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CISSP Operational Security
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1. 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
eradication
clipping levels
malware
rootkit
2. 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
threat vectors
wiping
spoofing
password cracking
3. 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
high availability clusters
separation of duties
teardrop
RAID 0+1
4. Striped set with dual distributed parity - allows for recovery if two disks fail
RAID 6
RAID 3
separation of duties
RAID 0
5. Denial of service - one to one availability attack
teardrop
smurf
DOS
virus
6. Redundant array of inexpensive disks - goal is to mitigate the risk of failure of a hard disk
collusion
malware
RAID
containment
7. Administrative control where in order to mitigate risk and uncover potential fraud - employee's job or job functions are shifted and changed
rootkit
change management
rotation of job/duties
differential backup
8. 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
high availability clusters
need to know
separation of duties
clipping levels
9. 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
ping of death
RAID 5+1
brute force approach to password cracking
privilege monitoring
10. A hot standy - configuration in which the backup systems only begin processing when a failure state is detected
virus
passive-active cluster
account lockouts
RAID 6
11. 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
active-active
smurf
nested raid
12. 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.
RAID 5
ping of death
service level agreements
password cracking
13. An online technique that involves attempting to authenticate a particular user to a system
zero day attacks
striping
rotation of job/duties
password guessing
14. Used to prevent an attack from being able to simply guess the correct password by attempting a large number of possibilities
account lockouts
need to know
RAID 5+1
spoofing
15. Means load balancing - each node in a HA cluster is actively processing data prior to failure
worm
privilege monitoring
active-active
differential backup
16. 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
RAID 3
rootkit
account lockouts
RAID 0+1
17. Mirrored striped set with distributed parity (some manufacturers label this as RAID 53)
containment
nested raid
need to know
RAID 5+1
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
change management
rotation of job/duties
RAID 5
RAID 1+0
19. An administrative security control that dictates a person should have no more access that the access that is strictly required to perform their job
background checks
macro virus
detection
principle of least privileges
20. 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
dictionary method of password cracking
containment
background checks
high availability clusters
21. Introducing a magnetic field to magnetic storage media. a degausser destroys the integrity of the magnetization of the storage media - making the data unrecoverable
brute force approach to password cracking
degaussing
background checks
non-disclosure agreement
22. 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
password guessing
land
reporting
clipping levels
23. More effective data sanitization technique where data on a drive is overwritten
malware
wiping
physical destruction
RAID 5
24. Striped set - offers no data redundancy and is a poor choice if recovery of data is the reason for leveraging RAID
recovery
brute force approach to password cracking
RAID 0
separation of duties
25. 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
malware
parity
smurf
passive-active cluster
26. 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
threat vectors
wiping
privilege monitoring
teardrop
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
collusion
RAID 4
ping of death
need to know
28. Backup of any files that have changed since the last backup
RAID 5
RAID 3
incremental backup
change management
29. 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.
threat vectors
SYN Flood
eradication
account lockouts
30. 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
reporting
reformatting
change management
nested raid
31. Distributed denial of service - many to one availability attack
DDOS
RAID 4
RAID 0
dictionary method of password cracking
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
DOS
RAID 5
physical destruction
fraggle
33. Have the ability to self-propogate - or spread without user interaction. more well known worms: Code Red - Nimda - SQL Slammer - Blaster - MyDoom - Witty
rootkit
privilege monitoring
clipping levels
worm
34. Spreading data across multiple hard disks. increases performance and does create data redundancy
striping
worm
background checks
RAID 1
35. Considered the most secure means of data sanititzation - commonly uses incineration or pulverization
containment
physical destruction
change management
service level agreements
36. Attacks against vulnerabilities with no patch or fix
hybrid approach to password cracking
reformatting
zero day attacks
macro virus
37. 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
brute force approach to password cracking
trojan horse
need to know
physical destruction
38. Detection - containment - eradication - recovery - reporting
non-disclosure agreement
differential backup
sniffing
incident response steps
39. 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
brute force approach to password cracking
detection
differential backup
smurf
40. The actors causing the threats that might exploit a vulnerability
threat agent
mandatory vacation
service level agreements
need to know
41. 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
striping
recovery
detection
password guessing
42. Two parties conspire to undermine the security of the transaction
separation of duties
collusion
sniffing
service level agreements
43. The medium that allows the threat agent to exploit a vulnerability
RAID 5
DNS reflection
threat vectors
dictionary method of password cracking
44. Uses the dictionary attack but makes alterations to the word before putting the guess through the hashing algorithm
threat vectors
principle of least privileges
hybrid approach to password cracking
DOS
45. Malicious code that infects Microsoft Office documents by means of embedding malicious macros within them.
land
sniffing
RAID 1+0
macro virus
46. 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
service level agreements
land
reporting
47. 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
smurf
hybrid approach to password cracking
striping
RAID 0+1
48. Mirrored sets in a striped set (minimum four disks; even number of disks) provides fault tolerance and improved performance but increases complexity.
malware
RAID 1+0
RAID 0
passive-active cluster
49. Define a minimum reporting threshold level and help differentiate an attack from noise - but can also cause false negatives
clipping levels
RAID 6
RAID 5+1
change management
50. An offline technique in which the attacker has gained access to the password hashes or database
need to know
collusion
password cracking
separation of duties