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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _______________ supply AV engines with false information to avoid detection






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






3. 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.






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






5. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






6. ___________ - generally considered 'need to know' access is given based on permissions granted to the user.






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






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






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






10. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






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






12. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






13. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






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






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






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






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






18. ______________ is a Unix security scanning tool developed at Texas A&M university.






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






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






21. _________________should be Written down - Clearly Communicated to all system users - Audited and revised periodically.






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






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






24. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






25. There are 65536 _________






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






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






28. __________ attacks capitalize on programming errors and can allow the originator to gain additional privileges on a machine.






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






30. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






32. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






33. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






35. Examples of One- Time Password technology






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






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






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






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






40. Tiger - TCP Wrappers - TripWire - LogCheck - SATAN






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






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






43. They specifically target telephone networks






44. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






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






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






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






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






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






50. EICAR is an example of a _____________ used to test AV products without introducing a live virus into the network.