTTPS Outbound - 10.0.1.1/24 --> ANY --> HTTPS --> PERMIT Management - ANY --> 10.0.1.1/24 --> SSH --> PERMIT HTTPS Inbound - ANY --> 10.0.1.1/24 --> HTTPS --> PERMIT HTTP Inbound - ANY --> 10.0.1.1/24 --> HTTP --> DENY Firewall 3: DNS Rule - 10.0.0.1/24 --> 192.168.0.1/24 --> DNS --> PERMIT HTTPS Outbound - 192.168.0.1/24 --> ANY --> HTTPS --> PERMIT Management - ANY --> 192.168.0.1/24 --> SSH --> PERMIT HTTPS Inbound - ANY --> 192.168.0.1/24 --> HTTPS --> PERMIT HTTP Inbound - ANY --> 192.168.0.1/24 --> HTTP --> DENY 159

SIMULATION An attack has occurred against a company. INSTRUCTIONS You have been tasked to do the following: Identify the type of attack that is occurring on the network by clicking on the attacker's tablet and reviewing the output. Identify which compensating controls a developer should implement on the assets, in order to reduce the effectiveness of future attacks by dragging them to the correct server. All objects will be used, but not all placeholders may be filled. Objects may only be used once. If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button. 160 161

162 Question 1 SIMULATION A systems administrator needs to install a new wireless network for authenticated guest access. The wireless network should support 802.1X using the most secure encryption and protocol available. INSTRUCTIONS Perform the following steps: 1. Configure the RADIUS server. 2. Configure the WiFi controller. 3. Preconfigure the client for an incoming guest. The guest AD credentials are: User: guest01 Password: guestpass 163 Answer: See explanation below: Configure the settings as the following: 164

157 HOTSPOT An incident has occurred in the production environment. INSTRUCTIONS Analyze the command outputs and identify the type of compromise. If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button. Hot Area:

165 166

11 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

12 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. ReplacingthetraditionalkeywithanRFIDkey B. Installingandmonitoringacamerafacingthedoor C. Setting motion-sensing lights to illuminate the door on activity D. Surrounding the property with fencing and gates

A

13 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

15 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. Performamathematicaloperationonthepasswordsthatwillconvertthemintouniquestrings. B. Addextradatatothepasswordssotheirlengthisincreased,makingthemhardertobruteforce. 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

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

A

17 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. Passwordcomplexity B. Passwordreuse C. Password history D. Password age

A

19 Which of the following is a reason to publish files' hashes? A. Tovalidatetheintegrityofthefiles B. Toverifyifthesoftwarewasdigitallysigned C. To use the hash as a software activation key D. To use the hash as a decryption passphrase

A

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

A

217 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

220 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

A

226 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. MDM policy C. Firewall rules D. URL filter E. SIEM data collection

A

227 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 gets 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

A

229 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

240 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 the next quarter. Which of the following BEST describes this type of vulnerability? A. Legacy operating system B. Weak configuration C. Zero day D. Supplychain

A

241 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

244 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.

A

246 Server administrators want to configure a cloud solution so that computing memory and processor usage is maximized most efficiently across a number of 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 availability C. Segmentation D. Container security

A

25 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. Geographicdispersal B. Generatorpower C. Fire suppression D. Facilityautomation

A

259 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

A

263 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. W PA3-PSK C. 802.11n D. WPS

A

265 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

A

6 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. Dataanonymization B. Dataencryption C. Data masking D. Data tokenization

A

7 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 accomplish this goal? A. Classifythedata. B. Maskthedata. C. Assign the application owner. D. Perform a risk analysis.

A

9 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

A

2 Which of the following tools is effective in preventing a user from accessing unauthorized removable media? A. USBdatablocker B. Faradaycage C. Proximityreader D. Cable lock

A ;

100 Which of the following components can be used to consolidate and forward inbound internet traffic to multiple cloud environments though a single firewall? A. Transitgateway B. Cloudhotsite C. Edge computing D. DNS sinkhole

A 100

101 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. Logicbomb B. Ransomware C. Fileless virus D. Remote access Trojans E. Rootkit

A 101

102 Digital signatures use asymmetric encryption. This means the message is encrypted with: A. thesender'sprivatekeyanddecryptedwiththesender'spublickey. B. thesender'spublickeyanddecryptedwiththesender'sprivatekey. 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 102

107 Which of the following BEST reduces the security risks introduced when running systems that have expired vendor support and lack an immediate replacement? A. Implementpropernetworkaccessrestrictions. B. Initiateabugbountyprogram. C. Classify the system as shadow IT. D. Increase the frequency of vulnerability scans.

