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CISSP Operational Security
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Denial of service - one to one availability attack
active-active
wiping
rootkit
DOS
2. The actors causing the threats that might exploit a vulnerability
RAID 5
malware
threat agent
password guessing
3. A means to achieve data redundancy without incurring the same degree of cost as that of mirroring in terms of disk usage and write performance
password guessing
background checks
non-disclosure agreement
parity
4. Trying all possible password combinations until a correct match between the hashes is found. may make use of rainbow tables which contain precomputed password-hash combinations
brute force approach to password cracking
ping of death
incremental backup
password guessing
5. Redundant array of inexpensive disks - goal is to mitigate the risk of failure of a hard disk
mirroring
passive-active cluster
SYN Flood
RAID
6. Uses the dictionary attack but makes alterations to the word before putting the guess through the hashing algorithm
RAID
hybrid approach to password cracking
RAID 4
wiping
7. Backup of any files that have changed since the last backup
incremental backup
threat agent
RAID 1+0
threat vectors
8. Dictionary attacks - directs the password cracking tool to use a supplied list of words as potential passwords.
virus
dictionary method of password cracking
fraggle
background checks
9. Introducing a magnetic field to magnetic storage media. a degausser destroys the integrity of the magnetization of the storage media - making the data unrecoverable
privilege monitoring
degaussing
eradication
land
10. OS - like the smurf attack - leverages a third party - the attacker who has poorly configured third party DNS servers queries an attacker controlled DNS server and cahce the response (the maximum size DNS response). Once the large record is cached by
DNS reflection
reporting
RAID 0
recovery
11. Deleting the file allocation on a storage device. important in security because it does not delete the data - it merely deletes the points that are used to find the data
smurf
land
password guessing
reformatting
12. An offline technique in which the attacker has gained access to the password hashes or database
sniffing
threat vectors
mirroring
password cracking
13. Striped set - offers no data redundancy and is a poor choice if recovery of data is the reason for leveraging RAID
teardrop
mirroring
RAID 0
DOS
14. Incident response stage in which the affected system(s) are restored to operational status. typically the business unit responsible for the system will dictate when the system will go back online. close monitoring is necessary
recovery
RAID 0+1
rootkit
data remanence
15. Striped sets in a mirrored set (minimum four disks; even number of disks) provides fault tolerance and improved performance but increases complexity. The key difference from RAID 1+0 is that RAID 0+1 creates a second striped set to mirror a primary s
mirroring
mandatory vacation
RAID 0+1
eradication
16. DOS - resource exhaustion - most basic type of resource exhaustive attacks - and involve an attacker - or attacker controlled machines - initiating many connections to the victim - but not responding to the victim's SYN/ACK packets. The victim's conn
RAID 6
recovery
SYN Flood
brute force approach to password cracking
17. Multi-raid - means that one standard RAID level is encapsulated within another.
passive-active cluster
nested raid
RAID 1+0
reporting
18. Administrative security control used in MAC systems where access determination is based upon a clearance level of subjects and classification levels of objects. Compartmentalization enforces need to know which necessitates that someone requires acces
non-disclosure agreement
ping of death
need to know
zero day attacks
19. Two parties conspire to undermine the security of the transaction
detection
RAID 5+1
collusion
rootkit
20. Incident response stage in which a final report is presented to management. the goal is to detail ways in which the identification could have occurred sooner - the response could have been quicker or more effective - and organizational shortcomings t
incremental backup
detection
principle of least privileges
reporting
21. Striped set with dual distributed parity - allows for recovery if two disks fail
RAID 6
RAID 1+0
change management
background checks
22. Places the attacker between the victim and another system. the attackers goal is to be able to serve as an undiscovered proxy for either or both of two endpoints engaging in communication. Uses sniffing and spoofing. The capabilities of session hijac
non-disclosure agreement
service level agreements
clipping levels
man in the middle attack
23. A hot standy - configuration in which the backup systems only begin processing when a failure state is detected
RAID 0
dictionary method of password cracking
full backup
passive-active cluster
24. Spreading data across multiple hard disks. increases performance and does create data redundancy
striping
high availability clusters
DNS reflection
dictionary method of password cracking
25. Confidentiality attack on network traffic - involves monitoring packets as they traverse a network.
RAID 3
passive-active cluster
sniffing
wiping
26. Malicious code that infects Microsoft Office documents by means of embedding malicious macros within them.
macro virus
clipping levels
passive-active cluster
service level agreements
27. Mirrored sets in a striped set (minimum four disks; even number of disks) provides fault tolerance and improved performance but increases complexity.
