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Q1. - (Topic 3)
A security administrator is redesigning, and implementing a service-oriented architecture to replace an old, in-house software processing system, tied to a corporate sales website. After performing the business process analysis, the administrator decides the services need to operate in a dynamic fashion. The company has also been the victim of data injection attacks in the past and needs to build in mitigation features. Based on these requirements and past vulnerabilities, which of the following needs to be incorporated into the SOA?
A. Point to point VPNs for all corporate intranet users.
B. Cryptographic hashes of all data transferred between services.
C. Service to service authentication for all workflows.
D. Two-factor authentication and signed code
Answer: C
Q2. - (Topic 3)
A manager who was attending an all-day training session was overdue entering bonus and payroll information for subordinates. The manager felt the best way to get the changes entered while in training was to log into the payroll system, and then activate desktop sharing with a trusted subordinate. The manager granted the subordinate control of the desktop thereby giving the subordinate full access to the payroll system. The subordinate did not have authorization to be in the payroll system. Another employee reported the incident to the security team. Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate method for dealing with this issue going forward?
A. Provide targeted security awareness training and impose termination for repeat violators.
B. Block desktop sharing and web conferencing applications and enable use only with approval.
C. Actively monitor the data traffic for each employee using desktop sharing or web conferencing applications.
D. Permanently block desktop sharing and web conferencing applications and do not allow its use at the company.
Answer: A
Q3. - (Topic 2)
A project manager working for a large city government is required to plan and build a WAN, which will be required to host official business and public access. It is also anticipated that the city’s emergency and first response communication systems will be required to operate across the same network. The project manager has experience with enterprise IT projects, but feels this project has an increased complexity as a result of the mixed business / public use and the critical infrastructure it will provide. Which of the following should the project manager release to the public, academia, and private industry to ensure the city provides due care in considering all project factors prior to building its new WAN?
A. NDA
B. RFI
C. RFP
D. RFQ
Answer: B
Q4. - (Topic 1)
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
Answer: C
Q5. - (Topic 3)
Which of the following is the BEST place to contractually document security priorities, responsibilities, guarantees, and warranties when dealing with outsourcing providers?
A. NDA
B. OLA
C. MOU
D. SLA
Answer: D
Q6. - (Topic 2)
The network administrator at an enterprise reported a large data leak. One compromised server was used to aggregate data from several critical application servers and send it out to the Internet using HTTPS. Upon investigation, there have been no user logins over the previous week and the endpoint protection software is not reporting any issues. Which of the following BEST provides insight into where the compromised server collected the information?
A. Review the flow data against each server’s baseline communications profile.
B. Configure the server logs to collect unusual activity including failed logins and restarted services.
C. Correlate data loss prevention logs for anomalous communications from the server.
D. Setup a packet capture on the firewall to collect all of the server communications.
Answer: A
Q7. - (Topic 2)
The finance department for an online shopping website has discovered that a number of customers were able to purchase goods and services without any payments. Further analysis conducted by the security investigations team indicated that the website allowed customers to update a payment amount for shipping. A specially crafted value could be entered and cause a roll over, resulting in the shipping cost being subtracted from the balance and in some instances resulted in a negative balance. As a result, the system processed the negative balance as zero dollars. Which of the following BEST describes the application issue?
A. Race condition
B. Click-jacking
C. Integer overflow
D. Use after free
E. SQL injection
Answer: C
Q8. - (Topic 3)
A new company requirement mandates the implementation of multi-factor authentication to access network resources. The security administrator was asked to research and implement the most cost-effective solution that would allow for the authentication of both hardware and users. The company wants to leverage the PKI infrastructure which is already well established. Which of the following solutions should the security administrator implement?
A. Issue individual private/public key pairs to each user, install the private key on the central authentication system, and protect the private key with the user’s credentials. Require each user to install the public key on their computer.
B. Deploy USB fingerprint scanners on all desktops, and enable the fingerprint scanner on all laptops. Require all network users to register their fingerprint using the reader and store the information in the central authentication system.
C. Issue each user one hardware token. Configure the token serial number in the user properties of the central authentication system for each user and require token authentication with PIN for network logon.
D. Issue individual private/public key pairs to each user, install the public key on the central authentication system, and require each user to install the private key on their computer and protect it with a password.
Answer: D
Q9. - (Topic 4)
Company ABC will test connecting networks with Company XYZ as part of their upcoming merger and are both concerned with minimizing security exposures to each others network throughout the test. Which of the following is the FIRST thing both sides should do prior to connecting the networks?
A. Create a DMZ to isolate the two companies and provide a security inspection point for all inter-company network traffic.
B. Determine the necessary data flows between the two companies.
C. Implement a firewall that restricts everything except the IPSec VPN traffic connecting the two companies.
D. Implement inline NIPS on the connection points between the two companies.
Answer: B
Q10. - (Topic 5)
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.
Answer: B
Q11. - (Topic 1)
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
Answer: B
Q12. - (Topic 2)
A system administrator has just installed a new Linux distribution. The distribution is configured to be “secure out of the box”. The system administrator cannot make updates to certain system files and services. Each time changes are attempted, they are denied and a system error is generated. Which of the following troubleshooting steps should the security administrator suggest?
A. Review settings in the SELinux configuration files
B. Reset root permissions on systemd files
C. Perform all administrative actions while logged in as root
D. Disable any firewall software before making changes
Answer: A
Q13. - (Topic 5)
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 read-only 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
Answer: E
Q14. - (Topic 2)
A security architect has been engaged during the implementation stage of the SDLC to review a new HR software installation for security gaps. With the project under a tight schedule to meet market commitments on project delivery, which of the following security activities should be prioritized by the security architect? (Select TWO).
A. Perform penetration testing over the HR solution to identify technical vulnerabilities
B. Perform a security risk assessment with recommended solutions to close off high-rated risks
C. Secure code review of the HR solution to identify security gaps that could be exploited
D. Perform access control testing to ensure that privileges have been configured correctly
E. Determine if the information security standards have been complied with by the project
Answer: B,E
Q15. - (Topic 5)
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.
Answer: A