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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which of the following is NOT and encryption algorithm?






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






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






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






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






6. When ________________it is very important to do document the chain of evidence by taking good notes and perform a bit-level back up of the data before analysis






7. These should be done on a weekly basis






8. Instructions or code that executes on an end user's machine from a web browser is known as __________ code.






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






10. A virus is considered to be 'in the ______ ' if it has been reported as replicating and causing harm to computers.






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






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






13. Logon and Logoff - Use of User Rights - Security Policy Change






14. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






15. A security policy is a ___________ set of rules that must be followed explicitly in order to be effective.






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






17. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Countermeasures' main objectives






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






29. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






30. Main goals of an information security program






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






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






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






34. RSA is not based on a ________






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






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






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






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






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






40. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






41. 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 ______






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






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






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






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






46. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






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






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






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






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