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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. __________ is the most famous Unix password cracking tool.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. HTTP - FTP - SMTP reside at which layer of the OSI model?






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






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






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






21. Information security policies are a ___________________.






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






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






24. One method that can reduce exposure to malicious code is to ___________________






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






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






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






28. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






36. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






37. Main goals of an information security program






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






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






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






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






42. They specifically target telephone networks






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






50. Examples of One- Time Password technology