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Q1. - (Topic 4)
Company XYZ has employed a consultant to perform a controls assessment of the HR system, backend business operations, and the SCADA system used in the factory. Which of the following correctly states the risk management options that the consultant should use during the assessment?
A. Risk reduction, risk sharing, risk retention, and risk acceptance.
B. Avoid, transfer, mitigate, and accept.
C. Risk likelihood, asset value, and threat level.
D. Calculate risk by determining technical likelihood and potential business impact.
Answer: B
Q2. - (Topic 3)
About twice a year a switch fails in a company's network center. Under the maintenance contract, the switch would be replaced in two hours losing the business $1,000 per hour. The cost of a spare switch is $3,000 with a 12-hour delivery time and would eliminate downtime costs if purchased ahead of time. The maintenance contract is $1,500 per year.
Which of the following is true in this scenario?
A. It is more cost-effective to eliminate the maintenance contract and purchase a replacement upon failure.
B. It is more cost-effective to purchase a spare switch prior to an outage and eliminate the maintenance contract.
C. It is more cost-effective to keep the maintenance contract instead of purchasing a spare switch prior to an outage.
D. It is more cost-effective to purchase a spare switch prior to an outage and keep the maintenance contract.
Answer: D
Q3. - (Topic 1)
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.
Answer: D,E
Q4. - (Topic 3)
A University uses a card transaction system that allows students to purchase goods using their student ID. Students can put money on their ID at terminals throughout the campus. The security administrator was notified that computer science students have been using the network to illegally put money on their cards. The administrator would like to attempt to reproduce what the students are doing. Which of the following is the BEST course of action?
A. Notify the transaction system vendor of the security vulnerability that was discovered.
B. Use a protocol analyzer to reverse engineer the transaction system’s protocol.
C. Contact the computer science students and threaten disciplinary action if they continue their actions.
D. Install a NIDS in front of all the transaction system terminals.
Answer: B
Q5. - (Topic 5)
Two universities are making their 802.11n wireless networks available to the other university’s students. The infrastructure will pass the student’s credentials back to the home school for authentication via the Internet.
The requirements are:
Mutual authentication of clients and authentication server The design should not limit connection speeds Authentication must be delegated to the home school No passwords should be sent unencrypted The following design was implemented: WPA2 Enterprise using EAP-PEAP-MSCHAPv2 will be used for wireless security RADIUS proxy servers will be used to forward authentication requests to the home school The RADIUS servers will have certificates from a common public certificate authority A strong shared secret will be used for RADIUS server authentication
Which of the following security considerations should be added to the design?
A. The transport layer between the RADIUS servers should be secured
B. WPA Enterprise should be used to decrease the network overhead
C. The RADIUS servers should have local accounts for the visiting students
D. Students should be given certificates to use for authentication to the network
Answer: A
Q6. - (Topic 4)
A security code reviewer has been engaged to manually review a legacy application. A number of systemic issues have been uncovered relating to buffer overflows and format string vulnerabilities.
The reviewer has advised that future software projects utilize managed code platforms if at all possible.
Which of the following languages would suit this recommendation? (Select TWO).
A. C
B. C#
C. C++
D. Perl
E. Java
Answer: B,E
Q7. - (Topic 1)
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
Answer: A
Q8. - (Topic 3)
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) of a technology company is likely to move away from a de-perimeterized model for employee owned devices. This is because there were too many issues with lack of patching, malware incidents, and data leakage due to lost/stolen devices which did not have full-disk encryption. The ‘bring your own computing’ approach was originally introduced because different business units preferred different operating systems and application stacks. Based on the issues and user needs, which of the following is the BEST recommendation for the CIO to make?
A. The de-perimeterized model should be kept as this is major industry trend and other companies are following this direction. Advise that the issues being faced are standard business as usual concerns in a modern IT environment.
B. Update the policy to disallow non-company end-point devices on the corporate network. Develop security-focused standard operating environments (SOEs) for all required operating systems and ensure the needs of each business unit are met.
C. The de-perimeterized model should be kept but update company policies to state that non-company end-points require full disk encryption, anti-virus software, and regular patching.
D. Update the policy to disallow non-company end-point devices on the corporate network. Allow only one type of outsourced SOE to all users as this will be easier to provision, secure, and will save money on operating costs.
Answer: B
Q9. - (Topic 5)
An IT administrator has been tasked by the Chief Executive Officer with implementing security using a single device based on the following requirements:
1. Selective sandboxing of suspicious code to determine malicious intent.
2. VoIP handling for SIP and H.323 connections.
3. Block potentially unwanted applications.
Which of the following devices would BEST meet all of these requirements?
A. UTM
B. HIDS
C. NIDS
D. WAF
E. HSM
Answer: A
Q10. - (Topic 4)
Part of the procedure for decommissioning a database server is to wipe all local disks, as well as SAN LUNs allocated to the server, even though the SAN itself is not being decommissioned. Which of the following is the reason for wiping the SAN LUNs?
A. LUN masking will prevent the next server from accessing the LUNs.
B. The data may be replicated to other sites that are not as secure.
C. Data remnants remain on the LUN that could be read by other servers.
D. The data is not encrypted during transport.
Answer: C
Q11. - (Topic 1)
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
Q12. - (Topic 2)
After reviewing a company’s NAS configuration and file system access logs, the auditor is advising the security administrator to implement additional security controls on the NFS export. The security administrator decides to remove the no_root_squash directive from the export and add the nosuid directive. Which of the following is true about the security controls implemented by the security administrator?
A. The newly implemented security controls are in place to ensure that NFS encryption can only be controlled by the root user.
B. Removing the no_root_squash directive grants the root user remote NFS read/write access to important files owned by root on the NAS.
C. Users with root access on remote NFS client computers can always use the SU command to modify other user’s files on the NAS.
D. Adding the nosuid directive disables regular users from accessing files owned by the root user over NFS even after using the SU command.
Answer: C
Q13. - (Topic 5)
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 sales team is continuously contacting the security administrator to answer security questions posed by potential customers/clients. Which of the following is the BEST strategy to minimize the frequency of these requests?
A. Request the major stakeholder hire a security liaison to assist the sales team with security-related questions.
B. Train the sales team about basic security, and make them aware of the security policies and procedures of the company.
C. The job description of the security administrator is to assist the sales team; thus the process should not be changed.
D. Compile a list of the questions, develop an FAQ on the website, and train the sales team about basic security concepts.
Answer: D
Q14. - (Topic 2)
A security services company is scoping a proposal with a client. They want to perform a general security audit of their environment within a two week period and consequently have the following requirements:
Requirement 1 – Ensure their server infrastructure operating systems are at their latest patch levels
Requirement 2 – Test the behavior between the application and database
Requirement 3 – Ensure that customer data can not be exfiltrated Which of the following is the BEST solution to meet the above requirements?
A. Penetration test, perform social engineering and run a vulnerability scanner
B. Perform dynamic code analysis, penetration test and run a vulnerability scanner
C. Conduct network analysis, dynamic code analysis, and static code analysis
D. Run a protocol analyzer perform static code analysis and vulnerability assessment
Answer: B
Q15. - (Topic 1)
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
Answer: B,E