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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ____________ is used in mission critical systems and applications to lock down information based on sensitivity levels (Confidential - Top Secret - etc.






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






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






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






5. In a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - what is the role of a directory server?






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






13. Intentionally embedding secret data into a picture or some form of media is known as Steganographyor data ___________.






14. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






15. There are 65536 _________






16. The act of intercepting the first message in a public key exchange and substituting a bogus key for the original key is an example of which style of attack?






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






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






19. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






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






22. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






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






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






25. 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?






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. What term describes the amount of risk that remains after the countermeasures have been deployed and the vulnerabilities classified?






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






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






43. These should be done on a weekly basis






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






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






46. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






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






48. They specifically target telephone networks






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






50. 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 ______