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A bank insists all of its vendors must prevent data loss on stolen laptops. Which of the following strategies is the bank requiring?
A bank set up a new server that contains customers' PII. Which of the following should the bank use to make sure the sensitive data is not modified?
A business needs a recovery site but does not require immediate failover. The business also wants to reduce the workload required to recover from an outage. Which of the following recovery sites is the best option?
A business provides long-term cold storage services to banks that are required to follow regulator-imposed data retention guidelines. Banks that use these services require that data is disposed of in a specific manner at the conclusion of the regulatory threshold for data retention. Which of the following aspects of data management is the most important to the bank in the destruction of this data?
A certificate authority needs to post information about expired certificates. Which of the following would accomplish this task?
A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has developed information security policies that relate to the software development methodology. Which of the following would the CISO most likely include in the organization’s documentation?
A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) wants to: • Prevent employees from downloading malicious content. • Establish controls based on departments and users. • Map internet access for business applications to specific service accounts. • Restrict content based on categorization. Which of the following should the CSO implement?
A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) wants to explicitly raise awareness about the increase of ransomware-as-a-service in a report to the management team. Which of the following best describes the threat actor in the CISO’s report?
A Chief Information Security Officer is developing procedures to guide detective and corrective activities associated with common threats, including phishing, social engineering, and business email compromise. Which of the following documents would be most relevant to revise as part of this process?
A Chief Information Security Officer would like to conduct frequent, detailed reviews of systems and procedures to track compliance objectives. Which of the following will be the best method to achieve this objective?
A city municipality lost its primary data center when a tornado hit the facility. Which of the following should the city staff use immediately after the disaster to handle essential public services?
A client asked a security company to provide a document outlining the project, the cost, and the completion time frame. Which of the following documents should the company provide to the client?
A client demands at least 99.99% uptime from a service provider's hosted security services. Which of the following documents includes the information the service provider should return to the client?
A coffee shop owner wants to restrict internet access to only paying customers by prompting them for a receipt number. Which of the following is the best method to use given this requirement?
A company allows customers to upload PDF documents to its public e-commerce website. Which of the following would a security analyst most likely recommend?
A company captures log-in details and reviews them each week to identify conditions such as excessive log-in attempts and frequent lockouts. Which of the following should a security analyst recommend to improve security compliance monitoring?
A company decided to reduce the cost of its annual cyber insurance policy by removing the coverage for ransomware attacks. Which of the following analysis elements did the company most likely use in making this decision?
A company discovered its data was advertised for sale on the dark web. During the initial investigation, the company determined the data was proprietary data. Which of the following is the next step the company should take?
A company discovers suspicious transactions that were entered into the company's database and attached to a user account that was created as a trap for malicious activity. Which of the following is the user account an example of?
A company evaluates several options that would allow employees to have remote access to the network. The security team wants to ensure the solution includes AAA to comply with internal security policies. Which of the following should the security team recommend?
A company filed a complaint with its IT service provider after the company discovered the service provider's external audit team had access to some of the company's confidential information. Which of the following is the most likely reason the company filed the complaint?
A company has begun labeling all laptops with asset inventory stickers and associating them with employee IDs. Which of the following security benefits do these actions provide? (Choose two.)
A company has yearly engagements with a service provider. The general terms and conditions are the same for all engagements. The company wants to simplify the process and revisit the general terms every three years. Which of the following documents would provide the best way to set the general terms?
A company hired a consultant to perform an offensive security assessment covering penetration testing and social engineering. Which of the following teams will conduct this assessment activity?
A company hired an external consultant to assist with required system upgrades to a critical business application. A systems administrator needs to secure the consultant's access without sharing passwords to critical systems. Which of the following solutions should most likely be utilized?
A company installed cameras and added signs to alert visitors that they are being recorded. Which of the following controls did the company implement? (Choose two.)
A company is adding a clause to its AUP that states employees are not allowed to modify the operating system on mobile devices. Which of the following vulnerabilities is the organization addressing?
A company is aware of a given security risk related to a specific market segment. The business chooses not to accept responsibility and target their services to a different market segment. Which of the following describes this risk management strategy?
A company is changing its mobile device policy. The company has the following requirements: • Company-owned devices • Ability to harden the devices • Reduced security risk • Compatibility with company resources Which of the following would best meet these requirements?
A company is concerned about employees unintentionally introducing malware into the network. The company identified fifty employees who clicked on a link embedded in an email sent by the internal IT department. Which of the following should the company implement to best improve its security posture?
A company is concerned about theft of client data from decommissioned laptops. Which of the following is the most cost-effective method to decrease this risk?
A company is concerned about weather events causing damage to the server room and downtime. Which of the following should the company consider?
A company is considering an expansion of access controls for an application that contractors and internal employees use to reduce costs. Which of the following risk elements should the implementation team understand before granting access to the application?
A company is decommissioning its physical servers and replacing them with an architecture that will reduce the number of individual operating systems. Which of the following strategies should the company use to achieve this security requirement?
A company is developing a business continuity strategy and needs to determine how many staff members would be required to sustain the business in the case of a disruption. Which of the following best describes this step?
A company is developing a critical system for the government and storing project information on a fileshare. Which of the following describes how this data will most likely be classified? (Choose two.)
A company is discarding a classified storage array and hires an outside vendor to complete the disposal. Which of the following should the company request from the vendor?
A company is expanding its threat surface program and allowing individuals to security test the company’s internet-facing application. The company will compensate researchers based on the vulnerabilities discovered. Which of the following best describes the program the company is setting up?
A company is experiencing a web services outage on the public network. The services are up and available but inaccessible. The network logs show a sudden increase in network traffic that is causing the outage. Which of the following attacks is the organization experiencing?
A company is implementing a policy to allow employees to use their personal equipment for work. However, the company wants to ensure that only company-approved applications can be installed. Which of the following addresses this concern?
A company is in the process of migrating to cloud-based services. The company’s IT department has limited resources for migration and ongoing support. Which of the following best meets the company’s needs?
