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Which of the following data roles is responsible for identifying risks and appropriate access to data?
The correct answer is A. Option A: Owner
Which of the following physical controls can be used to both detect and deter? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is A, D. Option A: Lighting Option D: Sensor
A multinational bank hosts several servers in its data center. These servers run a business-critical application used by customers to access their account information. Which of the following should the bank use to ensure accessibility during peak usage times?
The correct answer is A. Option A: Load balancer
Explanation
A load balancer distributes requests across healthy backends to improve scale and availability.
The author of a software package is concerned about bad actors repackaging and inserting malware into the software. The software download is hosted on a website, and the author exclusively controls the website's contents. Which of the following techniques would best ensure the software's integrity?
The correct answer is B. Option B: Code signing
A third-party vendor is moving a particular application to the end-of-life stage at the end of the current year. Which of the following is the most critical risk if the company chooses to continue running the application?
The correct answer is A. Option A: Lack of security updates
A security analyst recently read a report about a flaw in several of the organization's printer models that causes credentials to be sent over the network in cleartext, regardless of the encryption settings. Which of the following would be best to use to validate this finding?
The correct answer is A. Option A: Wireshark This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.
A development team is launching a new public-facing web product. The Chief Information Security Officer has asked that the product be protected from attackers who use malformed or invalid inputs to destabilize the system. Which of the following practices should the development team implement?
The correct answer is A. Option A: Fuzzing This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.
During an annual review of the system design, an engineer identified a few issues with the currently released design. Which of the following should be performed next according to best practices?
The correct answer is D. Option D: Change control process
Which of the following is best to use when determining the severity of a vulnerability?
The correct answer is D. Option D: CVSS
An organization experienced a security breach that allowed an attacker to send fraudulent wire transfers from a hardened PC exclusively to the attacker's bank through remote connections. A security analyst is creating a timeline of events and has found a different PC on the network containing malware. Upon reviewing the command history, the analyst finds the following: PS>.\mimikatz.exe "sekurlsa::pth /user:localadmin /domain:corp-domain.com /ntlm:B4B9B02E1F29A3CF193EAB28C8D617D3F327 Which of the following best describes how the attacker gained access to the hardened PC?
The correct answer is B. Option B: The attacker performed a pass-the-hash attack using a shared support account. This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.
Which of the following is the best resource to consult for information on the most common application exploitation methods?
The correct answer is A. Option A: OWASP
A security analyst is reviewing the logs on an organization's DNS server and notices the following unusual snippet: Which of the following attack techniques was most likely used?
The correct answer is C. Option C: Footprinting the internal network This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.
A security analyst at an organization observed several user logins from outside the organization's network. The analyst determined that these logins were not performed by individuals within the organization. Which of the following recommendations would reduce the likelihood of future attacks? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is B, D. Option B: Conditional access policies Option D: Implementation of additional authentication factors This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.
A security team is addressing a risk associated with the attack surface of the organization's web application over port 443. Currently, no advanced network security capabilities are in place. Which of the following would be best to set up? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is A, E. Option A: NIDS Option E: WAF
Explanation
An intrusion detection system identifies and alerts on suspicious activity without normally blocking it. This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.
A systems administrator would like to create a point-in-time backup of a virtual machine. Which of the following should the administrator use?
The correct answer is C. Option C: Snapshot
A security administrator notices numerous unused, non-compliant desktops are connected to the network. Which of the following actions would the administrator most likely recommend to the management team?
The correct answer is B. Option B: Decommissioning This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.
Which of the following is a common data removal option for companies that want to wipe sensitive data from hard drives in a repeatable manner but allow the hard drives to be reused?
The correct answer is A. Option A: Sanitization
An organization wants to improve the company's security authentication method for remote employees. Given the following requirements: • Must work across SaaS and internal network applications • Must be device manufacturer agnostic • Must have offline capabilities Which of the following would be the most appropriate authentication method?
The correct answer is D. Option D: Time-based tokens This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.
A security officer is implementing a security awareness program and has placed security-themed posters around the building and assigned online user training. Which of the following will the security officer most likely implement?
The correct answer is C. Option C: Phishing campaign
Explanation
Phishing uses deceptive communication to obtain credentials, money, or execution of malicious content. This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.
A malicious update was distributed to a common software platform and disabled services at many organizations. Which of the following best describes this type of vulnerability?
The correct answer is D. Option D: Supply chain
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