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CISSP Operational Security
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1. 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
non-disclosure agreement
DDOS
incremental backup
2. 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
nested raid
RAID 1+0
detection
separation of duties
3. Means load balancing - each node in a HA cluster is actively processing data prior to failure
threat agent
change management
nested raid
active-active
4. Backup of any files that have changed since the last backup
RAID 1
incremental backup
rootkit
account lockouts
5. Multi-raid - means that one standard RAID level is encapsulated within another.
teardrop
nested raid
parity
RAID 3
6. 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
DDOS
striping
recovery
background checks
7. The medium that allows the threat agent to exploit a vulnerability
threat vectors
password guessing
virus
mandatory vacation
8. Back up any files that had changed since the last full backup
differential backup
service level agreements
rootkit
malware
9. 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
zero day attacks
principle of least privileges
RAID 3
10. 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
RAID 6
active-active
man in the middle attack
service level agreements
11. More effective data sanitization technique where data on a drive is overwritten
principle of least privileges
wiping
mandatory vacation
spoofing
12. 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
RAID
RAID 6
rootkit
parity
13. Two parties conspire to undermine the security of the transaction
collusion
ping of death
RAID 1+0
rootkit
14. Administrative control - the sensitivity of the position being filled largely determines the extent to which this control is used. Try to uncover any information that may indicate a prospective employee will be unable to perform their job
privilege monitoring
rootkit
RAID 6
background checks
15. Dictionary attacks - directs the password cracking tool to use a supplied list of words as potential passwords.
RAID 4
non-disclosure agreement
dictionary method of password cracking
need to know
16. Process: identify a change - propose a change - assess the risk associated with the change - test - schedule the change - notify impacted parties - implement - report the results to management - all changes must be tracked and auditable - a detailed
recovery
DOS
change management
ping of death
17. Confidentiality attack on network traffic - involves monitoring packets as they traverse a network.
man in the middle attack
sniffing
degaussing
worm
18. 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
RAID 5
RAID 1+0
wiping
mirroring
19. Distributed denial of service - many to one availability attack
eradication
DDOS
reporting
change management
20. 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
teardrop
man in the middle attack
DDOS
brute force approach to password cracking
21. 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
high availability clusters
eradication
RAID 6
reporting
22. Uses the dictionary attack but makes alterations to the word before putting the guess through the hashing algorithm
rootkit
background checks
hybrid approach to password cracking
active-active
23. Have the ability to self-propogate - or spread without user interaction. more well known worms: Code Red - Nimda - SQL Slammer - Blaster - MyDoom - Witty
RAID 0
full backup
worm
background checks
24. Incident response stage in which the process of understanding the cause of the incident so that the system can be readily cleaned and ultimately restored.
hybrid approach to password cracking
eradication
separation of duties
rootkit
25. DOS - resource exhaustion - involves ICMP flooding. The attacker sends ICMP echo request messages with spoofed source addresses of the victim to the directed broadcast address of a network known to be smurf amplifier. As with most resource exhaustive
hybrid approach to password cracking
smurf
DNS reflection
containment
26. 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
fraggle
passive-active cluster
land
RAID 5
27. 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
RAID 6
degaussing
teardrop
need to know
28. 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
RAID 0+1
degaussing
rootkit
RAID
29. Redundant array of inexpensive disks - goal is to mitigate the risk of failure of a hard disk
RAID
differential backup
service level agreements
passive-active cluster
30. Mirrored striped set with distributed parity (some manufacturers label this as RAID 53)
incremental backup
mandatory vacation
RAID 5+1
password cracking
31. Detection - containment - eradication - recovery - reporting
incident response steps
RAID 3
collusion
RAID 0+1
32. 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
RAID 6
account lockouts
malware
rootkit
33. Data that persists beyond noninvasive means to delete it. sometimes used to refer to residual data that remains after sanitization takes place
RAID 6
land
data remanence
RAID 4
34. Administrative control - a work related contractual agreement that ensures that employees - prior to being given sensitive information - will maintain the confidentiality and sensitivity of this information (also considered a directive control)
dictionary method of password cracking
zero day attacks
threat vectors
non-disclosure agreement
35. 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
separation of duties
mirroring
data remanence
password guessing
36. Spreading data across multiple hard disks. increases performance and does create data redundancy
eradication
brute force approach to password cracking
mirroring
striping
37. Any type of software that attacks a system or application - also called malicious code
RAID 6
DDOS
malware
RAID 3
38. 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.
service level agreements
principle of least privileges
physical destruction
change management
39. Striped set - offers no data redundancy and is a poor choice if recovery of data is the reason for leveraging RAID
RAID 0
collusion
smurf
threat vectors
40. 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
threat vectors
clipping levels
zero day attacks
ping of death
41. 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
data remanence
incident response steps
RAID 3
brute force approach to password cracking
42. A hot standy - configuration in which the backup systems only begin processing when a failure state is detected
passive-active cluster
teardrop
reformatting
RAID 0
43. Attacks against vulnerabilities with no patch or fix
malware
differential backup
sniffing
zero day attacks
44. Malicious code that infects Microsoft Office documents by means of embedding malicious macros within them.
RAID 0+1
macro virus
mirroring
RAID 1
45. Administrative control where in order to mitigate risk and uncover potential fraud - employee's job or job functions are shifted and changed
rotation of job/duties
RAID 5
RAID
eradication
46. 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
SYN Flood
separation of duties
RAID 0+1
incremental backup
47. Introducing a magnetic field to magnetic storage media. a degausser destroys the integrity of the magnetization of the storage media - making the data unrecoverable
degaussing
RAID 6
RAID 0+1
trojan horse
48. Administrative control where employees are required to take a vacation. helps determine personnel single points of failure - detection and deterence of fraud - and the risk that comes with employees being unavailable for work. can also detect suspici
ping of death
service level agreements
mandatory vacation
smurf
49. 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
hybrid approach to password cracking
RAID 0
reformatting
brute force approach to password cracking
50. An online technique that involves attempting to authenticate a particular user to a system
hybrid approach to password cracking
full backup
password guessing
clipping levels