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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. A one way hash converts a string of random length into a _______________ encrypted string.






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






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






14. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






15. These should be done on a weekly basis






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






17. Stealth viruses live in memory while __________ are written to disk






18. RSA is not based on a ________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Which of the following is NOT and encryption algorithm?






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






29. There are 65536 _________






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






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






41. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






42. Ways to deal with risk.






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






44. __________________ will have weird characters printed at the beginning or end of an email message - what would it be anindication of?






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






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






47. 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?






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






49. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






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







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