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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

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1. _______________ supply AV engines with false information to avoid detection






2. Intentionally embedding secret data into a picture or some form of media is known as Steganographyor data ___________.






3. The ability to adjust access control to the exact amount of permission necessary is called ______________.






4. The act of intercepting the first message in a public key exchange and substituting a bogus key for the original key is an example of which style of attack?






5. These should be done on a weekly basis






6. __________ is the most famous Unix password cracking tool.






7. This free (for personal use) program is used to encrypt and decrypt emails.






8. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






9. In a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - what is the role of a directory server?






10. ___________________ viruses change the code order of the strain each time they replicate to another machine.






11. The __________ is the most dangerous part of a virus program.






12. ___________________ is responsible for creating security policies and for communicating those policies to system users.






13. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






14. Vulnerability x Threat = RISK is an example of the _______________.






15. _________ is a form of Denial of Service attack which interrupts the TCP three way handshake and leaves half open connections.






16. Organizations that can be a valid Certificate Authority (CA)






17. Although it is considered a low tech attack ____________ is still a very effective way of gaining unauthorized access to network systems.






18. Layer 4 of the OSI model corresponds to which layer of the DoD model?






19. Which organization(s) are responsible for the timely distribution of information security intelligence data?






20. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






21. Tiger - TCP Wrappers - TripWire - LogCheck - SATAN






22. Main goals of an information security program






23. The ultimate goal of a computer forensics specialist is to ___________________.






24. HTTP - FTP - SMTP reside at which layer of the OSI model?






25. When ________________it is very important to do document the chain of evidence by taking good notes and perform a bit-level back up of the data before analysis






26. What security principle is based on the division of job responsibilities - designed to prevent fraud?






27. Which auditing practice relates to the controlling of hardware - software - firmware - and documentation to insure it has not been improperly modified?






28. They specifically target telephone networks






29. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






30. Layer 4 in the DoD model overlaps with which layer(s) of the OSI model?






31. ________ is a protocol developed by Visa and MasterCard to protect electronic transactions.






32. A ______________ is an electronically generated record that ties a user's ID to their public key.






33. Trend Analysis involves analyzing historical ___________ files in order to look for patterns of abuse or misuse.






34. Instructions or code that executes on an end user's machine from a web browser is known as __________ code.






35. Which form of media is handled at the Physical Layer (Layer 1) of the OSI Reference Model?






36. Smart cards are a secure alternative to which weak security mechanism?






37. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






38. An attempt to break an encryption algorithm is called _____________.






39. It is difficult to prosecute a computer criminal if _________ are not deployed






40. A one way hash converts a string of random length into a _______________ encrypted string.






41. Macintosh computers are _____ at risk for receiving viruses.






42. If your telephone company suddenly started billing you for caller ID and call forwarding without your permission - this practice is referred to as __________________.






43. Countermeasures' main objectives






44. PGP & PEM are programs that allow users to send encrypted messages to each other. What form of encryption do these programs use?






45. RSA is not based on a ________






46. There are 5 classes of IP addresses available - but only 3 classes are in common use today






47. Identifying specific attempts to penetrate systems is the function of the _______________.






48. Logon and Logoff - Use of User Rights - Security Policy Change






49. The IDEA algorithm (used in PGP) is _______ bits long.






50. Although they are accused of being one in the same - _______________ are two distinctly different groups with different goals pertaining to computers.







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