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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. S/MIME was developed for the protection of what communication mechanism(s)?






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






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






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






5. DES - Data Encryption standard has a 128 bit key and is ________






6. Diffie Hellman - RSA - and ___________ are all examples of Public Key cryptography?






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






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






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






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






11. Ways to deal with risk.






12. Data being delivered from the source to the intended receiver without being altered






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






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






15. Examples of One- Time Password technology






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






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






18. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






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






20. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






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






22. Intentionally embedding secret data into a picture or some form of media is known as Steganographyor data ___________.






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






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






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






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






27. 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?






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






29. 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






30. These should be done on a weekly basis






31. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






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






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






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






35. Main goals of an information security program






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






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






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






39. HTTP - FTP - SMTP reside at which layer of the OSI model?






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






41. The ultimate goal of a computer forensics specialist is to ___________________.






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






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






44. Trend Analysis involves analyzing historical ___________ files in order to look for patterns of abuse or misuse.






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






46. A ______________ is an electronically generated record that ties a user's ID to their public key.






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






48. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






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