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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Trend Analysis involves analyzing historical ___________ files in order to look for patterns of abuse or misuse.






2. Information security policies are a ___________________.






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






4. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






6. If your telephone company suddenly started billing you for caller ID and call forwarding without your permission - this practice is referred to as __________________.






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






8. 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?






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






10. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






11. An attempt to break an encryption algorithm is called _____________.






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






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






14. Organizations that can be a valid Certificate Authority (CA)






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






16. Each password must have a combination of upper case - lower case - numbers and special characters - 6 character minimum password length - This rule is enforced by ______






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






18. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






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






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






22. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






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






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






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






26. They specifically target telephone networks






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






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






29. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






30. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






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






33. There are 65536 _________






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






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






36. The PAP protocol sends passwords in clear text - while ____________ encrypts passwords. Both protocols are used by PPP (Point to Point Protocol) to transport IP traffic






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






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






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






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






41. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






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






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






44. Ways to deal with risk.






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






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






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






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






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






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