A 107

108 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. Thebusinesscontinuityplan B. Theretentionpolicy C. The disaster recovery plan D. The incident response plan

A 108

110 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 110

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

A 112

116 Which of the following is an example of transference of risk? A. Purchasinginsurance B. Patchingvulnerableservers C. Retiring outdated applications D. Application owner risk sign-off

A 116

118 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-awareauthentication B. Simultaneousauthenticationofequals C. Extensive authentication protocol D. Agentless network access control

A 118

119 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 119

120 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. Userbehavioranalysis B. Packetcaptures C. Configuration reviews D. Log analysis

A 120

125 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. VPNconcentrator C. MFA D. VPC endpoint

A 125

127 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. Checkthehashoftheinstallationfile. B. Matchthefilenames. C. Verify the URL download location. D. Verify the code signing certificate.

A 127

134 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. Usertraining B. CASB C. MDM D. DLP

A 134

135 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-pathattack B. Protocolpoisoning C. Domain hijacking D. Bluejacking

A 135

140 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. Rainbowtableattack B. Passwordspraying C. Logic bomb D. Malware bot

A 140

142 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. Insiderthreat B. Socialengineering C. Third-partyrisk D. Data breach

A 142

144 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 network devices. Which of the following can be implemented? A. HTTPsecurityheader B. DNSSECimplementation C. SRTP D. S/MIME

A 144

147 A help desk technician receives an email from the Chief Information Officer (CIO) asking for documents. The technician knows the CIO is on vacation for a few weeks. Which of the following should the technician do to validate the authenticity of the email? A. Checkthemetadataintheemailheaderofthereceivedpathinreverseordertofollowtheemail'spath. B. HoverthemouseovertheCIO'semailaddresstoverifytheemailaddress. C. Look at the metadata in the email header and verify the "From:" line matches the CIO's email address. D. Forward the email to the CIO and ask if the CIO sent the email requesting the documents.

A 147

150 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. Passwordcomplexity B. Passwordhistory C. Password reuse D. Password length

A 150

152 A security incident has been resolved. Which of the following BEST describes the importance of the final phase of the incident response plan? A. Itexaminesanddocumentshowwelltheteamresponded,discoverswhatcausedtheincident,and determines how the incident can be avoided in the future. B. Itreturnstheaffectedsystemsbackintoproductiononcesystemshavebeenfullypatched,datarestored, 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 152

163 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. Shouldersurfing B. Watering-holeattack C. Tailgating D. Impersonation

A 172

177 Which of the following is a security best practice that ensures the integrity of aggregated log files within a SIEM? A. Setuphashingonthesourcelogfileserversthatcomplieswithlocalregulatoryrequirements. B. Backuptheaggregatedlogfilesatleasttwotimesadayorasstatedbylocalregulatoryrequirements. 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 186

178 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-compliancewithdatasovereigntyrules B. Lossofthevendorsinteroperabilitysupport C. Mandatory deployment of a SIEM solution D. Increase in the attack surface

A 187

179 Which of the following explains why RTO is included in a BIA? A. Itidentifiestheamountofallowabledowntimeforanapplicationorsystem. B. Itprioritizesriskssotheorganizationcanallocateresourcesappropriately. 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 188

181 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. Securitypatcheswereuninstalledduetouserimpact. B. Anadversaryalteredthevulnerabilityscanreports C. A zero-day vulnerability was used to exploit the web server D. The scan reported a false negative for the vulnerability

A 190

182 Which of the following is a known security risk associated with data archives that contain financial information? A. Datacanbecomealiabilityifarchivedlongerthanrequiredbyregulatoryguidance. B. Datamustbearchivedoff-sitetoavoidbreachesandmeetbusinessrequirements. 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 191

190 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. Thelastincrementalbackupthatwasconducted72hoursago B. Thelastknown-goodconfiguration C. The last full backup that was conducted seven days ago D. The baseline OS configuration

A 199

191 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. Internetproxyservers C. NIDS D. Jump servers

