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Question 1 of 25

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Which of the following technical controls is BEST used to define which applications a user can install and run on a company issued mobile device?

Select one of the following:

  • Authentication

  • Blacklisting

  • Whitelisting

  • Acceptable use policy

Explanation

Question 2 of 25

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After a company has standardized to a single operating system, not all servers are immune to a well-known OS vulnerability. Which of the following solutions would mitigate this issue?

Select one of the following:

  • Host based firewall

  • Initial baseline configurations

  • Discretionary access control

  • Patch management system

Explanation

Question 3 of 25

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A security administrator discovers an image file that has several plain text documents hidden in the file. Which of the following security goals is met by camouflaging data inside of other files?

Select one of the following:

  • Integrity

  • Confidentiality

  • Steganography

  • Availability

Explanation

Question 4 of 25

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A company determines a need for additional protection from rogue devices plugging into physical ports around the building. Which of the following provides the highest degree of protection from unauthorized wired network access?

Select one of the following:

  • Intrusion Prevention Systems

  • MAC filtering

  • Flood guards

  • 802.1x

Explanation

Question 5 of 25

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A company is preparing to decommission an offline, non-networked root certificate server. Before sending the server's drives to be destroyed by a contracted company, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) wants to be certain that the data will not be accessed. Which of the following, if implemented, would BEST reassure the CSO? (Select TWO).

Select one or more of the following:

  • A. Disk hashing procedures

  • B. Full disk encryption

  • C. Data retention policies

  • D. Disk wiping procedures

  • E. Removable media encryption

Explanation

Question 6 of 25

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During the analysis of a PCAP file, a security analyst noticed several communications with a remote server on port 53. Which of the following protocol types is observed in this traffic?

Select one of the following:

  • A. FTP

  • B. DNS

  • C. Email

  • D. NetBIOS

Explanation

Question 7 of 25

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A compromised workstation utilized in a Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack has been removed from the network and an image of the hard drive has been created. However, the system administrator stated that the system was left unattended for several hours before the image was created. In the event of a court case, which of the following is likely to be an issue with this incident?

Select one of the following:

  • A. Eye Witness

  • B. Data Analysis of the hard drive

  • C. Chain of custody

  • D. Expert Witness

Explanation

Question 8 of 25

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During which of the following phases of the Incident Response process should a security administrator define and implement general defense against malware?

Select one of the following:

  • A. Lessons Learned

  • B. Preparation

  • C. Eradication

  • D. Identification

Explanation

Question 9 of 25

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Due to hardware limitation, a technician must implement a wireless encryption algorithm that uses the RC4 protocol. Which of the following is a wireless encryption solution that the technician should implement while ensuring the STRONGEST level of security?

Select one of the following:

  • A. WPA2-AES

  • B. 802.11ac

  • C. WPA-TKIP

  • D. WEP

Explanation

Question 10 of 25

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Joe, a user, wants to send an encrypted email to Ann. Which of the following will Ann need to use to verify that the email came from Joe and decrypt it? (Select TWO).

Select one or more of the following:

  • The CA's public key

  • Ann's public key

  • Joe's private key

  • Ann's private key

  • The CA's private key

  • Joe's public key

Explanation

Question 11 of 25

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Joe, a user, wants to send an encrypted email to Ann. Which of the following will Ann need to use to verify the validity's of Joe's certificate? (Select TWO).

Select one or more of the following:

  • The CA's public key

  • Joe's private key

  • Ann's public key

  • The CA's private key

  • Joe's public key

  • Ann's private key

Explanation

Question 12 of 25

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A technician wants to implement a dual factor authentication system that will enable the organization to authorize access to sensitive systems on a need-to-know basis. Which of the following should be implemented during the authorization stage?

Select one of the following:

  • Biometrics

  • Mandatory access control

  • Single sign-on

  • Role-based access control

Explanation

Question 13 of 25

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A security researcher wants to reverse engineer an executable file to determine if it is malicious. The file was found on an underused server and appears to contain a zero-day exploit. Which of the following can the researcher do to determine if the file is malicious in nature?

Select one of the following:

  • TCP/IP socket design review

  • Executable code review

  • OS Baseline comparison

  • Software architecture review

Explanation

Question 14 of 25

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A recent spike in virus detections has been attributed to end-users visiting www.compnay.com. The business has an established relationship with an organization using the URL of www.company.com but not with the site that has been causing the infections. Which of the following would BEST describe this type of attack?