A company is performing a risk assessment on new software the company plans to use. Which of the following should the company assess during this process?
A company is planning a disaster recovery site and needs to ensure that a single natural disaster would not result in the complete loss of regulated backup data. Which of the following should the company consider?
A company is planning to set up a SIEM system and assign an analyst to review the logs on a weekly basis. Which of the following types of controls is the company setting up?
A company is redesigning its infrastructure and wants to reduce the number of physical servers in use. Which of the following architectures is best suited for this goal?
A company is required to perform a risk assessment on an annual basis. Which of the following types of risk assessments does this requirement describe?
A company is required to use certified hardware when building networks. Which of the following best addresses the risks associated with procuring counterfeit hardware?
A company is reviewing options to enforce user logins after several account takeovers. The following conditions must be met as part of the solution: • Allow employees to work remotely or from assigned offices around the world. • Provide a seamless login experience. • Limit the amount of equipment required. Which of the following best meets these conditions?
A company is using a legacy FTP server to transfer financial data to a third party. The legacy system does not support SFTP, so a compensating control is needed to protect the sensitive, financial data in transit. Which of the following would be the most appropriate for the company to use?
A company is working with a vendor to perform a penetration test. Which of the following includes an estimate about the number of hours required to complete the engagement?
A company must ensure sensitive data at rest is rendered unreadable. Which of the following will the company most likely use?
A company needs to keep the fewest records possible, meet compliance needs, and ensure destruction of records that are no longer needed. Which of the following best describes the policy that meets these requirements?
A company needs to provide administrative access to internal resources while minimizing the traffic allowed through the security boundary. Which of the following methods is most secure?
A company plans to secure its systems by: • Preventing users from sending sensitive data over corporate email • Restricting access to potentially harmful websites Which of the following features should the company set up? (Choose two.)
A company prevented direct access from the database administrators’ workstations to the network segment that contains database servers. Which of the following should a database administrator use to access the database servers?
A company processes and stores sensitive data on its own systems. Which of the following steps should the company take first to ensure compliance with privacy regulations?
A company purchased cyber insurance to address items listed on the risk register. Which of the following strategies does this represent?
A company relies on open-source software libraries to build the software used by its customers. Which of the following vulnerability types would be the most difficult to remediate due to the company’s reliance on open-source libraries?
A company requires hard drives to be securely wiped before sending decommissioned systems to recycling. Which of the following best describes this policy?
A company suffered a critical incident where 30GB of data was exfiltrated from the corporate network. Which of the following actions is the most efficient way to identify where the system data was exfiltrated from and what location the attacker sent the data to?
A company that has a large IT operation is looking to better control, standardize, and lower the time required to build new servers. Which of the following architectures will best achieve the company’s objectives?
A company that is located in an area prone to hurricanes is developing a disaster recovery plan and looking at site considerations that allow the company to immediately continue operations. Which of the following is the best type of site for this company?
A company wants to add an MFA solution for all employees who access the corporate network remotely. Log-in requirements include something you know, are, and have. The company wants a solution that does not require purchasing third-party applications or specialized hardware. Which of the following MFA solutions would best meet the company's requirements?
A company wants to ensure employees are allowed to copy files from a virtual desktop during the workday but are restricted during non-working hours. Which of the following security measures should the company set up?
A company wants to ensure that the software it develops will not be tampered with after the final version is completed. Which of the following should the company most likely use?
A company wants to implement MFA. Which of the following enables the additional factor while using a smart card?
A company wants to improve the availability of its application with a solution that requires minimal effort in the event a server needs to be replaced or added. Which of the following would be the best solution to meet these objectives?
A company wants to prevent proprietary and confidential company information from being shared to outsiders. Which of the following would this best describe?
A company wants to reduce the time and expense associated with code deployment. Which of the following technologies should the company utilize?
A company wants to track modifications to the code that is used to build new virtual servers. Which of the following will the company most likely deploy?
A company wants to verify that the software the company is deploying came from the vendor the company purchased the software from. Which of the following is the best way for the company to confirm this information?
A company web server is initiating outbound traffic to a low-reputation, public IP on non-standard pat. The web server is used to present an unauthenticated page to clients who upload images the company. An analyst notices a suspicious process running on the server hat was not created by the company development team. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for his security incident?
A company's accounting department receives an urgent payment message from the company's bank domain with instructions to wire transfer funds. The sender requests that the transfer be completed as soon as possible. Which of the following attacks is described?
A company's end users are reporting that they are unable to reach external websites. After reviewing the performance data for the DNS severs, the analyst discovers that the CPU, disk, and memory usage are minimal, but the network interface is flooded with inbound traffic. Network logs show only a small number of DNS queries sent to this server. Which of the following best describes what the security analyst is seeing?
A company's marketing department collects, modifies, and stores sensitive customer data. The infrastructure team is responsible for securing the data while in transit and at rest. Which of the following data roles describes the customer?
A company's online shopping website became unusable shortly after midnight on January 30, 2023. When a security analyst reviewed the database server, the analyst noticed the following code used for backing up data: Which of the following should the analyst do next?
A company's website is www.company.com. Attackers purchased the domain www.c0mpany.com. Which of the following types of attacks describes this example?
A company’s gate access logs show multiple entries from an employee’s ID badge within a two-minute period. Which of the following is this an example of?
A company’s legal department drafted sensitive documents in a SaaS application and wants to ensure the documents cannot be accessed by individuals in high-risk countries. Which of the following is the most effective way to limit this access?
A company’s web filter is configured to scan the URL for strings and deny access when matches are found. Which of the following search strings should an analyst employ to prohibit access to non-encrypted websites?
A contractor is required to visually inspect the motherboards of all new servers that are purchased to determine whether the servers were tampered with. Which of the following risks is the contractor attempting to mitigate?
A customer has a contract with a CSP and wants to identify which controls should be implemented in the IaaS enclave. Which of the following is most likely to contain this information?
