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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Countermeasures' main objectives
Cramming
Prevent - Recover - Detect
Accountability
Detective
2. A standardized list of the most common security weaknesses and exploits is the __________.
Off site in a climate controlled area
CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Directive
Information
3. There are 5 classes of IP addresses available - but only 3 classes are in common use today
Class A: 1-126 - Class B: 128-191 - Class C: 192-223
Polymorphic
Depcrypting
Preserve electronic evidence and protect it from any alteration
4. The IDEA algorithm (used in PGP) is _______ bits long.
Payload
128
NT Audit events
Logic bombs
5. The most secure method for storing backup tapes is?
Off site in a climate controlled area
Mobile
Not rigid
Protection of data from unauthorized users
6. Today - ______________ are almost as serious as security violations
Protection of data from unauthorized users
Passwords
Privacy violations
Verisign - Microsoft - Dell
7. These should be done on a weekly basis
Environmental
Mobile
Virus definition downloads and system virus scans
Business enabler
8. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare
Business enabler
CERT - SANS - CERIAS - COAST
Confidentiality - Availability -Integrity of data
Steps in handling incidents
9. Data being delivered from the source to the intended receiver without being altered
Class A: 1-126 - Class B: 128-191 - Class C: 192-223
Protection of data from unauthorized users
0-1023
Also
10. 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?
Decentralized access control
Authentication
Depcrypting
Polymorphic
11. S/MIME was developed for the protection of what communication mechanism(s)?
Email
Cramming
Confidentiality - Availability -Integrity of data
Business enabler
12. Examples of One- Time Password technology
Information Security policies
All
S/Key - OPIE
Authorization
13. What security principle is based on the division of job responsibilities - designed to prevent fraud?
Mobile
RADIUS
Separation of Duties
Intentions of the perpetrator
14. The ability to adjust access control to the exact amount of permission necessary is called ______________.
SYN Flooding
S/Key - OPIE
Granularity
Steps in handling incidents
15. ______________ is a major component of an overall risk management program.
Depcrypting
Gathering digital evidence
Granularity
Risk assessment
16. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm
Layer 3 - Host to Host
IDEA algorithm
One way hash
Data Hiding
17. Which major vendor adopted TACACS into its product line as a form of AAA architecture?
Cisco
Off site in a climate controlled area
SSL
Available service ports
18. Macintosh computers are _____ at risk for receiving viruses.
Information Security policies
Also
Log files
C2
19. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems
Authorization
RSA
Host based - network based
involves only computer to computer transactions
20. Consists of checking for Minimum password length - Password aging - Password Strength - Blank Passwords?
Password audit
Verisign - Microsoft - Dell
Data Classification
IPSEC
21. Trend Analysis involves analyzing historical ___________ files in order to look for patterns of abuse or misuse.
Log files
product development life cycle
Sniffer
Fixed length
22. Which auditing practice relates to the controlling of hardware - software - firmware - and documentation to insure it has not been improperly modified?
Confidentiality - Availability -Integrity of data
Social Engineering
Configuration Control
SSL
23. A one way hash converts a string of random length into a _______________ encrypted string.
Privacy violations
Fixed length
Also
Protection of data from unauthorized users
24. 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
CHAP
Warning banners
Passwords
Residual risk
25. Unclassified - Private - Confidential - Secret - Top Secret - and Internal Use Only are levels of ________________.
Preserve electronic evidence and protect it from any alteration
Not very difficult to break.
Data Classification
Confidentiality
26. 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.
Directive
S/Key - OPIE
Host based - network based
128
27. A virus is considered to be 'in the ______ ' if it has been reported as replicating and causing harm to computers.
Wild
Multi-partite viruses
Information
Privacy violations
28. ____________ is used in mission critical systems and applications to lock down information based on sensitivity levels (Confidential - Top Secret - etc.
Less secure
involves only computer to computer transactions
Protection of data from unauthorized users
MAC - Mandatory Access Control
29. This free (for personal use) program is used to encrypt and decrypt emails.
DAC - Discretionary Access Control
Logic bombs
Sued for privacy violations
PGP
30. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments
Class A: 1-126 - Class B: 128-191 - Class C: 192-223
IANA
Layer 7 - Application
Information
31. Diffie Hellman - RSA - and ___________ are all examples of Public Key cryptography?
Stateful Inspection
Salami attack
Granularity
DSS - Digital Signature Standard
32. Digital Certificates use which protocol?
X.509
Man In The Middle
Stateful Inspection
S/Key - OPIE
33. 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 ______
0-1023
Warning Banner
Passfilt.dll
Phreaks
34. Main goals of an information security program
SET
CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Confidentiality - Availability -Integrity of data
Verisign - Microsoft - Dell
35. To help managers find the correct cost balance between risks and countermeasures
SET
Main goal of a risk management program
CERT - SANS - CERIAS - COAST
Hoaxes
36. Intentionally embedding secret data into a picture or some form of media is known as Steganographyor data ___________.
Password audit
Protection of data from unauthorized users
Configuration Control
Data Hiding
37. Which organization(s) are responsible for the timely distribution of information security intelligence data?
SYN Flooding
Residual risk
A PGP Signed message
CERT - SANS - CERIAS - COAST
38. Companies can now be __________ just as easily as they can be sued for security compromises.
Granularity
Test virus
Sued for privacy violations
SYN Flooding
39. ______________ is a Unix security scanning tool developed at Texas A&M university.
Warning banners
Intentions of the perpetrator
TIGER
Information
40. Passwords: should be audited on a regular basis- should contain some form of your name or userid - should never be shared or written down
Authorization
TIGER
a good password policy
CHAP
41. Committing computer crimes in such small doses that they almost go unnoticed.
Salami attack
Business enabler
Social Engineering
DSS - Digital Signature Standard
42. Ways to deal with risk.
Privacy violations
Acceptance - Transfer - Mitigate
ISO
Not very difficult to break.
43. A true network security audit does include an audit for _____________
Virus definition downloads and system virus scans
Cryptanalysis
modems
DAC - Discretionary Access Control
44. ___________________ is responsible for creating security policies and for communicating those policies to system users.
Information Security policies
Data Classification
product development life cycle
ISO
45. ___________________ viruses change the code order of the strain each time they replicate to another machine.
Polymorphic
Warning banners
Passwords
IANA
46. In a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - what is the role of a directory server?
Residual risk
Gathering digital evidence
To make user certificates available to others
IANA
47. __________ attacks capitalize on programming errors and can allow the originator to gain additional privileges on a machine.
Buffer Overflow
Off site in a climate controlled area
involves only computer to computer transactions
Granularity
48. ___________ - generally considered 'need to know' access is given based on permissions granted to the user.
Separation of Duties
Fixed length
Preserve electronic evidence and protect it from any alteration
DAC - Discretionary Access Control
49. The __________ is the most dangerous part of a virus program.
Verisign - Microsoft - Dell
Residual risk
Payload
Granularity
50. _________ is a form of Denial of Service attack which interrupts the TCP three way handshake and leaves half open connections.
Confidentiality - Availability -Integrity of data
Stealth viruses
Business enabler
SYN Flooding