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CISSP Operational Security
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1. 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
mirroring
macro virus
trojan horse
detection
2. Back up any files that had changed since the last full backup
differential backup
DDOS
fraggle
recovery
3. 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
zero day attacks
service level agreements
rootkit
malware
4. Used to prevent an attack from being able to simply guess the correct password by attempting a large number of possibilities
account lockouts
physical destruction
RAID 0
teardrop
5. Striped set - offers no data redundancy and is a poor choice if recovery of data is the reason for leveraging RAID
RAID 0
account lockouts
detection
fraggle
6. Means load balancing - each node in a HA cluster is actively processing data prior to failure
fraggle
teardrop
collusion
active-active
7. Malicious code that infects Microsoft Office documents by means of embedding malicious macros within them.
land
incremental backup
macro virus
smurf
8. Any type of software that attacks a system or application - also called malicious code
RAID 3
SYN Flood
mirroring
malware
9. 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
eradication
clipping levels
macro virus
10. Multi-raid - means that one standard RAID level is encapsulated within another.
spoofing
account lockouts
nested raid
fraggle
11. Striped set with dual distributed parity - allows for recovery if two disks fail
RAID 6
virus
rootkit
spoofing
12. 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 5
spoofing
SYN Flood
RAID
13. 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
rootkit
incident response steps
teardrop
brute force approach to password cracking
14. Administrative control that makes sure employees have the proper rights and privileges to perform their work. escalation of priviliges can occur as employees are promoted or change jobs - yet their access rights and priveleges to systems and informat
high availability clusters
eradication
incremental backup
privilege monitoring
15. 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
mirroring
RAID 5
service level agreements
incident response steps
16. An administrative security control that dictates a person should have no more access that the access that is strictly required to perform their job
physical destruction
parity
RAID 0
principle of least privileges
17. 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
DOS
data remanence
need to know
DDOS
18. Confidentiality attack on network traffic - involves monitoring packets as they traverse a network.
sniffing
passive-active cluster
reformatting
account lockouts
19. 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
collusion
parity
RAID 5+1
detection
20. 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
zero day attacks
RAID 0+1
collusion
active-active
21. A replica of all allocated data on a disk
threat vectors
principle of least privileges
incremental backup
full backup
22. 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
virus
reformatting
fraggle
trojan horse
23. More effective data sanitization technique where data on a drive is overwritten
parity
wiping
RAID
land
24. Failover cluster - employs multiple systems that are already installed - configured - and plugged in - such that if a failover causes one of the systems to fail - then the other can be seamlessly leveraged to maintain the availability of the service
high availability clusters
RAID 5
man in the middle attack
collusion
25. Distributed denial of service - many to one availability attack
degaussing
zero day attacks
DDOS
RAID
26. Denial of service - one to one availability attack
service level agreements
DOS
detection
SYN Flood
27. 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
RAID 0+1
change management
nested raid
ping of death
28. 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
DDOS
reporting
eradication
privilege monitoring
29. Redundant array of inexpensive disks - goal is to mitigate the risk of failure of a hard disk
RAID
virus
RAID 0
data remanence
30. Spreading data across multiple hard disks. increases performance and does create data redundancy
separation of duties
worm
principle of least privileges
striping
31. 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
background checks
man in the middle attack
hybrid approach to password cracking
32. 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
RAID 1+0
need to know
full backup
DNS reflection
33. Considered the most secure means of data sanititzation - commonly uses incineration or pulverization
background checks
physical destruction
DOS
need to know
34. Administrative security control that prescribes that multiple people are required to complete critical or sensitive transactions. The goal is to ensure that in order for someone to be able to abuse their access to sensitive information or transaction
RAID 0
hybrid approach to password cracking
containment
separation of duties
35. 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
man in the middle attack
zero day attacks
incremental backup
background checks
36. Uses the dictionary attack but makes alterations to the word before putting the guess through the hashing algorithm
reporting
hybrid approach to password cracking
land
RAID
37. 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
detection
RAID 1+0
trojan horse
reporting
38. 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
reformatting
trojan horse
DDOS
non-disclosure agreement
39. Backup of any files that have changed since the last backup
virus
separation of duties
incremental backup
active-active
40. An online technique that involves attempting to authenticate a particular user to a system
password guessing
recovery
malware
non-disclosure agreement
41. Mirrored striped set with distributed parity (some manufacturers label this as RAID 53)
RAID 5+1
DOS
detection
high availability clusters
42. Stipulate all expectations regarding the providing of a service and its quality. what is considered acceptable regarding things such as bandwidth - time to delivery - response time - etc.
change management
hybrid approach to password cracking
service level agreements
brute force approach to password cracking
43. 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
physical destruction
degaussing
virus
active-active
44. The medium that allows the threat agent to exploit a vulnerability
threat vectors
RAID 6
principle of least privileges
non-disclosure agreement
45. Striped set with dedicated parity at the block level - employs a dedicated parity drive rather than having parity data distributed amongst all disks. allows for data recovery in the event that one disk fails
full backup
RAID 4
macro virus
wiping
46. The actors causing the threats that might exploit a vulnerability
threat agent
account lockouts
RAID 4
fraggle
47. Administrative control where in order to mitigate risk and uncover potential fraud - employee's job or job functions are shifted and changed
DNS reflection
rootkit
rotation of job/duties
differential backup
48. Attacks against vulnerabilities with no patch or fix
zero day attacks
RAID 1+0
smurf
differential backup
49. Have the ability to self-propogate - or spread without user interaction. more well known worms: Code Red - Nimda - SQL Slammer - Blaster - MyDoom - Witty
RAID 5
worm
land
DNS reflection
50. 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
mandatory vacation
passive-active cluster
RAID
spoofing