A customer of a large company receives a phone call from someone claiming to work for the company and asking for the customer’s credit card information. The customer sees the caller ID is the same as the company's main phone number. Which of the following attacks is the customer most likely a target of?
A CVE in a key back-end component of an application has been disclosed. The systems administrator is identifying all of the systems in the environment that are susceptible to this risk. Which of the following should the systems administrator perform?
A cyber operations team informs a security analyst about a new tactic malicious actors are using to compromise networks. SIEM alerts have not yet been configured. Which of the following best describes what the security analyst should do to identify this behavior?
A data administrator is configuring authentication for a SaaS application and would like to reduce the number of credentials employees need to maintain. The company prefers to use domain credentials to access new SaaS applications. Which of the following methods would allow this functionality?
A database administrator is updating the company’s SQL database, which stores credit card information for pending purchases. Which of the following is the best method to secure the data against a potential breach?
A development team is launching a new public-facing web product. The Chief Information Security Officer has asked that the product be protected from attackers who use malformed or invalid inputs to destabilize the system. Which of the following practices should the development team implement?
A government official receives a blank envelope containing photos and a note instructing the official to wire a large sum of money by midnight to prevent the photos from being leaked on the internet. Which of the following best describes the threat actor's intent?
A group of developers has a shared backup account to access the source code repository. Which of the following is best way to secure the backup account if there is an SSO failure?
A growing organization, which hosts an externally accessible application, adds multiple virtual servers to improve application performance and decrease the resource usage on individual servers. Which of the following solutions is the organization most likely to employ to further increase performance and availability?
A healthcare organization wants to provide a web application that allows individuals to digitally report health emergencies. Which of the following is the most important consideration during development?
A help desk employee receives a call from someone impersonating the Chief Executive Officer. The caller asks for assistance with resetting a password. Which of the following best describes this event?
A hosting provider needs to prove that its security controls have been in place over the last six months and have sufficiently protected customer data. Which of the following would provide the best proof that the hosting provider has met the requirements?
A legacy device is being decommissioned and is no longer receiving updates or patches. Which of the following describes this scenario?
A legal department must maintain a backup from all devices that have been shredded and recycled by a third party. Which of the following best describes this requirement?
A malicious actor conducted a brute-force attack on a company's web servers and eventually gained access to the company's customer information database. Which of the following is the most effective way to prevent similar attacks?
A malicious actor is trying to access sensitive financial information from a company's database by intercepting and reusing log-in credentials. Which of the following attacks is the malicious actor attempting?
A malicious insider from the marketing team alters records and transfers company funds to a personal account. Which of the following methods would be the best way to secure company records in the future?
A malicious update was distributed to a common software platform and disabled services at many organizations. Which of the following best describes this type of vulnerability?
A manager receives an email that contains a link to receive a refund. After hovering over the link, the manager notices that the domain's URL points to a suspicious link. Which of the following security practices helped the manager to identify the attack?
A multinational bank hosts several servers in its data center. These servers run a business-critical application used by customers to access their account information. Which of the following should the bank use to ensure accessibility during peak usage times?
A network administrator is working on a project to deploy a load balancer in the company's cloud environment. Which of the following fundamental security requirements does this project fulfil?
A network administrator wants to ensure that network traffic is highly secure while in transit. Which of the following actions best describes the actions the network administrator should take?
A network engineer deployed a redundant switch stack to increase system availability. However, the budget can only cover the cost of one ISP connection. Which of the following best describes the potential risk factor?
A network engineer is increasing the overall security of network devices and needs to harden the devices. Which of the following will best accomplish this task?
A network manager wants to protect the company's VPN by implementing multifactor authentication that uses: Something you know - Something you have - Something you are - Which of the following would accomplish the manager's goal?
A network team segmented a critical, end-of-life server to a VLAN that can only be reached by specific devices but cannot be reached by the perimeter network. Which of the following best describe the controls the team implemented? (Choose two.)
A new corporate policy requires all staff to use multifactor authentication to access company resources. Which of the following can be utilized to set up this form of identity and access management? (Choose two.)
A new employee accessed an unauthorized website. An investigation found that the employee violated the company's rules. Which of the following did the employee violate?
A new employee logs in to the email system for the first time and notices a message from human resources about onboarding. The employee hovers over a few of the links within the email and discovers that the links do not correspond to links associated with the company. Which of the following attack vectors is most likely being used?
A new security regulation was announced that will take effect in the coming year. A company must comply with it to remain in business. Which of the following activities should the company perform next?
A newly appointed board member with cybersecurity knowledge wants the board of directors to receive a quarterly report detailing the number of incidents that impacted the organization. The systems administrator is creating a way to present the data to the board of directors. Which of the following should the systems administrator use?
A newly identified network access vulnerability has been found in the OS of legacy IoT devices. Which of the following would best mitigate this vulnerability quickly?
A newly implemented wireless network is designed so that visitors can connect to the wireless network for business activities. The legal department is concerned that visitors might connect to the network and perform illicit activities. Which of me following should the security team implement to address this concern?
A penetration test has demonstrated that domain administrator accounts were vulnerable to pass-the-hash attacks. Which of the following would have been the best strategy to prevent the threat actor from using domain administrator accounts?
A penetration test identifies that an SMBv1 is enabled on multiple servers across an organization. The organization wants to remediate this vulnerability in the most efficient way possible. Which of the following should the organization use for this purpose?
A penetration tester begins an engagement by performing port and service scans against the client environment according to the rules of engagement. Which of the following reconnaissance types is the tester performing?
A penetration tester enters an office building at the same time as a group of employees despite not having an access badge. Which of the following attack types is the penetration tester performing?
A penetration tester finds an unused Ethernet port during an on-site penetration test. Upon plugging a device into the unused port, the penetration tester notices that the machine is assigned an IP address, allowing the tester to enumerate the local network. Which of the following should an administrator implement in order to prevent this situation from happening in the future?
A program manager wants to ensure contract employees can only access the company's computers Monday through Friday from 9 a m. to 5 p.m. Which of the following would best enforce this access control?
