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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is the following paragraph an example of? <<ATTN: This system is for the use of authorized persons only. If you use this system without authority - or if you abuse your authority - then you are subject to having all of your activities on this sy






2. A Security Reference Monitor relates to which DoD security standard?






3. ___________ - generally considered 'need to know' access is given based on permissions granted to the user.






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






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






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






7. 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?






8. The ability to identify and audit a user and his / her actions is known as ____________.






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






10. Contracting with an insurance company to cover losses due to information security breaches is known as risk __________.






11. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






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






13. A true network security audit does include an audit for _____________






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






15. One method that can reduce exposure to malicious code is to ___________________






16. ______________ relates to the concept of protecting data from unauthorized users.






17. DES - Data Encryption standard has a 128 bit key and is ________






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






19. An intrusion detection system is an example of what type of countermeasure?






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






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






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






23. Which of the following is NOT and encryption algorithm?






24. EICAR is an example of a _____________ used to test AV products without introducing a live virus into the network.






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






26. This is more time consuming - numeric values - based on Annualized Loss Expectancy (ALE) formulas






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






28. Unclassified - Private - Confidential - Secret - Top Secret - and Internal Use Only are levels of ________________.






29. ____________ is used in mission critical systems and applications to lock down information based on sensitivity levels (Confidential - Top Secret - etc.






30. __________ attacks capitalize on programming errors and can allow the originator to gain additional privileges on a machine.






31. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






32. Today - ______________ are almost as serious as security violations






33. Accounting - Authentication - and ____________ are the AAAs of information security.






34. A virus is considered to be 'in the ______ ' if it has been reported as replicating and causing harm to computers.






35. A type of virus that resides in a Word or Excel document is called a ___________ virus?






36. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






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






38. Security incidents fall into a number of categories such as accidental - deliberate - and ____________.






39. ____________ is a file system that was poorly designed and has numerous security flaws.






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






41. Data being delivered from the source to the intended receiver without being altered






42. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






43. Companies can now be __________ just as easily as they can be sued for security compromises.






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






45. The PAP protocol sends passwords in clear text - while ____________ encrypts passwords. Both protocols are used by PPP (Point to Point Protocol) to transport IP traffic






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






47. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






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






49. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






50. ____ members of the staff need to be educated in disaster recovery procedures.