A 200

192 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. NISTFramework B. ISO27001 C. GDPR D. PCI-DSS

A 201

194 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. LDAPS C. NGFW D. DLP

A 203

196 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. CISbenchmarks B. GDPRguidance C. Regional regulations D. ISO 27001 standards

A 205

198 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. PCIDSS B. GDPR C. ISO 27001 D. NIST CSF

A 207

202 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. Messagegateway C. Network D. Authentication

A 211

205 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. Chainofcustody B. Legalhold C. Event log D. Artifacts

A 214

34 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. Truenegative B. Truepositive C. False positive D. False negative

A 34

36 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. Lessonslearned B. Preparation C. Detection D. Containment E. Rootcauseanalysis

A 36

37 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. Identityfraud D. Credential harvesting

A 37

39 Which of the following will increase cryptographic security? A. Highdataentropy B. Algorithmsthatrequirelesscomputingpower C. Longer key longevity D. Hashing

A 39

45 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. EnforceMFAwhenanaccountrequestreachesariskthreshold. B. Implementgeofencingtoonlyallowaccessfromheadquarters. C. Enforce time-based login requests that align with business hours. D. Shift the access control scheme to a discretionary access control.

A 45

52 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. Logicbomb B. Cryptomalware C. Spyware D. Remote access Trojan

A 52

55 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. SIEMcorrelationdashboards B. Firewallsyslogeventlogs C. Network management solution login audit logs D. Bandwidth monitors and interface sensors

A 55

62 A junior security analyst is conducting an analysis after passwords were changed on multiple accounts without users' interaction. The SIEM have multiple login entries with the following text: suspicious event - user: scheduledtasks successfully authenticate on AD on abnormal time suspicious event - user: scheduledtasks failed to execute c:\weekly_checkups \amazing-3rdparty-domain-assessment.py suspicious event - user: scheduledtasks failed to execute c:\weekly_checkups \secureyourAD-3rdparty-compliance.sh suspicious event - user: scheduledtasks successfully executed c:\weekly_checkups \amazing-3rdparty-domain-assessment.py Which of the following is the MOST likely attack conducted on the environment? A. Maliciousscript B. Privilegeescalation C. Domain hijacking D. DNS poisoning

A 62

64 Which of the following actions would be recommended to improve an incident response process? A. Traintheteamtoidentifythedifferencebetweeneventsandincidents. B. ModifyaccesssotheITteamhasfullaccesstothecompromisedassets. C. Contact the authorities if a cybercrime is suspected. D. Restrict communication surrounding the response to the IT team.

A 64

70 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 70

76 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 76

77 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. Removablemedia B. Spearphishing C. Supplychain D. Direct access

A 77

78 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 78

79 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 79

84 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

A 84

88 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. Firewallrule C. Content filter D. MDM E. Applicationallowlist

A 88

89 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 89

93 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 93

214 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 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 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 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 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 Destination Port] Destination Port] Destination Port] Destination Port]

23 Which of the following are common VoIP-associated vulnerabilities? (Choose two.) A. SPIM B. Vishing C. Hopping D. Phishing E. Credentialharvesting F. Tailgating

AB

1 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. Domainhijacking C. DNS poisoning D. Evil twin

B

10 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. Subjectalternativename B. Wildcard C. Self-signed D. Domain validation

B

224 A worldwide manufacturing company has been experiencing email account compromises. 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

233 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

234 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

B

242 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. IaaS B. PaaS C. DaaS D. SaaS

B

243 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

248 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

B

250 An IT security manager requests a report on company information that is publicly available. The manager's concern is that malicious actors will be able to access the data without engaging 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.

B

251 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

B

253 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

254 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

257 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

28 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. Applicationallowlist B. SWG C. Host-based firewall D. VPN

B

29 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. Useappropriatesignagetomarkallareas. B. Utilizecamerasmonitoredbyguards. C. Implement access control vestibules. D. Enforce escorts to monitor all visitors.