A recent penetration test identified that an attacker could flood the MAC address table of network switches. Which of the following would best mitigate this type of attack?
A security administrator documented the following records during an assessment of network services: Two weeks later, the administrator performed a log review and noticed the records were changed as follows: When consulting the service owner, the administrator validated that the new address was not part of the company network. Which of the following was the company most likely experiencing?
A security administrator is addressing an issue with a legacy system that communicates data using an unencrypted protocol to transfer sensitive data to a third party. No software updates that use an encrypted protocol are available, so a compensating control is needed. Which of the following are the most appropriate for the administrator to suggest? (Choose two.)
A security administrator is deploying a DLP solution to prevent the exfiltration of sensitive customer data. Which of the following should the administrator do first?
A security administrator is hardening corporate systems and applying appropriate mitigations by consulting a real-world knowledge base for adversary behavior. Which of the following would be best for the administrator to reference?
A security administrator is implementing encryption on all hard drives in an organization. Which of the following security concepts is the administrator applying?
A security administrator is performing an audit on a stand-alone UNIX server, and the following message is immediately displayed: (Error 13): /etc/shadow: Permission denied. Which of the following best describes the type of tool that is being used?
A security administrator is reissuing a former employee's laptop. Which of the following is the best combination of data handling activities for the administrator to perform? (Choose two.)
A security administrator is working to find a cost-effective solution to implement certificates for a large number of domains and subdomains owned by the company. Which of the following types of certificates should the administrator implement?
A security administrator is working to secure company data on corporate laptops in case the laptops are stolen. Which of the following solutions should the administrator consider?
A security administrator needs a method to secure data in an environment that includes some form of checks so track any changes. Which of the following should the administrator set up to achieve this goal?
A security administrator needs to create firewall rules for the following protocols: RTP, SIP, H.323. and SRTP. Which of the following does this rule set support?
A security administrator needs to reduce the attack surface in the company's data centers. Which of the following should the security administrator do to complete this task?
A security administrator notices numerous unused, non-compliant desktops are connected to the network. Which of the following actions would the administrator most likely recommend to the management team?
A security administrator observed the following in a web server log while investigating an incident: "GET ../../../../etc/passwd" Which of the following attacks did the security administrator most likely see?
A security administrator would like to protect data on employees’ laptops. Which of the following encryption techniques should the security administrator use?
A security analyst and the management team are reviewing the organizational performance of a recent phishing campaign. The user click-through rate exceeded the acceptable risk threshold, and the management team wants to reduce the impact when a user clicks on a link in a phishing message. Which of the following should the analyst do?
A security analyst at an organization observed several user logins from outside the organization's network. The analyst determined that these logins were not performed by individuals within the organization. Which of the following recommendations would reduce the likelihood of future attacks? (Choose two.)
A security analyst attempts to start a company's database server. When the server starts, the analyst receives an error message indicating the database server did not pass authentication. After reviewing and testing the system, the analyst receives confirmation that the server has been compromised and that attackers have redirected all outgoing database traffic to a server under their control. Which of the following MITRE ATT&CK techniques did the attacker most likely use to redirect database traffic?
A security analyst created a fake account and saved the password in a non-readily accessible directory in a spreadsheet. An alert was also configured to notify the security team if the spreadsheet is opened. Which of the following best describes the deception method being deployed?
A security analyst developed a script to automate a trivial and repeatable task. Which of the following best describes the benefits of ensuring other team members understand how the script works?
A security analyst has determined that a security breach would have a financial impact of $15,000 and is expected to occur twice within a three-year period. Which of the following is the ALE for this risk?
A security analyst is evaluating a SaaS application that the human resources department would like to implement. The analyst requests a SOC 2 report from the SaaS vendor. Which of the following processes is the analyst most likely conducting?
A security analyst is investigating a workstation that is suspected of outbound communication to a command-and-control server. During the investigation, the analyst discovered that logs on the endpoint were deleted. Which of the following logs would the analyst most likely look at next?
A security analyst is investigating an application server and discovers that software on the server is behaving abnormally. The software normally runs batch jobs locally and does not generate traffic, but the process is now generating outbound traffic over random high ports. Which of the following vulnerabilities has likely been exploited in this software?
A security analyst is reviewing alerts in the SIEM related to potential malicious network traffic coming from an employee’s corporate laptop. The security analyst has determined that additional data about the executable running on the machine is necessary to continue the investigation. Which of the following logs should the analyst use as a data source?
A security analyst is reviewing logs and discovers the following: Which of the following should be used to best mitigate this type of attack?
A security analyst is reviewing logs to identify the destination of command-and-control traffic originating from a compromised device within the on-premises network. Which of the following is the best log to review?
A security analyst is reviewing the following logs: Which of the following attacks is most likely occurring?
A security analyst is reviewing the logs on an organization's DNS server and notices the following unusual snippet: Which of the following attack techniques was most likely used?
A security analyst is reviewing the source code of an application in order to identify misconfigurations and vulnerabilities. Which of the following kinds of analysis best describes this review?
A security analyst learns that an attack vector, which was used as a part of a recent incident, was a well-known IoT device exploit. The analyst needs to review logs to identify the time of initial exploit. Which of the following logs should the analyst review first?
A security analyst locates a potentially malicious video file on a server and needs to identify both the creation date and the file's creator. Which of the following actions would most likely give the security analyst the information required?
A security analyst needs to improve the company’s authentication policy following a password audit. Which of the following should be included in the policy? (Choose two.)
A security analyst notices unusual behavior on the network. The IDS on the network was not able to detect the activities. Which of the following should the security analyst use to help the IDS detect such attacks in the future?
A security analyst received a tip that sensitive proprietary information was leaked to the public. The analyst is reviewing the PCAP and notices traffic between an internal server and an external host that includes the following: ... 12:47:22.327233 PPPoE [ses 0x8122] IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto IPv6 (41), length 331) 10.5.1.1 > 52.165.16.154: IP6 (hlim E3, next-header TCP (6) paylcad length: 271) 2001:67c:2158:a019::ace.53104 > 2001:0:5ef5:79fd:380c:dddd:a601:24fa.13788: Flags [P.], cksum 0xd7ee (correct), seq 97:348, ack 102, win 16444, length 251 ... Which of the following was most likely used to exfiltrate the data?
