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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Passwords: should be audited on a regular basis- should contain some form of your name or userid - should never be shared or written down






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






3. __________ is a tool used by network administrators to capture packets from a network.






4. They specifically target telephone networks






5. RSA is not based on a ________






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






7. A standardized list of the most common security weaknesses and exploits is the __________.






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






9. What type of software can be used to prevent - detect (and possibly correct) malicious activities on a system?






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






11. The most secure method for storing backup tapes is?






12. Stealth viruses live in memory while __________ are written to disk






13. Which of the concepts best describes Availability in relation to computer resources?






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






15. A boot sector virus goes to work when what event takes place?






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






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






18. IKE - Internet Key Exchange is often used in conjunction with what security standard?






19. Types of firewalls: Packet Filtering - Application Proxy - and _________________.






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






21. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






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






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






24. Which major vendor adopted TACACS into its product line as a form of AAA architecture?






25. What is the main difference between computer abuse and computer crime?






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






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






28. Diffie Hellman - RSA - and ___________ are all examples of Public Key cryptography?






29. Consists of checking for Minimum password length - Password aging - Password Strength - Blank Passwords?






30. Committing computer crimes in such small doses that they almost go unnoticed.






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






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






33. So far - no one has been able to crack the ____________ with Brute Force.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Ways to deal with risk.






41. Main goals of an information security program






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






43. Each password must have a combination of upper case - lower case - numbers and special characters - 6 character minimum password length - This rule is enforced by ______






44. ______________ is a Unix security scanning tool developed at Texas A&M university.






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






46. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






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






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






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






50. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems