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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. __________ attacks capitalize on programming errors and can allow the originator to gain additional privileges on a machine.






2. Used in ______________:Retinal Scanning - Fingerprints - Face Recognition - Voice Recognition






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. A security policy is a ___________ set of rules that must be followed explicitly in order to be effective.






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






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






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






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






13. Examples of One- Time Password technology






14. Information security policies are a ___________________.






15. Main goals of an information security program






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






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






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






19. Code Review - Certification - Accreditation - Functional Design Review - System Test Review






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






21. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






22. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






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






24. What term describes the amount of risk that remains after the countermeasures have been deployed and the vulnerabilities classified?






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






26. ______________ is a major component of an overall risk management program.






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






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






29. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






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






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






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






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






34. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






35. There are 65536 _________






36. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






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






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






40. 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?






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






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






43. 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






44. There are 6 types of security control practices. ___________ controls are management policies - procedures - and guidelines that usually effect the entire system. These types of controls deal with system auditing and usability.






45. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






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






48. Public keys are used for encrypting messages and private keys are used for __________messages.






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






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