A security analyst receives alerts about an internal system sending a large amount of unusual DNS queries to systems on the internet over short periods of time during non-business hours. Which of the following is most likely occurring?
A security analyst receives an alert that there was an attempt to download known malware. Which of the following actions would allow the best chance to analyze the malware?
A security analyst recently read a report about a flaw in several of the organization's printer models that causes credentials to be sent over the network in cleartext, regardless of the encryption settings. Which of the following would be best to use to validate this finding?
A security analyst reviews domain activity logs and notices the following: Which of the following is the best explanation for what the security analyst has discovered?
A security analyst scans a company's public network and discovers a host is running a remote desktop that can be used to access the production network. Which of the following changes should the security analyst recommend?
A security analyst wants to better understand the behavior of users and devices in order to gain visibility into potential malicious activities. The analyst needs a control to detect when actions deviate from a common baseline. Which of the following should the analyst use?
A security architect wants to prevent employees from receiving malicious attachments by email. Which of the following functions should the chosen solution do?
A security consultant is working with a client that wants to physically isolate its secure systems. Which of the following best describes this architecture?
A security consultant needs secure, remote access to a client environment. Which of the following should the security consultant most likely use to gain access?
A security engineer at a large company needs to enhance IAM in order to ensure that employees can only access corporate systems during their shifts. Which of the following access controls should the security engineer implement?
A security engineer configured a remote access VPN. The remote access VPN allows end users to connect to the network by using an agent that is installed on the endpoint, which establishes an encrypted tunnel. Which of the following protocols did the engineer most likely implement?
A security engineer is implementing FDE for all laptops in an organization. Which of the following are the most important for the engineer to consider as part of the planning process? (Choose two.)
A security engineer is installing an IPS to block signature-based attacks in the environment. Which of the following modes will best accomplish this task?
A security engineer needs to quickly identify a signature from a known malicious file. Which of the following analysis methods would the security engineer most likely use?
A security engineer would like to enhance the use of automation and orchestration within the SIEM. Which of the following would be the primary benefit of this enhancement?
A security investigation revealed that malicious software was installed on a server using a server administrator's credentials. During the investigation, the server administrator explained that Telnet was regularly used to log in. Which of the following most likely occurred?
A security manager created new documentation to use in response to various types of security incidents. Which of the following is the next step the manager should take?
A security manager wants to reduce the number of steps required to identify and contain basic threats. Which of the following will help achieve this goal?
A security officer is implementing a security awareness program and has placed security-themed posters around the building and assigned online user training. Which of the following will the security officer most likely implement?
A security officer is implementing a security awareness program and is placing security-themed posters around the building and is assigning online user training. Which of the following would the security officer most likely implement?
A security operations center determines that the malicious activity detected on a server is normal. Which of the following activities describes the act of ignoring detected activity in the future?
A security practitioner completes a vulnerability assessment on a company’s network and finds several vulnerabilities, which the operations team remediates. Which of the following should be done next?
A security report shows that during a two-week test period, 80% of employees unwittingly disclosed their SSO credentials when accessing an external website. The organization purposely created the website to simulate a cost-free password complexity test. Which of the following would best help reduce the number of visits to similar websites in the future?
A security team at a large, global company needs to reduce the cost of storing data used for performing investigations. Which of the following types of data should have its retention length reduced?
A security team has been alerted to a flood of incoming emails that have various subject lines and are addressed to multiple email inboxes. Each email contains a URL shortener link that is redirecting to a dead domain. Which of the following is the best step for the security team to take?
A security team is addressing a risk associated with the attack surface of the organization's web application over port 443. Currently, no advanced network security capabilities are in place. Which of the following would be best to set up? (Choose two.)
A security team is in the process of hardening the network against externally crafted malicious packets. Which of the following is the most secure method to protect the internal network?
A security team is reviewing the findings in a report that was delivered after a third party performed a penetration test. One of the findings indicated that a web application form field is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Which of the following application security techniques should the security analyst recommend the developer implement to prevent this vulnerability?
A security team is setting up a new environment for hosting the organization's on-premises software application as a cloud-based service. Which of the following should the team ensure is in place in order for the organization to follow security best practices?
A site reliability engineer is designing a recovery strategy that requires quick failover to an identical site if the primary facility goes down. Which of the following types of sites should the engineer consider?
A small business uses kiosks on the sales floor to display product information for customers. A security team discovers the kiosks use end-of-life operating systems. Which of the following is the security team most likely to document as a security implication of the current architecture?
A SOC analyst establishes a remote control session on an end user’s machine and discovers the following in a file: gmail.com[ENT]my.name@gmail.com[ENT]NoOneCanGuessThis123! [ENT]Hello Susan, it was great to see you the other day! Let’s plan a followup[BACKSPACE]follow-up meeting soon. Here is the link to register. [RTN][CTRL]c [CTRL]v [RTN]after[BACKSPACE]After you register give me a call on my cellphone. Which of the following actions should the SOC analyst perform first?
A software developer released a new application and is distributing application files via the developer's website. Which of the following should the developer post on the website to allow users to verify the integrity of the downloaded files?
A software development manager wants to ensure the authenticity of the code created by the company. Which of the following options is the most appropriate?
A software development team asked a security administrator to recommend techniques that should be used to reduce the chances of the software being reverse engineered. Which of the following should the security administrator recommend?
A systems administrator creates a script that validates OS version, patch levels, and installed applications when users log in. Which of the following examples best describes the purpose of this script?
A systems administrator deployed a monitoring solution that does not require installation on the endpoints that the solution is monitoring. Which of the following is described in this scenario?
A systems administrator discovers a system that is no longer receiving support from the vendor. However, this system and its environment are critical to running the business, cannot be modified, and must stay online. Which of the following risk treatments is the most appropriate in this situation?