B

30 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. Standardnamingconventions B. Domainservices C. Baseline configurations D. Diagrams

B

8 A forensics investigator is examining a number of unauthorized payments that were reported on the company's website. Some unusual log entries show users received an email for an unwanted mailing list and clicked on a link to attempt to unsubscribe. One of the users reported the email to the phishing team, and the forwarded email revealed the link to be: <a href="https://www.company.com/payto.do? routing=00001111&acct=22223334&amount=250">Click here to unsubscribe</a> Which of the following will the forensics investigator MOST likely determine has occurred? A. SQLinjection B. Brokenauthentication C. XSS D. XSRF

B

42 A security analyst is investigating some users who are being redirected to a fake website that resembles www.comptia.org. The following output was found on the naming server of the organization: Which of the following attacks has taken place? A. Domainreputation B. Domainhijacking C. Disassociation D. DNS poisoning

B 42

75 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 75

99 A security analyst is investigating suspicious traffic on the web server located at IP address 10.10.1.1. A search of the WAF logs reveals the following output: Which of the following is MOST likely occurring? A. XSSattack B. SQLiattack C. Replayattack D. XSRF attack

B 99

111 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. USBdatablocker C. USB OTG D. Disabling USB ports

B 111

115 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 115

117 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. EmbeddedPythoncode B. Macro-enabledfile C. Bash scripting D. Credential-harvesting website

B 117

131 An organization maintains several environments in which patches are developed and tested before being deployed to an operational 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

B 131

132 During a trial, a judge determined evidence gathered from a hard drive was not admissible. Which of the following BEST explains this reasoning? A. Theforensicinvestigatorforgottorunachecksumonthediskimageaftercreation. B. Thechainofcustodyformdidnotnotetimezoneoffsetsbetweentransportationregions. 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 132

136 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. Privatecloud B. Hybridenvironment C. Managed security service provider D. Hot backup site

B 136

139 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. CreateahoneynettotrapattackerswhoaccesstheVPNwithcredentialsobtainedbyphishing. B. Generatealistofdomainssimilartothecompany'sownandimplementaDNSsinkholeforeach. 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 139

141 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. Usercertificate B. Self-signedcertificate C. Computer certificate D. Root certificate

B 141

159 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. Dualsupply B. Generator C. UPS D. POU E. Dailybackups

B 168

161 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

B 170

164 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. Personalhealthinformation B. Personallyidentifiableinformation C. Tokenized data D. Proprietarydata

B 173

166 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. Therequiredintermediatecertificateisnotloadedaspartofthecertificatechain. B. ThecertificateisontheCRLandisnolongervalid. 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.

B 175

167 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. Directoryservice B. AAAserver C. Federation D. Multifactor authentication

B 176

168 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. Legalhold B. Chainofcustody C. Data loss prevention D. Content filter

B 177

169 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-basedlogins B. Geofencing C. Network location D. Password history

B 178

170 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-authorizedhackers B. Stateactors C. Script kiddies D. Advanced persistent threats

B 179

171 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. Defaultsystemconfiguration B. Unsecureprotocols C. Lack of vendor support D. Weak encryption

B 180

172 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. Inputvalidation B. Dynamiccodeanalysis C. Fuzzing D. Manual code review

B 181

173 Which of the following can work as an authentication method and as an alerting mechanism for unauthorized access attempts? A. Smartcard B. Pushnotifications C. Attestation service D. HMAC-based E. one-timepassword

B 182

183 Which of the following BEST describes the process of documenting who has access to evidence? A. Orderofvolatility B. Chainofcustody C. Non-repudiation D. Admissibility

B 192

187 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. Gaitanalysis B. Vein C. Soft token D. HMAC-based, one-time password

B 196

188 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 197

193 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 file share is located in a local data center. Which of the following should the security architect recommend to BEST meet the requirement? A. FogcomputingandKVMs B. VDIandthinclients C. Private cloud and DLP D. Full drive encryption and thick clients

B 202

199 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. AdjustthedataflowfromauthenticationsourcestotheSIEM. B. DisableemailalertingandreviewtheSIEMdirectly. C. Adjust the sensitivity levels of the SIEM correlation engine. D. Utilize behavioral analysis to enable the SIEM's learning mode.

B 208

204 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

B 213

209 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 218

211 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

B 220

32 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. UpdatethebasecontainerImageandredeploytheenvironment. B. Includethecontainersintheregularpatchingscheduleforservers. C. Patch each running container individually and test the application. D. Update the host in which the containers are running.

B 32

44 Which of the following is the BEST example of a cost-effective physical control to enforce a USB removable media restriction policy? A. Puttingsecurity/antitampertapeoverUSBports,loggingtheportnumbers,andregularlyinspectingthe ports B. ImplementingaGPOthatwillrestrictaccesstoauthorizedUSBremovablemediaandregularlyverifying 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 44

53 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. Reviewhowthemalwarewasintroducedtothenetwork. B. Attempttoquarantineallinfectedhoststolimitfurtherspread. C. Create help desk tickets to get infected systems reimaged. D. Update all endpoint antivirus solutions with the latest updates.

B 53

59 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. Purchasinghardwarefromdifferentvendors B. Migratingworkloadstopubliccloudinfrastructure C. Implementing a robust patch management solution D. Designingnewdetectivesecuritycontrols

B 59

60 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. Vulnerabilityscans B. Userbehavioranalysis C. Security orchestration, automation, and response D. Threat hunting

B 60

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

B 68

82 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. Complexityrequirements B. Passwordhistory C. Acceptable use policy D. Shared accounts

B 82

85 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. Mobiledevicemanagement C. Containerization D. Remote wiping

B 85

91 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. Conductafullvulnerabilityscantoidentifypossiblevulnerabilities. B. Performcontainmentonthecriticalserversandresources. C. Review the firewall and identify the source of the active connection. D. Disconnect the entire infrastructure from the internet.

B 91

94 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 94

98 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 98

221 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

BC

176 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? (Choose three.) A. Fiberswitching B. IaC C. NAS D. RAID E. UPS F. Redundantpowersupplies G. Geographic dispersal H. Snapshots I. Load balancing

BCD 185

212 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? (Choose 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

BCF

61 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. Directorytraversal C. SQL injection D. Privilege escalation E. Cross-sitescripting F. Requestforgery

BD 61

225 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? (Choose two.) A. 135 B. 139 C. 143 D. 161 E. 443 F. 445

BF

14 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 the file 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

18 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

213 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

216 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.

C

219 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 effective 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

C

223 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

C

228 A security analyst is reviewing the following output from a system: Which of the following is MOST likely being observed? A. ARP poisoning B. Man in the middle C. Denial of service D. DNS poisoning

C

230 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

232 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. lsof E. setuid

C

235 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

236 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

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

C

238 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

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

C

245 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

252 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

C

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

C

260 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

261 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. Vulnerabilitydatabases

C

262 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

266 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. Disasterrecoveryplan

C

27 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. Preventinganycurrentemployees'siblingsfromworkingatthebanktopreventnepotism B. Hiringanemployeewhohasbeenconvictedofthefttoadheretoindustrycompliance 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

C

4 Which of the following describes a social engineering technique that seeks to exploit a person's sense of urgency? A. Aphishingemailstatingacashsettlementhasbeenawardedbutwillexpiresoon B. Asmishingmessagestatingapackageisscheduledforpickup 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

C

5 A security analyst is reviewing application logs to determine the source of a breach and locates the following log: https://www.comptia.com/login.php?id='%20or%20'1'1='1 Which of the following has been observed? A. DLLInjection B. API attack C. SQLi D. XSS

C

3 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. Reverseproxy B. Automatedpatchmanagement C. Snapshots D. NIC teaming

C ;

151 A SOC operator is analyzing a log file that contains the following entries: Which of the following explains these log entries? A. SQLinjectionandimproperinput-handlingattempts B. Cross-sitescriptingandresourceexhaustionattempts C. Command injection and directory traversal attempts D. Error handling and privilege escalation attempts

C 151

189 A user's account is constantly being locked out. Upon further review, a security analyst found the following in the SIEM: Which of the following describes what is occurring? A. Anattackerisutilizingapassword-sprayingattackagainsttheaccount. B. Anattackerisutilizingadictionaryattackagainsttheaccount. C. An attacker is utilizing a brute-force attack against the account. D. An attacker is utilizing a rainbow table attack against the account.

