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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. These should be done on a weekly basis






2. __________ is a tool used by network administrators to capture packets from a network.






3. The act of intercepting the first message in a public key exchange and substituting a bogus key for the original key is an example of which style of attack?






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






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






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






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






8. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






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






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






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






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






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






14. The PAP protocol sends passwords in clear text - while ____________ encrypts passwords. Both protocols are used by PPP (Point to Point Protocol) to transport IP traffic






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






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






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






18. They specifically target telephone networks






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






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






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






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






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






24. Smart cards are a secure alternative to which weak security mechanism?






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






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






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






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






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






31. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






32. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






33. Ways to deal with risk.






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






35. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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 ______






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. There are 65536 _________