virus
incremental backup
wiping
RAID 1+0
28. Mirrored striped set with distributed parity (some manufacturers label this as RAID 53)
ping of death
degaussing
separation of duties
RAID 5+1
29. Any type of software that attacks a system or application - also called malicious code
mirroring
differential backup
nested raid
malware
30. Back up any files that had changed since the last full backup
rotation of job/duties
separation of duties
RAID 5+1
differential backup
31. DOS - Malformed packet - denial of service involved in sending a malformed ICMP echo request (ping) that was larger than the maximum size of an IP packet. Patching TCPIP stacks of systems removed the vulnerability of this DOS attack
reporting
high availability clusters
sniffing
ping of death
32. DOS - resource exhaustion - a variation of the smurf attack - the main difference being that fraggle leverages UDP for the request portion - and stimulates an ICMP port unreachable message being sent to he victim rather than an ICMP echo response
mirroring
fraggle
sniffing
recovery
33. Striped set with dedicated parity at the byte level - data at the byte level is striped across multiple disks - but an additional disk is leveraged for storage of parity information - which is used for recovery in the event of a failure. allows for d
password guessing
virus
malware
RAID 3
34. Incident response stage in which events are analyzed in order to determine whether these events might comprise a security incident. is the event occurring or has it occurred
full backup
degaussing
differential backup
detection
35. Data that persists beyond noninvasive means to delete it. sometimes used to refer to residual data that remains after sanitization takes place
data remanence
nested raid
brute force approach to password cracking
RAID 6
36. Most often associated with providing an attacker with persistent backdoor access. Trojans provide desirable functionality that the user is seeking but also come with malicious functionality that the user does not anticipate
wiping
service level agreements
mandatory vacation
trojan horse
37. Mirrored set - creates an exact duplicate of all data to an additional disk. allows for data recovery in the event that n-1 disk fails
RAID 1
reporting
malware
RAID 5+1
38. DOS - malformed packet - the teardrop attack is a malformed packet attack that targets issues with systems fragmentation reassembly. The attack involves sending packets with overlapping fragment offsets - which can cause a system attempting to reasse
DNS reflection
rotation of job/duties
dictionary method of password cracking
teardrop
39. Term used for malware that is focused on hiding its own existence. Typical capabilities include file - folder - process - and network connection hiding. The techniques developed with rootkits are now commonly included in other types of malware
change management
rootkit
wiping
SYN Flood
40. Define a minimum reporting threshold level and help differentiate an attack from noise - but can also cause false negatives
clipping levels
ping of death
worm
differential backup
41. DOS - malformed packet - the land attack uses spoofed SYN packet that includes the victim's IP address and TCP port as both source and destination. This attack targets the TCPIP stack
man in the middle attack
brute force approach to password cracking
rotation of job/duties
land
42. An online technique that involves attempting to authenticate a particular user to a system
reformatting
password guessing
RAID 0
principle of least privileges
43. Detection - containment - eradication - recovery - reporting
RAID 5+1
incident response steps
land
separation of duties
44. Incident response stage in which the response team attempts to keep further damage from occurring as a result of the incident. also the phase where a binary forensic backup is made of systems involved in the incident.
teardrop
containment
service level agreements
fraggle
45. Malicious code that hooks onto executable code - and requires user interaction to spread. In addition to spreading - the actual payload of the virus - that is - what it is intended to do - could be anything
principle of least privileges
virus
spoofing
separation of duties
46. Masquerading as another endpoint. presenting false information - usually within packets - to trick other systems and hide the origin of the message. done to prevent an identity from becoming uncovered
spoofing
mandatory vacation
dictionary method of password cracking
wiping
47. Have the ability to self-propogate - or spread without user interaction. more well known worms: Code Red - Nimda - SQL Slammer - Blaster - MyDoom - Witty
worm
password cracking
change management
RAID
48. Distributed denial of service - many to one availability attack
sniffing
DDOS
RAID 0+1
RAID 5+1
49. Striped set with distributed parity - uses block level striping - writes parity information that is used for recovery purposes. distributes the parity information across multiple disks. allows for data recovery in the event that one disk fails
man in the middle attack
account lockouts
RAID 0+1
RAID 5
50. Used to prevent an attack from being able to simply guess the correct password by attempting a large number of possibilities
DNS reflection
account lockouts
trojan horse
wiping