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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

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






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






3. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






4. What type of software can be used to prevent - detect (and possibly correct) malicious activities on a system?






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






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






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






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






9. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Countermeasures' main objectives






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






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






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






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






21. Macintosh computers are _____ at risk for receiving viruses.






22. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. _________ is a form of Denial of Service attack which interrupts the TCP three way handshake and leaves half open connections.






30. Which of the concepts best describes Availability in relation to computer resources?






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






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






33. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






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






36. These should be done on a weekly basis






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






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






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






40. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






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






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






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






45. Which form of media is handled at the Physical Layer (Layer 1) of the OSI Reference Model?






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






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






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






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






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







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