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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Logon and Logoff - Use of User Rights - Security Policy Change
SET
NT Audit events
Mobile
Risk Equation
2. A standardized list of the most common security weaknesses and exploits is the __________.
Layers 5 - 6 - & 7 - Session - Presentation - and Application Layers
SET
Fixed length
CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
3. PGP & PEM are programs that allow users to send encrypted messages to each other. What form of encryption do these programs use?
Risk Equation
Available service ports
RSA
Email
4. DES - Data Encryption standard has a 128 bit key and is ________
Available service ports
Authentication
Not very difficult to break.
NFS
5. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.
IANA
Stateful Inspection
Passive network attack
Password audit
6. Types of firewalls: Packet Filtering - Application Proxy - and _________________.
Test virus
Not very difficult to break.
Available service ports
Stateful Inspection
7. Data being delivered from the source to the intended receiver without being altered
run applications as generic accounts with little or no privileges.
Protection of data from unauthorized users
ISO
SLE - Single Loss Expectancy
8. Although it is considered a low tech attack ____________ is still a very effective way of gaining unauthorized access to network systems.
Hoaxes
Social Engineering
Risk Equation
Passwords
9. A boot sector virus goes to work when what event takes place?
Less secure
Sued for privacy violations
Reboot or system startup
Privacy violations
10. There are 5 classes of IP addresses available - but only 3 classes are in common use today
ISO
Multi-partite viruses
Passwords
Class A: 1-126 - Class B: 128-191 - Class C: 192-223
11. _______________ supply AV engines with false information to avoid detection
Stealth viruses
Accountability
Data Classification
CHAP
12. This is more time consuming - numeric values - based on Annualized Loss Expectancy (ALE) formulas
ISO
Data Classification
Quantitative analysis
Buffer Overflow
13. A Security Reference Monitor relates to which DoD security standard?
Biometrics
C2
SET
Email
14. _________ is a form of Denial of Service attack which interrupts the TCP three way handshake and leaves half open connections.
Available service ports
Presentation Layer - L6
Gathering digital evidence
SYN Flooding
15. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?
X.509
Configuration Control
Gathering digital evidence
Presentation Layer - L6
16. In a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - what is the role of a directory server?
C2
To make user certificates available to others
IANA
Hoaxes
17. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category
Also
Information
Symmetric algorithm
NT Audit events
18. Code Review - Certification - Accreditation - Functional Design Review - System Test Review
C2
product development life cycle
Protection of data from unauthorized users
Information Security policies
19. ______________ relates to the concept of protecting data from unauthorized users.
Unix / Linux based security tools?
Information Security policies
Confidentiality
Stateful Inspection
20. Which of the concepts best describes Availability in relation to computer resources?
Users can gain access to any resource upon request (assuming they have proper permissions)
run applications as generic accounts with little or no privileges.
Configuration Control
Wild
21. Diffie Hellman - RSA - and ___________ are all examples of Public Key cryptography?
DSS - Digital Signature Standard
Wild
Also
IPSEC
22. ____________ is a file system that was poorly designed and has numerous security flaws.
Risk Equation
NFS
Risk assessment
Presentation Layer - L6
23. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm
Password audit
Ethernet
One way hash
Unix / Linux based security tools?
24. A type of virus that resides in a Word or Excel document is called a ___________ virus?
Man In The Middle
Also
Macro
a good password policy
25. Passwords: should be audited on a regular basis- should contain some form of your name or userid - should never be shared or written down
involves only computer to computer transactions
a good password policy
Directive
Confidentiality
26. RSA is not based on a ________
Symmetric algorithm
Not very difficult to break.
Risk Equation
Cisco
27. Consists of checking for Minimum password length - Password aging - Password Strength - Blank Passwords?
Social Engineering
Off site in a climate controlled area
Verisign - Microsoft - Dell
Password audit
28. A true network security audit does include an audit for _____________
All
Personal Firewall - IDS - host based - Antivirus
Preserve electronic evidence and protect it from any alteration
modems
29. Layer 4 of the OSI model corresponds to which layer of the DoD model?
SYN Flooding
Stealth viruses
Password audit
Layer 3 - Host to Host
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
Macro
Multi-partite viruses
Warning Banner
Presentation Layer - L6
31. It is difficult to prosecute a computer criminal if _________ are not deployed
Preserve electronic evidence and protect it from any alteration
Warning banners
Privacy violations
Data Hiding
32. Countermeasures' main objectives
CHAP
Prevent - Recover - Detect
PGP
IPSEC
33. Intentionally embedding secret data into a picture or some form of media is known as Steganographyor data ___________.
Data Hiding
IDEA algorithm
Mobile
Granularity
34. The ultimate goal of a computer forensics specialist is to ___________________.
Log files
Preserve electronic evidence and protect it from any alteration
Email
Environmental
35. 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?
Directive
DAC - Discretionary Access Control
Authentication
Accountability
36. One method that can reduce exposure to malicious code is to ___________________
run applications as generic accounts with little or no privileges.
Buffer Overflow
Ethernet
RSA
37. Examples of One- Time Password technology
Layers 5 - 6 - & 7 - Session - Presentation - and Application Layers
Ethernet
S/Key - OPIE
product development life cycle
38. Today - ______________ are almost as serious as security violations
Privacy violations
X.509
One way hash
Business enabler
39. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis
S/Key - OPIE
SLE - Single Loss Expectancy
CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Personal Firewall - IDS - host based - Antivirus
40. ___________________ is responsible for creating security policies and for communicating those policies to system users.
Cramming
PGP
Macro
ISO
41. A one way hash converts a string of random length into a _______________ encrypted string.
SSL
Fixed length
Information Security policies
Data Hiding
42. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare
128
run applications as generic accounts with little or no privileges.
Steps in handling incidents
Privacy violations
43. An attempt to break an encryption algorithm is called _____________.
Not very difficult to break.
Cryptanalysis
Available service ports
Warning Banner
44. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections
Information
run applications as generic accounts with little or no privileges.
Less secure
Password audit
45. Allows File owners to determine access rights.
Decentralized access control
Separation of Duties
Test virus
ISO
46. Which organization(s) are responsible for the timely distribution of information security intelligence data?
CERT - SANS - CERIAS - COAST
Personal Firewall - IDS - host based - Antivirus
Warning Banner
Information
47. What is the main difference between computer abuse and computer crime?
Multi-partite viruses
Detective
Hoaxes
Intentions of the perpetrator
48. Public keys are used for encrypting messages and private keys are used for __________messages.
Layer 3 - Host to Host
Hoaxes
Depcrypting
Confidentiality
49. Used in ______________:Retinal Scanning - Fingerprints - Face Recognition - Voice Recognition
NT Audit events
TIGER
Not rigid
Biometrics
50. Information security policies are a ___________________.
Cramming
Reboot or system startup
Business enabler
Also