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Q1. - (Topic 2)
An IT auditor is reviewing the data classification for a sensitive system. The company has classified the data stored in the sensitive system according to the following matrix:
DATA TYPECONFIDENTIALITYINTEGRITYAVAILABILITY
FinancialHIGHHIGHLOW
Client nameMEDIUMMEDIUMHIGH
Client addressLOWMEDIUMLOW
AGGREGATEMEDIUMMEDIUMMEDIUM
The auditor is advising the company to review the aggregate score and submit it to senior management. Which of the following should be the revised aggregate score?
A. HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW
B. MEDIUM, MEDIUM, LOW
C. HIGH, HIGH, HIGH
D. MEDIUM, MEDIUM, MEDIUM
Answer: C
Q2. - (Topic 1)
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
Answer: D
Q3. - (Topic 1)
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.
Answer: E
Q4. - (Topic 1)
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.
Answer: C,D
Q5. - (Topic 3)
A team is established to create a secure connection between software packages in order to list employee's remaining or unused benefits on their paycheck stubs. Which of the following business roles would be MOST effective on this team?
A. Network Administrator, Database Administrator, Programmers
B. Network Administrator, Emergency Response Team, Human Resources
C. Finance Officer, Human Resources, Security Administrator
D. Database Administrator, Facilities Manager, Physical Security Manager
Answer: C
Q6. - (Topic 2)
In an effort to minimize costs, the management of a small candy company wishes to explore a cloud service option for the development of its online applications. The company does not wish to invest heavily in IT infrastructure. Which of the following solutions should be recommended?
A. A public IaaS
B. A public PaaS
C. A public SaaS
D. A private SaaS
E. A private IaaS
F. A private PaaS
Answer: B
Q7. - (Topic 2)
After the install process, a software application executed an online activation process. After a few months, the system experienced a hardware failure. A backup image of the system was restored on a newer revision of the same brand and model device. After the restore, the specialized application no longer works. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the problem?
A. The binary files used by the application have been modified by malware.
B. The application is unable to perform remote attestation due to blocked ports.
C. The restored image backup was encrypted with the wrong key.
D. The hash key summary of hardware and installed software no longer match.
Answer: D
Q8. - (Topic 5)
A security analyst is tasked to create an executive briefing, which explains the activity and motivation of a cyber adversary. Which of the following is the MOST important content for the brief for management personnel to understand?
A. Threat actor types, threat actor motivation, and attack tools
B. Unsophisticated agents, organized groups, and nation states
C. Threat actor types, attack sophistication, and the anatomy of an attack
D. Threat actor types, threat actor motivation, and the attack impact
Answer: D
Q9. - (Topic 4)
A security administrator at Company XYZ is trying to develop a body of knowledge to enable heuristic and behavior based security event monitoring of activities on a geographically distributed network. Instrumentation is chosen to allow for monitoring and measuring the network. Which of the following is the BEST methodology to use in establishing this baseline?
A. Model the network in a series of VMs; instrument the systems to record comprehensive metrics; run a large volume of simulated data through the model; record and analyze results; document expected future behavior.
B. Completely duplicate the network on virtual machines; replay eight hours of captured corporate network traffic through the duplicate network; instrument the network; analyze the results; document the baseline.
C. Instrument the operational network; simulate extra traffic on the network; analyze net flow information from all network devices; document the baseline volume of traffic.
D. Schedule testing on operational systems when users are not present; instrument the systems to log all network traffic; monitor the network for at least eight hours; analyze the results; document the established baseline.
Answer: A
Q10. - (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
Q11. - (Topic 3)
A large corporation which is heavily reliant on IT platforms and systems is in financial difficulty and needs to drastically reduce costs in the short term to survive. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has mandated that all IT and architectural functions will be outsourced and a mixture of providers will be selected. One provider will manage the desktops for five years, another provider will manage the network for ten years, another provider will be responsible for security for four years, and an offshore provider will perform day to day business processing functions for two years. At the end of each contract the incumbent may be renewed or a new provider may be selected. Which of the following are the MOST likely risk implications of the CFO’s business decision?
A. Strategic architecture will be adversely impacted through the segregation of duties between the providers. Vendor management costs will remain unchanged. The risk position of the organization will decline as specialists now maintain the environment. The implementation of security controls and security updates will improve. Internal knowledge of IT systems will improve as providers maintain system documentation.
B. Strategic architecture will improve as more time can be dedicated to strategy. System stability will improve as providers use specialists and tested processes to maintain systems. Vendor management costs will increase and the organization’s flexibility to react to new market conditions will be reduced slightly. Internal knowledge of IT systems will improve as providers maintain system documentation. The risk position of the organization will remain unchanged.
C. Strategic architecture will not be impacted in the short term, but will be adversely impacted in the long term through the segregation of duties between the providers. Vendor management costs will stay the same and the organization’s flexibility to react to new market conditions will be improved through best of breed technology implementations. Internal knowledge of IT systems will decline over time. The implementation of security controls and security updates will not change.
D. Strategic architecture will be adversely impacted through the segregation of duties between the providers. Vendor management costs will increase and the organization’s flexibility to react to new market conditions will be reduced. Internal knowledge of IT systems will decline and decrease future platform development. The implementation of security controls and security updates will take longer as responsibility crosses multiple boundaries.
Answer: D
Q12. - (Topic 2)
A security administrator was recently hired in a start-up company to represent the interest of security and to assist the network team in improving security in the company. The programmers are not on good terms with the security team and do not want to be distracted with security issues while they are working on a major project. Which of the following is the BEST time to make them address security issues in the project?
A. In the middle of the project
B. At the end of the project
C. At the inception of the project
D. At the time they request
Answer: C
Q13. - (Topic 1)
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 RADIUS system 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.
Answer: A
Q14. - (Topic 3)
A developer is coding the crypto routine of an application that will be installed on a standard headless and diskless server connected to a NAS housed in the datacenter. The developer has written the following six lines of code to add entropy to the routine:
1 - If VIDEO input exists, use video data for entropy 2 - If AUDIO input exists, use audio data for entropy 3 - If MOUSE input exists, use mouse data for entropy 4 - IF KEYBOARD input exists, use keyboard data for entropy 5 - IF IDE input exists, use IDE data for entropy 6 - IF NETWORK input exists, use network data for entropy
Which of the following lines of code will result in the STRONGEST seed when combined?
A. 2 and 1
B. 3 and 5
C. 5 and 2
D. 6 and 4
Answer: D
Q15. - (Topic 5)
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. Encrypted storage of all customer log files
Answer: A,B,D