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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. It is difficult to prosecute a computer criminal if _________ are not deployed






2. Unlike like viruses and worm - __________ are bogus messages that spread via email forwarding.






3. Examples of One- Time Password technology






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






5. ____________ is used in mission critical systems and applications to lock down information based on sensitivity levels (Confidential - Top Secret - etc.






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






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






8. Information security policies are a ___________________.






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






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






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






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






13. A type of virus that resides in a Word or Excel document is called a ___________ virus?






14. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






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






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






17. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






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






19. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






20. S/MIME was developed for the protection of what communication mechanism(s)?






21. ________ is a protocol developed by Visa and MasterCard to protect electronic transactions.






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






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






24. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






25. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






26. The ability to adjust access control to the exact amount of permission necessary is called ______________.






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






28. __________ is a tool used by network administrators to capture packets from a network.






29. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. A boot sector virus goes to work when what event takes place?






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






39. RSA is not based on a ________






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






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






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






43. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






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






45. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






46. To help managers find the correct cost balance between risks and countermeasures






47. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






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






49. There are 65536 _________






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