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CISSP Operational Security
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1. 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
need to know
background checks
password cracking
threat vectors
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
spoofing
password cracking
physical destruction
ping of death
3. Have the ability to self-propogate - or spread without user interaction. more well known worms: Code Red - Nimda - SQL Slammer - Blaster - MyDoom - Witty
high availability clusters
rotation of job/duties
worm
reporting
4. 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 0
malware
RAID 6
5. 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
mandatory vacation
incident response steps
SYN Flood
land
6. Used to prevent an attack from being able to simply guess the correct password by attempting a large number of possibilities
RAID 6
principle of least privileges
account lockouts
clipping levels
7. Attacks against vulnerabilities with no patch or fix
RAID 1+0
land
threat agent
zero day attacks
8. 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
incident response steps
incremental backup
RAID 1+0
9. Define a minimum reporting threshold level and help differentiate an attack from noise - but can also cause false negatives
mirroring
clipping levels
change management
sniffing
10. 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)
virus
full backup
sniffing
non-disclosure agreement
11. Uses the dictionary attack but makes alterations to the word before putting the guess through the hashing algorithm
hybrid approach to password cracking
separation of duties
RAID
RAID 1+0
12. Writing the same data on multiple hard disks
zero day attacks
background checks
mirroring
clipping levels
13. Any type of software that attacks a system or application - also called malicious code
background checks
SYN Flood
malware
rootkit
14. Mirrored striped set with distributed parity (some manufacturers label this as RAID 53)
RAID 4
RAID 5+1
fraggle
smurf
15. 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
zero day attacks
account lockouts
reporting
16. 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
detection
DNS reflection
differential backup
17. A replica of all allocated data on a disk
virus
collusion
mandatory vacation
full backup
18. 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.
RAID 6
physical destruction
hybrid approach to password cracking
eradication
19. Data that persists beyond noninvasive means to delete it. sometimes used to refer to residual data that remains after sanitization takes place
reformatting
service level agreements
rotation of job/duties
data remanence
20. 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
differential backup
eradication
reformatting
21. 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
threat vectors
change management
trojan horse
service level agreements
22. Mirrored sets in a striped set (minimum four disks; even number of disks) provides fault tolerance and improved performance but increases complexity.
clipping levels
eradication
RAID
RAID 1+0
23. 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
hybrid approach to password cracking
data remanence
service level agreements
fraggle
24. Two parties conspire to undermine the security of the transaction
degaussing
RAID 5+1
DOS
collusion
25. Back up any files that had changed since the last full backup
recovery
high availability clusters
differential backup
incremental backup
26. An online technique that involves attempting to authenticate a particular user to a system
password guessing
DDOS
DNS reflection
virus
27. An administrative security control that dictates a person should have no more access that the access that is strictly required to perform their job
differential backup
clipping levels
DOS
principle of least privileges
28. 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.
nested raid
man in the middle attack
containment
service level agreements
29. Backup of any files that have changed since the last backup
separation of duties
smurf
incremental backup
malware
30. 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
threat agent
collusion
data remanence
rootkit
31. 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
change management
data remanence
DOS
collusion
32. 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
data remanence
RAID 0+1
RAID 6
hybrid approach to password cracking
33. 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
RAID 3
teardrop
service level agreements
reporting
34. 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
rotation of job/duties
hybrid approach to password cracking
RAID 4
rootkit
35. The actors causing the threats that might exploit a vulnerability
threat agent
malware
RAID 1
principle of least privileges
36. 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
RAID 1
parity
nested raid
privilege monitoring
37. 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
hybrid approach to password cracking
fraggle
account lockouts
virus
38. 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
fraggle
DNS reflection
rootkit
incremental backup
39. Confidentiality attack on network traffic - involves monitoring packets as they traverse a network.
teardrop
RAID 5+1
sniffing
service level agreements
40. 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
mirroring
RAID 5
rootkit
smurf
41. Means load balancing - each node in a HA cluster is actively processing data prior to failure
brute force approach to password cracking
change management
active-active
RAID 3
42. 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
sniffing
man in the middle attack
dictionary method of password cracking
high availability clusters
43. Considered the most secure means of data sanititzation - commonly uses incineration or pulverization
physical destruction
macro virus
DOS
DNS reflection
44. Striped set - offers no data redundancy and is a poor choice if recovery of data is the reason for leveraging RAID
SYN Flood
worm
rootkit
RAID 0
45. 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
data remanence
active-active
RAID 1
fraggle
46. Redundant array of inexpensive disks - goal is to mitigate the risk of failure of a hard disk
RAID 5+1
RAID
RAID 6
trojan horse
47. 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
teardrop
containment
rootkit
RAID 5
48. 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
fraggle
differential backup
reformatting
dictionary method of password cracking
49. Denial of service - one to one availability attack
recovery
DOS
data remanence
RAID 1
50. 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
clipping levels
containment
ping of death
reformatting