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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Intentionally embedding secret data into a picture or some form of media is known as Steganographyor data ___________.






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






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






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






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






6. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






7. There are 6 types of security control practices. ___________ controls are management policies - procedures - and guidelines that usually effect the entire system. These types of controls deal with system auditing and usability.






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






9. 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






10. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






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






13. What security principle is based on the division of job responsibilities - designed to prevent fraud?






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






15. ______________ is a major component of an overall risk management program.






16. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






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






18. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






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






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






21. ____ members of the staff need to be educated in disaster recovery procedures.






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. They specifically target telephone networks






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






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






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






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






41. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






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






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






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






45. Ways to deal with risk.






46. Committing computer crimes in such small doses that they almost go unnoticed.






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






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






49. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






50. RSA is not based on a ________







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