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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

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






2. They specifically target telephone networks






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






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






5. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






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






16. RSA is not based on a ________






17. 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 ______






18. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






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






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






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






23. __________________ will have weird characters printed at the beginning or end of an email message - what would it be anindication of?






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






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






26. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. These should be done on a weekly basis






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






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






41. 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






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






43. Main goals of an information security program






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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







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