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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

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1. __________ is a tool used by network administrators to capture packets from a network.






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






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






4. Countermeasures' main objectives






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






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






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






8. RSA is not based on a ________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. A standardized list of the most common security weaknesses and exploits is the __________.






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. They specifically target telephone networks






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






29. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






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






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






32. 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.






33. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






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






36. 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






37. Passwords: should be audited on a regular basis- should contain some form of your name or userid - should never be shared or written down






38. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






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






41. Information security policies are a ___________________.






42. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






43. Public keys are used for encrypting messages and private keys are used for __________messages.






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






45. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






46. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






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






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






49. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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







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