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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

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  • 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. Information security policies are a ___________________.






3. They specifically target telephone networks






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






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






6. Ways to deal with risk.






7. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






13. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






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






15. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






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






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






23. These should be done on a weekly basis






24. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






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






26. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






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






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






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






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






31. Unclassified - Private - Confidential - Secret - Top Secret - and Internal Use Only are levels of ________________.






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






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






34. _________________should be Written down - Clearly Communicated to all system users - Audited and revised periodically.






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






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






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






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






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






40. There are 65536 _________






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






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






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






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






45. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






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






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






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






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