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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. DES - Data Encryption standard has a 128 bit key and is ________






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






3. 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?






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






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






6. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. ______________ relates to the concept of protecting data from unauthorized users.






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






21. These should be done on a weekly basis






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






23. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






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






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






27. There are 65536 _________






28. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






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






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






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






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






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






34. RSA is not based on a ________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






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






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






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






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






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






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