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What it the useful in determining whether the long-term cost to transfer a risk is less than the impact of the risk?
ARO
ALE
RTO
RPO
2
Which of the following should a security administrator adhere to when setting up a new set of firewall rules?
Business continuity plan
Incident response procedure
Disaster recovery plan
Change management procedure
3
A company is required to use certified hardware with networks. What addresses the risks associated with counterfeit HW?
right to audit clauses in vendors contracts and SOWs
enforce corporate Acquistion policy
An in-depth penetration test of all suppliers and vendors
A thorough analysis of the supply chain
4
Which of the following are cases in which an engineer should recommend the decommissioning of a network device? (Pick 2)
The device is moved to a different location in the enterprise.
The device is unable to receive authorized updates.
Device has been moved from a production environment to a test environment
The device is moved to an isolated segment on the enterprise network.
The device's encryption level cannot meet organizational standards.
The device is configured to use cleartext passwords.
5
What would be the best way to handle a critical business application that is running on a legacy server?
hardening
isolation
decommissioning
segmentation
6
Which of the following security control types does an acceptable use policy best represent?
Preventive
Compensating
Corrective
Detective
7
A recent ransomware attack on a company's system, an admin reviewed the log files. What control types did the admin use?
Preventive
Corrective
detective
Compensating
8
What is required for an organization to properly manage it's restore process in the event of system failure?
SDLC
IRP
RPO
DRP
9
Which of the following would be the best ways to ensure only authorized personnel can access a secure facility? (pick 2)
Badge access
Sign-in sheet
Video surveillance
Fencing
Sensor
Access control vestibule
10
What describes the process of concealing code or text inside a graphical image?
symmetric enecrption
data masking
hashing
steganography
11
Which vulnerabilities is associated with installing software outside of a manufacturer’s approved software repository?
Jailbreaking
Memory injection
Side loading
Resource reuse
12
What should a systems administrator use to ensure an easy deployment of resources within the cloud provider?
Infrastructure as code
Software-defined networking
Software as a service
Internet of Things
13
A company is required to perform a risk assessment on an annual basis. What type of risk assessments does this described
Ad hoc
Recurring
One time
Continuous
14
Which of the following is the most common data loss path for an air-gapped network?
Removable devices
Unpatched OS
Unsecured Bluetooth
Bastion host
15
How could an ADMIN ensure workstations and servers are properly monitored for unauthorized changes and software?
Install endpoint management software on all systems
Collect and monitor all traffic exiting the network.
Block traffic based on known malicious signatures.
Configure all systems to log scheduled tasks.
16
Which of the following provides the details about the terms of a test with a third-party penetration tester?
Supply chain analysis
Right to audit clause
Due diligence
Rules of engagement
17
A legacy device is being decommissioned and is no longer receiving updates or patches. What describes this scenario?
End of support
End of business
End of testing
End of life
18
Which of the following is the best reason to complete an audit in a banking environment?
Service-level requirement
Regulatory requirement
Organizational change
Self-assessment requirement
19
A security admin would like to protect data on employees’ laptops. What encryption techniques should the admin use?
Partition
Asymmetric
Full disk
Database
20
A company purchased cyber insurance to address items listed on the risk register. What strategies does this represent?
Mitigate
Transfer
Avoid
Accept
21
What teams combines both offensive and defensive testing techniques to protect an organization's critical systems?
purple
red
blue
white
22
What is used to add extra complexity before using a one-way data transformation algorithm?
key stretching
steganography
data masking
Salting
23
Which of the following describes the maximum allowance of accepted risk?
Risk threshold
Risk indicator
risk level
Risk score
24
Which of the following is the most likely to be used to document risks, responsible parties, and thresholds?
Risk transfer
Risk analysis
Risk tolerance
Risk register
25
Which of the following is the best way to secure an on-site data center against intrusion from an insider?
Bollards
Access badge
Motion sensor
Video surveillance
26
Which of the following would be best suited for constantly changing environments?
SCADA
Containers
RTOS
mbedded systems
27
Which of the following is used to validate a certificate when it is presented to a user?
CRC
CSR
CA
OCSP
28
A bank insists all of its vendors must prevent data loss on stolen laptops. What strategies is the bank requiring?
encryption at rest
data classification
permission restrictions
masking
29
What practices would be best to prevent an insider from introducing malicious code into a company's development process?
Code scanning for vulnerabilities
Peer review and approval
Open-source component usage
Quality assurance testing
30
An Org's website is comprised when attacker exploited buffer overflow, what should be the best protection against?
NGFW
WAF
TLS
SD-WAN
31
A company must ensure sensitive data at rest is rendered unreadable. What will the company most likely use?
tokenization
hashing
encryption
segmentation
32
Which of the following exercises should an organization use to improve its incident response process?
tabletop
failover
recovery
replication
33
Which technologies is least effective means of preventing shared accounts?
one-time passwords via a token
password complexity
requiring biometrics
one-time password via an app
34
Which of the following vulnerabilities is exploited when an attacker overwrites a register with a malicious address?
race condition
SQL injection
VM Escape
buffer overflow
35
Which of the following incident response activities ensures evidence is properly handled?
Chain of custody
E-discovery
legal hold
Preservation
36
Which of the following can best protect against an employee inadvertently installing malware on a company system?
Host-based firewall
System isolation
Application allow list
Least privilege