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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
principle of least privileges
passive-active cluster
RAID 1
active-active
2. 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
worm
incremental backup
need to know
privilege monitoring
3. 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
privilege monitoring
RAID
macro virus
DNS reflection
4. 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
trojan horse
brute force approach to password cracking
RAID 0
5. 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
RAID 1
RAID 1+0
6. More effective data sanitization technique where data on a drive is overwritten
RAID 5+1
wiping
mandatory vacation
DDOS
7. 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
parity
spoofing
SYN Flood
8. 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
mandatory vacation
password cracking
wiping
incident response steps
9. An online technique that involves attempting to authenticate a particular user to a system
wiping
active-active
teardrop
password guessing
10. Used to prevent an attack from being able to simply guess the correct password by attempting a large number of possibilities
mirroring
DOS
account lockouts
separation of duties
11. 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
privilege monitoring
ping of death
rootkit
12. Mirrored striped set with distributed parity (some manufacturers label this as RAID 53)
DDOS
malware
RAID 5+1
mirroring
13. 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
trojan horse
smurf
RAID 4
service level agreements
14. Any type of software that attacks a system or application - also called malicious code
non-disclosure agreement
malware
parity
RAID 6
15. 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)
threat vectors
separation of duties
non-disclosure agreement
macro virus
16. 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
ping of death
smurf
reporting
sniffing
17. Define a minimum reporting threshold level and help differentiate an attack from noise - but can also cause false negatives
clipping levels
worm
change management
DOS
18. Redundant array of inexpensive disks - goal is to mitigate the risk of failure of a hard disk
RAID
collusion
non-disclosure agreement
threat agent
19. Two parties conspire to undermine the security of the transaction
collusion
rootkit
RAID 1
service level agreements
20. Distributed denial of service - many to one availability attack
differential backup
DDOS
RAID 6
zero day attacks
21. Striped set - offers no data redundancy and is a poor choice if recovery of data is the reason for leveraging RAID
worm
RAID 0
RAID
brute force approach to password cracking
22. Uses the dictionary attack but makes alterations to the word before putting the guess through the hashing algorithm
RAID 1+0
fraggle
hybrid approach to password cracking
RAID 6
23. An offline technique in which the attacker has gained access to the password hashes or database
passive-active cluster
RAID 1+0
change management
password cracking
24. Backup of any files that have changed since the last backup
clipping levels
mirroring
malware
incremental backup
25. 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
striping
reporting
hybrid approach to password cracking
password cracking
26. 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
RAID 5
collusion
high availability clusters
parity
27. 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
full backup
RAID 5
RAID 0
rootkit
28. A hot standy - configuration in which the backup systems only begin processing when a failure state is detected
separation of duties
passive-active cluster
data remanence
parity
29. The actors causing the threats that might exploit a vulnerability
threat agent
mirroring
containment
RAID 3
30. Spreading data across multiple hard disks. increases performance and does create data redundancy
zero day attacks
land
striping
DDOS
31. Confidentiality attack on network traffic - involves monitoring packets as they traverse a network.
sniffing
change management
password cracking
DDOS
32. Mirrored sets in a striped set (minimum four disks; even number of disks) provides fault tolerance and improved performance but increases complexity.
land
RAID 1+0
privilege monitoring
trojan horse
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
RAID 3
RAID
striping
sniffing
34. 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
collusion
smurf
reformatting
reporting
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
rotation of job/duties
reformatting
DDOS
separation of duties
36. Denial of service - one to one availability attack
RAID 1
password guessing
mandatory vacation
DOS
37. 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
striping
background checks
RAID 5
password cracking
38. 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
password cracking
RAID 6
differential backup
39. An administrative security control that dictates a person should have no more access that the access that is strictly required to perform their job
nested raid
hybrid approach to password cracking
principle of least privileges
RAID 0
40. Detection - containment - eradication - recovery - reporting
incident response steps
RAID 1+0
incremental backup
RAID 6
41. Writing the same data on multiple hard disks
mirroring
spoofing
account lockouts
reporting
42. Attacks against vulnerabilities with no patch or fix
password guessing
malware
incident response steps
zero day attacks
43. 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
virus
degaussing
privilege monitoring
44. 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
password cracking
differential backup
degaussing
45. 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
service level agreements
detection
ping of death
mirroring
46. 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
virus
sniffing
reporting
DOS
47. Considered the most secure means of data sanititzation - commonly uses incineration or pulverization
nested raid
need to know
physical destruction
parity
48. Data that persists beyond noninvasive means to delete it. sometimes used to refer to residual data that remains after sanitization takes place
threat agent
RAID 3
smurf
data remanence
49. Means load balancing - each node in a HA cluster is actively processing data prior to failure
worm
active-active
fraggle
incident response steps
50. 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.
nested raid
service level agreements
incremental backup
data remanence