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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. __________ is a tool used by network administrators to capture packets from a network.






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






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






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






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






6. Countermeasures' main objectives






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






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






9. Main goals of an information security program






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






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






12. Ways to deal with risk.






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






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






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






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






17. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






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






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






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






21. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






22. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






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






25. Examples of One- Time Password technology






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






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






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






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






34. S/MIME was developed for the protection of what communication mechanism(s)?






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






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






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






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






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






40. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






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






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






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






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






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






46. The ability to adjust access control to the exact amount of permission necessary is called ______________.






47. 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.






48. Macintosh computers are _____ at risk for receiving viruses.






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






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