A systems administrator is advised that an external web server is not functioning property. The administrator reviews the following firewall logs containing traffic going to the web server: Which of the following attacks is likely occurring?
A systems administrator is changing the password policy within an enterprise environment and wants this update implemented on all systems as quickly as possible. Which of the following operating system security measures will the administrator most likely use?
A systems administrator is concerned about vulnerabilities within cloud computing instances. Which of the following is most important for the administrator to consider when architecting a cloud computing environment?
A systems administrator is concerned users are accessing emails through a duplicate site that is not run by the company. Which of the following is used in this scenario?
A systems administrator is creating a script that would save time and prevent human error when performing account creation for a large number of end users. Which of the following would be a good use case for this task?
A systems administrator is looking for a low-cost application-hosting solution that is cloud-based. Which of the following meets these requirements?
A systems administrator is reviewing the VPN logs and notices that during non-working hours a user is accessing the company file server and information is being transferred to a suspicious IP address. Which of the following threats is most likely occurring?
A systems administrator is working on a solution with the following requirements: • Provide a secure zone. • Enforce a company-wide access control policy. • Reduce the scope of threats. Which of the following is the systems administrator setting up?
A systems administrator just purchased multiple network devices. Which of the following should the systems administrator perform to prevent attackers from accessing the devices by using publicly available information?
A systems administrator needs to encrypt all data on employee laptops. Which of the following encryption levels should be implemented?
A systems administrator needs to ensure the secure communication of sensitive data within the organization’s private cloud. Which of the following is the best choice for the administrator to implement?
A systems administrator notices that a testing system is down. While investigating, the systems administrator finds that the servers are online and accessible from any device on the server network. The administrator reviews the following information from the monitoring system: Which of the following is the most likely cause of the outage?
A systems administrator notices that one of the systems critical for processing customer transactions is running an end-of-life operating system. Which of the following techniques would increase enterprise security?
A systems administrator notices that the research and development department is not using the company VPN when accessing various company-related services and systems. Which of the following scenarios describes this activity?
A systems administrator receives a text message from an unknown number claiming to be the Chief Executive Officer of the company. The message states an emergency situation requires a password reset. Which of the following threat vectors is being used?
A systems administrator receives an alert that a company’s internal file server is very slow and is only working intermittently. The systems administrator reviews the server management software and finds the following information about the server: Which of the following indicators most likely triggered this alert?
A systems administrator receives the following alert from a file integrity monitoring tool: The hash of the cmd.exe file has changed. The systems administrator checks the OS logs and notices that no patches were applied in the last two months. Which of the following most likely occurred?
A systems administrator successfully configures VPN access to a cloud environment. Which of the following capabilities should the administrator use to best facilitate remote administration?
A systems administrator uses a key to encrypt a message being sent to a peer in a different branch office. The peer then uses the same key to decrypt the message. Which of the following describes this example?
A systems administrator wants to prevent users from being able to access data based on their responsibilities. The administrator also wants to apply the required access structure via a simplified format. Which of the following should the administrator apply to the site recovery resource group?
A systems administrator works for a local hospital and needs to ensure patient data is protected and secure. Which of the following data classifications should be used to secure patient data?
A systems administrator would like to create a point-in-time backup of a virtual machine. Which of the following should the administrator use?
A systems administrator would like to deploy a change to a production system. Which of the following must the administrator submit to demonstrate that the system can be restored to a working state in the event of a performance issue?
A technician is deploying a new security camera. Which of the following should the technician do?
A technician is opening ports on a firewall for a new system being deployed and supported by a SaaS provider. Which of the following is a risk in the new system?
A technician needs to apply a high-priority patch to a production system. Which of the following steps should be taken first?
A technician wants to improve the situational and environmental awareness of existing users as they transition from remote to in-office work. Which of the following is the best option?
A third-party vendor is moving a particular application to the end-of-life stage at the end of the current year. Which of the following is the most critical risk if the company chooses to continue running the application?
A threat actor was able to use a username and password to log in to a stolen company mobile device. Which of the following provides the best solution to increase mobile data security on all employees' company mobile devices?
A U.S.-based cloud-hosting provider wants to expand its data centers to new international locations. Which of the following should the hosting provider consider first?
A university employee logged on to the academic server and attempted to guess the system administrators’ log-in credentials. Which of the following security measures should the university have implemented to detect the employee’s attempts to gain access to the administrators’ accounts?
A user downloaded software from an online forum. After the user installed the software, the security team observed external network traffic connecting to the user's computer on an uncommon port. Which of the following is the most likely explanation of this unauthorized connection?
A user is requesting Telnet access to manage a remote development web server. Insecure protocols are not allowed for use within any environment. Which of the following should be configured to allow remote access to this server?
A user needs to complete training at comptiatraining.com. After manually entering the URL, the user sees that the accessed website is noticeably different from the standard company website. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for the difference?
A user would like to install software and features that are not available with a smartphone's default software. Which of the following would allow the user to install unauthorized software and enable new features?
A user, who is waiting for a flight at an airport, logs in to the airline website using the public Wi-Fi, ignores a security warning and purchases an upgraded seat. When the flight lands, the user finds unauthorized credit card charges. Which of the following attacks most likely occurred?
A user's workstation becomes unresponsive and displays a ransom note demanding payment to decrypt files. Before the attack, the user opened a resume they received in a message, browsed the company's website, and installed OS updates. Which of the following is the most likely vector of this attack?
A utility company is designing a new platform that will host all the virtual machines used by business applications. The requirements include: • A starting baseline of 50% memory utilization • Storage scalability • Single circuit failure resilience Which of the following best meets all of these requirements?
A visitor plugs a laptop into a network jack in the lobby and is able to connect to the company's network. Which of the following should be configured on the existing network infrastructure to best prevent this activity?
After a company was compromised, customers initiated a lawsuit. The company's attorneys have requested that the security team initiate a legal hold in response to the lawsuit. Which of the following describes the action the security team will most likely be required to take?