C 198

71 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. Mobiledevicemanagement C. VDI D. Containerization

C 71

103 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 103

104 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 to the CISO? A. GDPRcomplianceattestation B. CloudSecurityAlliancematerials C. SOC 2 Type 2 report D. NIST RMF workbooks

C 104

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

C 113

121 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

C 121

126 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. Datainprocessing C. Data at rest D. Data tokenization

C 126

137 After multiple on premises security solutions were migrated to the cloud, the incident response time increased. The analysts are spending a long time trying 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

C 137

143 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. Accepttheriskifthereisaclearroadmapfortimelydecommission. B. Denytheriskduetotheend-of-lifestatusoftheapplication. 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 143

145 A company labeled some documents with the public sensitivity classification. This means the documents can be accessed by: A. employeesofothercompaniesandthepress. B. allmembersofthedepartmentthatcreatedthedocuments. C. only the company's employees and those listed in the document. D. only the individuals listed in the documents.

C 145

146 Which of the following is the MOST relevant security check to be performed before embedding third-party libraries in developed code? A. Checktoseeifthethirdpartyhasresourcestocreatededicateddevelopmentandstagingenvironments. B. Verifythenumberofcompaniesthatdownloadedthethird-partycodeandthenumberofcontributionson the code repository. C. Assess existing vulnerabilities affecting the third-party code and the remediation efficiency of the libraries' developers. D. Read multiple penetration-testing reports for environments running software that reused the library.

C 146

148 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-flagexercise C. Tabletop exercise D. Phishing exercise

C 148

160 Which of the following would be the BEST way to analyze diskless malware that has infected a VDI? A. ShutdowntheVDIandcopyofftheeventlogs. B. Takeamemorysnapshotoftherunningsystem. C. Use NetFlow to identify command-and-control IPs. D. Run a full on-demand scan of the root volume.

C 169

174 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. Intranet B. Screenedsubnet C. VLAN segmentation D. Zero Trust

C 183

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

C 210

203 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. Socialmedia B. Cloud C. Supplychain D. Social Engineering

C 212

206 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. Warmsitefailover B. Tabletopwalk-through C. Parallel path testing D. Full outage simulation

C 215

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

C 216

208 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. Privilegeescalation B. Requestforgeries C. Injection D. Replayattack

C 217

210 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

C 219

35 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. SSAESOC2 B. ISO31000 C. NIST CSF D. GDPR

C 35

38 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 was not degraded. Which of the following MOST likely explains this behavior? A. DNSpoisoning B. MACflooding C. DDoS attack D. ARP poisoning

C 38

40 Which of the following statements BEST describes zero-day exploits? A. Whenazero-dayexploitisdiscovered,thesystemcannotbeprotectedbyanymeans. B. Zero-dayexploitshavetheirownscoringcategoryinCVSS. 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 40

41 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 41

47 Which of the following is the MOST effective control against zero-day vulnerabilities? A. Network segmentation B. Patchmanagement C. Intrusion prevention system D. Multiplevulnerabilityscanners

C 47

48 Which of the following is the GREATEST security concern when outsourcing code development to third-party contractors for an internet-facing application? A. Intellectualpropertytheft B. Elevatedprivileges C. Unknown backdoor D. Qualityassurance

C 48

49 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. Reimagetheimpactedworkstations. B. Activaterunbooksforincidentresponse. C. Conduct forensics on the compromised system. D. Conduct passive reconnaissance to gather information.

C 49

50 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. LowFAR B. Lowefficacy C. Low FRR D. Low CER

C 50

54 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. Commandandcontrol C. Actions on objective D. Exploitation

C 54

67 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. PreventconnectionsoverTFTPfromtheinternalnetwork. B. Createafirewallrulethatblocksa22fromtheinternettotheserver. C. Disable file sharing over port 445 to the server. D. Block port 3389 inbound from untrusted networks.

C 67

69 The SOC for a large MSSP is 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 in recent 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. ConfigureaNIDSapplianceusingaSwitchedPortAnalyzer. B. CollectOSINTandcatalogtheartifactsinacentralrepository. C. Implement a SOAR with customizable playbooks. D. Install a SIEM with community-driven threat intelligence.

