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CISSP Operational Security
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Striped set with dual distributed parity - allows for recovery if two disks fail
RAID 6
differential backup
wiping
virus
2. Uses the dictionary attack but makes alterations to the word before putting the guess through the hashing algorithm
full backup
eradication
privilege monitoring
hybrid approach to password cracking
3. 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
DOS
RAID 3
reporting
4. Confidentiality attack on network traffic - involves monitoring packets as they traverse a network.
containment
RAID 3
need to know
sniffing
5. Two parties conspire to undermine the security of the transaction
zero day attacks
brute force approach to password cracking
parity
collusion
6. 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
detection
need to know
RAID 3
teardrop
7. 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
dictionary method of password cracking
degaussing
RAID 4
smurf
8. Used to prevent an attack from being able to simply guess the correct password by attempting a large number of possibilities
eradication
zero day attacks
incremental backup
account lockouts
9. The medium that allows the threat agent to exploit a vulnerability
incremental backup
change management
clipping levels
threat vectors
10. 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
rootkit
RAID
reporting
11. Spreading data across multiple hard disks. increases performance and does create data redundancy
eradication
land
striping
malware
12. An administrative security control that dictates a person should have no more access that the access that is strictly required to perform their job
principle of least privileges
RAID 5
dictionary method of password cracking
DDOS
13. 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
macro virus
sniffing
need to know
high availability clusters
14. 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
virus
RAID 1+0
recovery
man in the middle attack
15. Mirrored sets in a striped set (minimum four disks; even number of disks) provides fault tolerance and improved performance but increases complexity.
brute force approach to password cracking
reformatting
password guessing
RAID 1+0
16. 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.
mirroring
teardrop
RAID
service level agreements
17. 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
incremental backup
recovery
need to know
non-disclosure agreement
18. 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
containment
RAID 5
privilege monitoring
DNS reflection
19. 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.
account lockouts
spoofing
eradication
privilege monitoring
20. Define a minimum reporting threshold level and help differentiate an attack from noise - but can also cause false negatives
RAID 3
RAID 5+1
clipping levels
teardrop
21. 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
privilege monitoring
brute force approach to password cracking
detection
parity
22. Introducing a magnetic field to magnetic storage media. a degausser destroys the integrity of the magnetization of the storage media - making the data unrecoverable
collusion
containment
RAID 1+0
degaussing
23. Any type of software that attacks a system or application - also called malicious code
password cracking
high availability clusters
fraggle
malware
24. 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
reporting
RAID 5
rootkit
background checks
25. 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
DNS reflection
RAID
spoofing
ping of death
26. 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
high availability clusters
clipping levels
fraggle
malware
27. Back up any files that had changed since the last full backup
DDOS
ping of death
non-disclosure agreement
differential backup
28. 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
RAID
teardrop
virus
macro virus
29. Backup of any files that have changed since the last backup
active-active
incremental backup
spoofing
DOS
30. Data that persists beyond noninvasive means to delete it. sometimes used to refer to residual data that remains after sanitization takes place
virus
privilege monitoring
data remanence
RAID 6
31. 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
full backup
reformatting
threat agent
principle of least privileges
32. 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
high availability clusters
virus
containment
RAID 5
33. 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
reporting
sniffing
RAID 5+1
threat agent
34. 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 3
full backup
need to know
collusion
35. Redundant array of inexpensive disks - goal is to mitigate the risk of failure of a hard disk
non-disclosure agreement
RAID
spoofing
containment
36. 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
wiping
separation of duties
brute force approach to password cracking
non-disclosure agreement
37. An online technique that involves attempting to authenticate a particular user to a system
password guessing
recovery
macro virus
background checks
38. 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
dictionary method of password cracking
non-disclosure agreement
recovery
39. The actors causing the threats that might exploit a vulnerability
threat agent
RAID 5+1
RAID 1
incident response steps
40. Multi-raid - means that one standard RAID level is encapsulated within another.
RAID 1
teardrop
hybrid approach to password cracking
nested raid
41. Writing the same data on multiple hard disks
RAID 3
physical destruction
reporting
mirroring
42. Malicious code that infects Microsoft Office documents by means of embedding malicious macros within them.
active-active
hybrid approach to password cracking
macro virus
smurf
43. 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
land
rotation of job/duties
spoofing
hybrid approach to password cracking
44. Denial of service - one to one availability attack
wiping
man in the middle attack
RAID 0+1
DOS
45. A replica of all allocated data on a disk
SYN Flood
full backup
RAID
spoofing
46. Have the ability to self-propogate - or spread without user interaction. more well known worms: Code Red - Nimda - SQL Slammer - Blaster - MyDoom - Witty
background checks
malware
active-active
worm
47. A hot standy - configuration in which the backup systems only begin processing when a failure state is detected
high availability clusters
hybrid approach to password cracking
passive-active cluster
need to know
48. 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.
principle of least privileges
high availability clusters
containment
DDOS
49. 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
ping of death
DNS reflection
physical destruction
trojan horse
50. Detection - containment - eradication - recovery - reporting
incident response steps
containment
RAID 0+1
non-disclosure agreement