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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner
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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. So far - no one has been able to crack the ____________ with Brute Force.
Detective
IDEA algorithm
Environmental
NT Audit events
2. Data being delivered from the source to the intended receiver without being altered
Protection of data from unauthorized users
Residual risk
Logic bombs
Layer 7 - Application
3. 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
Warning Banner
Polymorphic
IDEA algorithm
Steps in handling incidents
4. EICAR is an example of a _____________ used to test AV products without introducing a live virus into the network.
Test virus
IDEA algorithm
PGP
A PGP Signed message
5. ________ is a protocol developed by Visa and MasterCard to protect electronic transactions.
Authentication
SET
Warning banners
Directive
6. Trend Analysis involves analyzing historical ___________ files in order to look for patterns of abuse or misuse.
Information Security policies
C2
Mobile
Log files
7. These should be done on a weekly basis
Protection of data from unauthorized users
Virus definition downloads and system virus scans
Biometrics
Off site in a climate controlled area
8. The __________ is the most dangerous part of a virus program.
Privacy violations
Payload
Authorization
Ethernet
9. A Security Reference Monitor relates to which DoD security standard?
Users can gain access to any resource upon request (assuming they have proper permissions)
C2
Email
Authorization
10. Digital Certificates use which protocol?
X.509
CERT - SANS - CERIAS - COAST
Granularity
Not rigid
11. 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?
Authentication
Also
Residual risk
Phreaks
12. _______________ supply AV engines with false information to avoid detection
Stealth viruses
Wild
DAC - Discretionary Access Control
Class A: 1-126 - Class B: 128-191 - Class C: 192-223
13. What type of software can be used to prevent - detect (and possibly correct) malicious activities on a system?
Fixed length
Mobile
Information Security policies
Personal Firewall - IDS - host based - Antivirus
14. __________ is the most famous Unix password cracking tool.
a good password policy
Hoaxes
CRACK
CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
15. Although it is considered a low tech attack ____________ is still a very effective way of gaining unauthorized access to network systems.
Social Engineering
Environmental
Data Classification
Business enabler
16. __________ is a tool used by network administrators to capture packets from a network.
SSL
Sniffer
ISO
IDEA algorithm
17. What term describes the amount of risk that remains after the countermeasures have been deployed and the vulnerabilities classified?
C2
128
Not rigid
Residual risk
18. What security principle is based on the division of job responsibilities - designed to prevent fraud?
Polymorphic
Information Security policies
Main goal of a risk management program
Separation of Duties
19. Unlike like viruses and worm - __________ are bogus messages that spread via email forwarding.
Layers 5 - 6 - & 7 - Session - Presentation - and Application Layers
Phreaks
Hoaxes
MAC - Mandatory Access Control
20. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category
Information
Risk assessment
TIGER
Social Engineering
21. Identifying specific attempts to penetrate systems is the function of the _______________.
Intrusion Detection System
Class A: 1-126 - Class B: 128-191 - Class C: 192-223
SSL
Granularity
22. A standardized list of the most common security weaknesses and exploits is the __________.
S/Key - OPIE
involves only computer to computer transactions
CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Prevent - Recover - Detect
23. Which auditing practice relates to the controlling of hardware - software - firmware - and documentation to insure it has not been improperly modified?
DAC - Discretionary Access Control
Also
Password audit
Configuration Control
24. ____ members of the staff need to be educated in disaster recovery procedures.
IPSEC
Macro
All
Warning banners
25. ______________ is a major component of an overall risk management program.
Verisign - Microsoft - Dell
X.509
MAC - Mandatory Access Control
Risk assessment
26. Accounting - Authentication - and ____________ are the AAAs of information security.
Not rigid
Fixed length
Decentralized access control
Authorization
27. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm
Email
IDEA algorithm
One way hash
X.509
28. Stealth viruses live in memory while __________ are written to disk
Presentation Layer - L6
Protection of data from unauthorized users
Buffer Overflow
Logic bombs
29. ______________ relates to the concept of protecting data from unauthorized users.
Confidentiality
Passwords
TIGER
Ethernet
30. An intrusion detection system is an example of what type of countermeasure?
Hackers and crackers
Detective
Confidentiality
S/Key - OPIE
31. Although they are accused of being one in the same - _______________ are two distinctly different groups with different goals pertaining to computers.
Information Security policies
Biometrics
Hackers and crackers
Risk Equation
32. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments
NFS
IANA
a good password policy
Protection of data from unauthorized users
33. If your telephone company suddenly started billing you for caller ID and call forwarding without your permission - this practice is referred to as __________________.
Presentation Layer - L6
Confidentiality
Cramming
modems
34. Countermeasures' main objectives
IDEA algorithm
Prevent - Recover - Detect
Available service ports
Wild
35. Allows File owners to determine access rights.
DAC - Discretionary Access Control
To make user certificates available to others
Decentralized access control
Main goal of a risk management program
36. In a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - what is the role of a directory server?
To make user certificates available to others
SET
Authorization
TIGER
37. __________ attacks capitalize on programming errors and can allow the originator to gain additional privileges on a machine.
One way hash
Buffer Overflow
Data Classification
run applications as generic accounts with little or no privileges.
38. 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 ______
Social Engineering
Man In The Middle
Certificate
Passfilt.dll
39. ____________ is used in mission critical systems and applications to lock down information based on sensitivity levels (Confidential - Top Secret - etc.
Logic bombs
Assignment
Business enabler
MAC - Mandatory Access Control
40. They specifically target telephone networks
Phreaks
Cryptanalysis
A PGP Signed message
Stealth viruses
41. Code Review - Certification - Accreditation - Functional Design Review - System Test Review
RSA
Class A: 1-126 - Class B: 128-191 - Class C: 192-223
product development life cycle
Prevent - Recover - Detect
42. What is the main difference between computer abuse and computer crime?
0-1023
SET
Intentions of the perpetrator
Cisco
43. Companies can now be __________ just as easily as they can be sued for security compromises.
NT Audit events
Authentication
Multi-partite viruses
Sued for privacy violations
44. A security policy is a ___________ set of rules that must be followed explicitly in order to be effective.
Cramming
Not rigid
Not very difficult to break.
Intentions of the perpetrator
45. Ways to deal with risk.
Data Hiding
Acceptance - Transfer - Mitigate
Main goal of a risk management program
CRACK
46. Which form of media is handled at the Physical Layer (Layer 1) of the OSI Reference Model?
0-1023
Ethernet
Steps in handling incidents
RSA
47. Macintosh computers are _____ at risk for receiving viruses.
Also
Unix / Linux based security tools?
Environmental
Data Classification
48. ___________________ is responsible for creating security policies and for communicating those policies to system users.
Depcrypting
0-1023
Decentralized access control
ISO
49. An attempt to break an encryption algorithm is called _____________.
Cryptanalysis
NFS
PGP
Accountability
50. Used in ______________:Retinal Scanning - Fingerprints - Face Recognition - Voice Recognition
Authentication
Biometrics
Authorization
Macro