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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. The most secure method for storing backup tapes is?






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






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






4. Is the person who is attempting to log on really who they say they are? What form of access control does this questions stem from?






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






6. Examples of One- Time Password technology






7. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






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






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






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






11. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






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






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






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






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






16. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






17. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






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






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






21. Passwords: should be audited on a regular basis- should contain some form of your name or userid - should never be shared or written down






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. Countermeasures' main objectives






41. Main goals of an information security program






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






43. Information security policies are a ___________________.






44. To help managers find the correct cost balance between risks and countermeasures






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






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






47. Unlike like viruses and worm - __________ are bogus messages that spread via email forwarding.






48. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






49. Ways to deal with risk.






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