After a recent ransomware attack on a company's system, an administrator reviewed the log files. Which of the following control types did the administrator use?
After a recent vulnerability scan, a security engineer needs to harden the routers within the corporate network. Which of the following is the most appropriate to disable?
After a security awareness training session, a user called the IT help desk and reported a suspicious call. The suspicious caller stated that the Chief Financial Officer wanted credit card information in order to close an invoice. Which of the following topics did the user recognize from the training?
After a security incident, a systems administrator asks the company to buy a NAC platform. Which of the following attack surfaces is the systems administrator trying to protect?
After a series of account compromises and credential misuse, a company hires a security manager to develop a security program. Which of the following steps should the security manager take first to increase security awareness?
After an audit, an administrator discovers all users have access to confidential data on a file server. Which of the following should the administrator use to restrict access to the data quickly?
After conducting a vulnerability scan, a systems administrator notices that one of the identified vulnerabilities is not present on the systems that were scanned. Which of the following describes this example?
After creating a contract for IT contractors, the human resources department changed several clauses. The contract has gone through three revisions. Which of the following processes should the human resources department follow to track revisions?
After failing an audit twice, an organization has been ordered by a government regulatory agency to pay fines. Which of the following causes this action?
After reviewing the following vulnerability scanning report: A security analyst performs the following test: Which of the following would the security analyst conclude for this reported vulnerability?
An accountant is transferring information to a bank over FTP. Which of the following mitigations should the accountant use to protect the confidentiality of the data?
An accounting clerk sent money to an attacker's bank account after receiving fraudulent instructions to use a new account. Which of the following would most likely prevent this activity in the future?
An administrator assists the legal and compliance team with ensuring information about customer transactions is archived for the proper time period. Which of the following data policies is the administrator carrying out?
An administrator at a small business notices an increase in support calls from employees who receive a blocked page message after trying to navigate to a spoofed website. Which of the following should the administrator do?
An administrator finds that all user workstations and servers are displaying a message that is associated with files containing an extension of .ryk. Which of the following types of infections is present on the systems?
An administrator has configured a quarantine subnet for all guest devices that connect to the network. Which of the following would be best for the security team to perform before allowing access to corporate resources?
An administrator has identified and fingerprinted specific files that will generate an alert if an attempt is made to email these files outside of the organization. Which of the following best describes the tool the administrator is using?
An administrator is creating a secure method for a contractor to access a test environment. Which of the following would provide the contractor with the best access to the test environment?
An administrator is installing an LDAP browser tool in order to view objects in the corporate LDAP directory. Secure connections to the LDAP server are required. When the browser connects to the server, certificate errors are being displayed, and then the connection is terminated. Which of the following is the most likely solution?
An administrator is installing an SSL certificate on a new system. During testing, errors indicate that the certificate is not trusted. The administrator has verified with the issuing CA and has validated the private key. Which of the following should the administrator check for next?
An administrator is reviewing a single server's security logs and discovers the following: Which of the following best describes the action captured in this log file?
An administrator must replace an expired SSL certificate. Which of the following does the administrator need to create the new SSL certificate?
An administrator needs to perform server hardening before deployment. Which of the following steps should the administrator take? (Choose two.)
An administrator notices that several users are logging in from suspicious IP addresses. After speaking with the users, the administrator determines that the employees were not logging in from those IP addresses and resets the affected users’ passwords. Which of the following should the administrator implement to prevent this type of attack from succeeding in the future?
An administrator wants to automate an account permissions update for a large number of accounts. Which of the following would best accomplish this task?
An administrator wants to perform a risk assessment without using proprietary company information. Which of the following methods should the administrator use to gather information?
An administrator was notified that a user logged in remotely after hours and copied large amounts of data to a personal device. Which of the following best describes the user’s activity?
An alert references attacks associated with a zero-day exploit. An analyst places a bastion host in the network to reduce the risk of the exploit. Which of the following types of controls is the analyst implementing?
An analyst is evaluating the implementation of Zero Trust principles within the data plane. Which of the following would be most relevant for the analyst to evaluate?
An analyst is performing a vulnerability scan against the web servers exposed to the internet without a system account. Which of the following is most likely being performed?
An analyst is reviewing job postings to ensure sensitive company information is not being shared with the general public. Which of the following is the analyst most likely looking for?
An architect has a request to increase the speed of data transfer using JSON requests externally. Currently, the organization uses SFTP to transfer data files. Which of the following will most likely meet the requirements?
An attacker posing as the Chief Executive Officer calls an employee and instructs the employee to buy gift cards. Which of the following techniques is the attacker using?
An attacker submits a request containing unexpected characters in an attempt to gain unauthorized access to information within the underlying systems. Which of the following best describes this attack?
An audit reveals that cardholder database logs are exposing account numbers inappropriately. Which of the following mechanisms would help limit the impact of this error?
An auditor discovered multiple insecure ports on some servers. Other servers were found to have legacy protocols enabled. Which of the following tools did the auditor use to discover these issues?
An employee clicked a link in an email from a payment website that asked the employee to update contact information. The employee entered the log-in information but received a “page not found” error message. Which of the following types of social engineering attacks occurred?
An employee clicks a malicious link in an email that appears to be from the company's Chief Executive Officer. The employee's computer is infected with ransomware that encrypts the company's files. Which of the following is the most effective way for the company to prevent similar incidents in the future?
An employee emailed a new systems administrator a malicious web link and convinced the administrator to change the email server’s password. The employee used this access to remove the mailboxes of key personnel. Which of the following security awareness concepts would help prevent this threat in the future?
An employee receives a text message from an unknown number claiming to be the company’s Chief Executive Officer and asking the employee to purchase several gift cards. Which of the following types of attacks does this describe?
An employee receives a text message that appears to have been sent by the payroll department and is asking for credential verification. Which of the following social engineering techniques are being attempted? (Choose two.)
An employee used a company’s billing system to issue fraudulent checks. The administrator is looking for evidence of other occurrences of this activity. Which of the following should the administrator examine?