Select one of the following:

  • Typo squatting

  • Session hijacking

  • Cross-site scripting

  • Spear phishing

Explanation

Question 15 of 25

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A company has proprietary mission critical devices connected to their network which are configured remotely by both employees and approved
customers. The administrator wants to monitor device security without changing their baseline configuration. Which of the following should be
implemented to secure the devices without risking availability?

Select one of the following:

  • Host-based firewall

  • IDS

  • IPS

  • Honeypot

Explanation

Question 16 of 25

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An administrator has a network subnet dedicated to a group of users. Due to concerns regarding data and network security, the administrator desires to provide network access for this group only. Which of the following would BEST address this desire?

Select one of the following:

  • Install a proxy server between the users' computers and the switch to filter inbound network traffic.

  • Block commonly used ports and forward them to higher and unused port numbers.

  • Configure the switch to allow only traffic from computers based upon their physical address.

  • Install host-based intrusion detection software to monitor incoming DHCP Discover requests.

Explanation

Question 17 of 25

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Which of the following is a security concern regarding users bringing personally-owned devices that they connect to the corporate network?

Select one of the following:

  • Cross-platform compatibility issues between personal devices and server-based applications

  • Lack of controls in place to ensure that the devices have the latest system patches and signature files

  • Non-corporate devices are more difficult to locate when a user is terminated

  • Non-purchased or leased equipment may cause failure during the audits of company-owned assets

Explanation

Question 18 of 25

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Due to issues with building keys being duplicated and distributed, a security administrator wishes to change to a different security control regarding a restricted area. The goal is to provide access based upon facial recognition. Which of the following will address this requirement?

Select one of the following:

  • Set up mantraps to avoid tailgating of approved users.

  • Place a guard at the entrance to approve access.

  • Install a fingerprint scanner at the entrance.

  • Implement proximity readers to scan users' badges.

Explanation

Question 19 of 25

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A security administrator has concerns regarding employees saving data on company provided mobile devices. Which of the following would BEST address the administrator's concerns?

Select one of the following:

  • Install a mobile application that tracks read and write functions on the device.

  • Create a company policy prohibiting the use of mobile devices for personal use.

  • Enable GPS functionality to track the location of the mobile devices.

  • Configure the devices so that removable media use is disabled.

Explanation

Question 20 of 25

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Identifying residual risk is MOST important to which of the following concepts?

Select one of the following:

  • Risk deterrence

  • Risk acceptance

  • Risk mitigation

  • Risk avoidance

Explanation

Question 21 of 25

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The information security technician wants to ensure security controls are deployed and functioning as intended to be able to maintain an appropriate security posture. Which of the following security techniques is MOST appropriate to do this?

Select one of the following:

  • Log audits

  • System hardening

  • Use IPS/IDS

  • Continuous security monitoring

Explanation

Question 22 of 25

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A small company can only afford to buy an all-in-one wireless router/switch. The company has 3 wireless BYOD users and 2 web servers without wireless access. Which of the following should the company configure to protect the servers from the user devices? (Select TWO).

Select one or more of the following:

  • Deny incoming connections to the outside router interface.

  • Change the default HTTP port

  • Implement EAP-TLS to establish mutual authentication

  • Disable the physical switch ports

  • Create a server VLAN

  • Create an ACL to access the server

Explanation

Question 23 of 25

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Users can authenticate to a company's web applications using their credentials from a popular social media site. Which of the following poses the greatest risk with this integration?

Select one of the following:

  • Malicious users can exploit local corporate credentials with their social media credentials

  • Changes to passwords on the social media site can be delayed from replicating to the company

  • Data loss from the corporate servers can create legal liabilities with the social media site

  • Password breaches to the social media site affect the company application as well

Explanation

Question 24 of 25

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A security team has established a security awareness program. Which of the following would BEST prove the success of the program?

Select one of the following:

  • Policies

  • Procedures

  • Metrics

  • Standards

Explanation

Question 25 of 25

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A company needs to receive data that contains personally identifiable information. The company requires both the transmission and data at rest to be encrypted. Which of the following achieves this goal? (Select TWO).

Select one or more of the following:

  • SSH

  • TFTP

  • NTLM

  • TKIP

  • SMTP

  • PGP/GPG

Explanation

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