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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

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






2. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Countermeasures' main objectives






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






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






28. Main goals of an information security program






29. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






30. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






31. There are 65536 _________






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






33. There are 5 classes of IP addresses available - but only 3 classes are in common use today






34. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






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






36. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






37. The most secure method for storing backup tapes is?






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






39. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






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






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






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






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






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






46. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






48. Information security policies are a ___________________.






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






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







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