C 69

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

C 72

83 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 83

95 Against the recommendation of the IT security analyst, a company set all user passwords on a server as "P@55w0rD". Upon review of the /etc/passwd file, an attacker found the following: alice:a8df3b6c4fd75f0617431fd248f35191df8d237f bob:2d250c5b2976b03d757f324ebd59340df96aa05e chris:ea981ec3285421d014108089f3f3f997ce0f4150 Which of the following BEST explains why the encrypted passwords do not match? A. Perfectforwardsecrecy B. Keystretching C. Salting D. Hashing

C 95

97 Which of the following should be monitored by threat intelligence researchers who search for leaked credentials? A. CommonWeaknessEnumeration B. OSINT C. Dark web D. Vulnerabilitydatabases

C 97

58 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

C (without section) 58

184 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. Privatecloud B. SaaS C. Hybrid cloud D. IaaS E. DRaaS F. Fogcomputing

CF 193

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

D

239 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

D

247 While reviewing the wireless router, a systems administrator of a small business determines someone is spoofing the MAC address of an authorized device. Given the table below: Which of the following should be the administrator's NEXT step to detect if there is a rogue system without impacting availability? A. Conduct a ping sweep, B. Physically check each system. C. Deny internet access to the "UNKNOWN" hostname. D. ApplyMACfiltering.

D

249 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

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

D

258 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. SFTP C. SNMP D. TLS

D

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

D

264 A security administrator is trying to determine whether a server is vulnerable to a range of attacks. After using a tool, the administrator obtains the following output: Which of the following attacks was successfully implemented based on the output? A. Memory leak B. Race conditions C. SQL injection D. Directorytraversal

D

106 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 106

109 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. UtilizingSIEMcorrelationengines B. DeployingNetflowatthenetworkborder C. Disabling session tokens for all sites D. Deploying a WAF for the web server

D 109

114 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 fulfills the architect's requirements? A. Anorchestrationsolutionthatcanadjustscalabilityofcloudassets B. Useofmultipathbyaddingmoreconnectionstocloudstorage C. Cloud assets replicated on geographically distributed regions D. An on-site backup that is displayed and only used when the load increases

D 114

122 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 122

123 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. Deletetheprivatekeyfromtherepository. B. Verifythepublickeyisnotexposedaswell. C. Update the DLP solution to check for private keys. D. Revoke the code-signing certificate.

D 123

124 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

D 124

128 A help desk technician receives a phone call from someone claiming to be a part of the organization's cybersecurity incident response team. The caller asks the technician to verify the network's internal firewall IP Address. Which of the following is the technician's BEST course of action? A. Directthecallertostopbythehelpdeskinpersonandhangupdeclininganyfurtherrequestsfromthe caller. B. Askforthecaller'sname,verifytheperson'sidentityintheemaildirectory,andprovidetherequested 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 organization's cybersecurity officer. D. Request the caller send an email for identity verification and provide the requested information via email to the caller.

D 128

130 Which of the following is a benefit of including a risk management framework into an organization's security approach? A. Itdefinesexpectedservicelevelsfromparticipatingsupplychainpartnerstoensuresystemoutagesare remediated in a timely manner. B. Itidentifiesspecificvendorproductsthathavebeentestedandapprovedforuseinasecureenvironment. 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 130

165 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. ShadowIT B. Scriptkiddies C. APT D. Insider threat

D 174

175 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. Passwordcomplexity B. Acceptableuse C. Access control D. Clean desk

D 184

185 Which of the following is a policy that provides a greater depth and breadth of knowledge across an organization? A. Assetmanagementpolicy B. Separationofdutiespolicy C. Acceptable use policy D. Job rotation policy

D 194

186 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

D 195

195 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 204

197 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. Highavailability B. Applicationsecurity C. Segmentation D. Integration and auditing

D 206

200 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. Employdifferenttechniquesforserver-andclient-sidevalidations B. Useadifferentversioncontrolsystemforthird-partylibraries C. Implement a vulnerability scan to assess dependencies earlier on SDLC D. Increase the number of penetration tests before software release

D 209

33 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 33

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

D 43

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

D 46

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

D 51

63 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 63

87 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. DLLinjection B. API attack C. Buffer overflow D. Memoryleak

D 87

90 Which of the following is the BEST action to foster a consistent and auditable incident response process? A. Incentnewhirestoconstantlyupdatethedocumentwithexternalknowledge. B. Publishthedocumentinacentralrepositorythatiseasilyaccessibletotheorganization. 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 90

92 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. Preventivecontrols B. Compensatingcontrols C. Deterrent controls D. Detective controls

D 92

96 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. privilegeescalation. B. footprinting. C. persistence. D. pivoting.

D 96

133 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. Difficultyofuse C. Cost D. FAR E. CER

E 133

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

E 31