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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Intentionally embedding secret data into a picture or some form of media is known as Steganographyor data ___________.






2. Ways to deal with risk.






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






4. Identifying specific attempts to penetrate systems is the function of the _______________.






5. 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?






6. This free (for personal use) program is used to encrypt and decrypt emails.






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






8. RSA is not based on a ________






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






10. 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 ______






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






12. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






13. ___________________ is responsible for creating security policies and for communicating those policies to system users.






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






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






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






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






18. What is the main difference between computer abuse and computer crime?






19. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. There are 65536 _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. ___________ - generally considered 'need to know' access is given based on permissions granted to the user.






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






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






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






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






50. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category