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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

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1. There are 65536 _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






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






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






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






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






19. There are 5 classes of IP addresses available - but only 3 classes are in common use today






20. Information security policies are a ___________________.






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






22. Examples of One- Time Password technology






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






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






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






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






27. These should be done on a weekly basis






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






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






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






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






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






40. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






41. Layer 4 of the OSI model corresponds to which layer of the DoD model?






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






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






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






45. The IDEA algorithm (used in PGP) is _______ bits long.






46. They specifically target telephone networks






47. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






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






49. ____________ is a file system that was poorly designed and has numerous security flaws.






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







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