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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A virus is considered to be 'in the ______ ' if it has been reported as replicating and causing harm to computers.






2. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






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






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






6. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






7. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






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






10. Ways to deal with risk.






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) differs from e- Commerce in that it ___________________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






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






40. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






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






42. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






43. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






44. 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?






45. 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?






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






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






48. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






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






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