An employee who was working remotely lost a mobile device containing company data. Which of the following provides the best solution to prevent future data loss?
An engineer has ensured that the switches are using the latest OS, the servers have the latest patches, and the endpoints' definitions are up to date. Which of the following will these actions most effectively prevent?
An engineer moved to another team and is unable to access the new team's shared folders while still being able to access the shared folders from the former team. After opening a ticket, the engineer discovers that the account was never moved to the new group. Which of the following access controls is most likely causing the lack of access?
An engineer needs to ensure that a script has not been modified before it is launched. Which of the following best provides this functionality?
An engineer needs to find a solution that creates an added layer of security by preventing unauthorized access to internal company resources. Which of the following would be the best solution?
An enterprise has been experiencing attacks focused on exploiting vulnerabilities in older browser versions with well-known exploits. Which of the following security solutions should be configured to best provide the ability to monitor and block these known signature-based attacks?
An enterprise is trying to limit outbound DNS traffic originating from its internal network. Outbound DNS requests will only be allowed from one device with the IP address 10.50.10.25. Which of the following firewall ACLs will accomplish this goal?
An enterprise is working with a third party and needs to allow access between the internal networks of both parties for a secure file migration. The solution needs to ensure encryption is applied to all traffic that is traversing the networks. Which of the following solutions should most likely be implemented?
An enterprise security team is researching a new security architecture to better protect the company’s networks and applications against the latest cyberthreats. The company has a fully remote workforce. The solution should be highly redundant and enable users to connect to a VPN with an integrated, software-based firewall. Which of the following solutions meets these requirements?
An important patch for a critical application has just been released, and a systems administrator is identifying all of the systems requiring the patch. Which of the following must be maintained in order to ensure that all systems requiring the patch are updated?
An incident analyst finds several image files on a hard disk. The image files may contain geolocation coordinates. Which of the following best describes the type of information the analyst is trying to extract from the image files?
An IT administrator needs to ensure data retention standards are implemented on an enterprise application. Which of the following describes the administrator’s role?
An IT manager informs the entire help desk staff that only the IT manager and the help desk lead will have access to the administrator console of the help desk software. Which of the following security techniques is the IT manager setting up?
An IT manager is increasing the security capabilities of an organization after a data classification initiative determined that sensitive data could be exfiltrated from the environment. Which of the following solutions would mitigate the risk?
An IT manager is putting together a documented plan describing how the organization will keep operating in the event of a global incident. Which of the following plans is the IT manager creating?
An organization completed a project to deploy SSO across all business applications last year. Recently, the finance department selected a new cloud-based accounting software vendor. Which of the following should most likely be configured during the new software deployment?
An organization designs an inbound firewall with a fail-open configuration while implementing a website. Which of the following would the organization consider to be the highest priority?
An organization disabled unneeded services and placed a firewall in front of a business-critical legacy system. Which of the following best describes the actions taken by the organization?
An organization experienced a security breach that allowed an attacker to send fraudulent wire transfers from a hardened PC exclusively to the attacker's bank through remote connections. A security analyst is creating a timeline of events and has found a different PC on the network containing malware. Upon reviewing the command history, the analyst finds the following: PS>.\mimikatz.exe "sekurlsa::pth /user:localadmin /domain:corp-domain.com /ntlm:B4B9B02E1F29A3CF193EAB28C8D617D3F327 Which of the following best describes how the attacker gained access to the hardened PC?
An organization experiences a cybersecurity incident involving a command-and-control server. Which of the following logs should be analyzed to identify the impacted host? (Choose two.)
An organization has a new regulatory requirement to implement corrective controls on a financial system. Which of the following is the most likely reason for the new requirement?
An organization has recently decided to implement SSO. The requirements are to leverage access tokens and focus on application authorization rather than user authentication. Which of the following solutions would the engineering team most likely configure?
An organization is adopting cloud services at a rapid pace and now has multiple SaaS applications in use. Each application has a separate log-in, so the security team wants to reduce the number of credentials each employee must maintain. Which of the following is the first step the security team should take?
An organization is building a new backup data center with cost-benefit as the primary requirement and RTO and RPO values around two days. Which of the following types of sites is the best for this scenario?
An organization is developing a security program that conveys the responsibilities associated with the general operation of systems and software within the organization. Which of the following documents would most likely communicate these expectations?
An organization is implementing a COPE mobile device management policy. Which of the following should the organization include in the COPE policy? (Choose two.)
An organization is leveraging a VPN between its headquarters and a branch location. Which of the following is the VPN protecting?
An organization is looking to optimize its environment and reduce the number of patches necessary for operating systems. Which of the following will best help to achieve this objective?
An organization is preparing to export proprietary software to a customer. Which of the following would be the best way to prevent the loss of intellectual property?
An organization is required to provide assurance that its controls are properly designed and operating effectively. Which of the following reports will best achieve the objective?
An organization is struggling with scaling issues on its VPN concentrator and internet circuit due to remote work. The organization is looking for a software solution that will allow it to reduce traffic on the VPN and internet circuit, while still providing encrypted tunnel access to the data center and monitoring of remote employee internet traffic. Which of the following will help achieve these objectives?
An organization issued new laptops to all employees and wants to provide web filtering both in and out of the office without configuring additional access to the network. Which of the following types of web filtering should a systems administrator configure?
An organization maintains intellectual property that it wants to protect. Which of the following concepts would be most beneficial to add to the company’s security awareness training program?
An organization needs to determine how many employees are accessing the building each day in order to configure the proper access controls. Which of the following control types best meets this requirement?
An organization needs to monitor its users’ activities in order to prevent insider threats. Which of the following solutions would help the organization achieve this goal?
An organization plans to expand its operations internationally and needs to keep data at the new location secure. The organization wants to use the most secure architecture model possible. Which of the following models offers the highest level of security?
An organization purchased a critical business application containing sensitive data. The organization would like to ensure that the application is not exploited by common data exfiltration attacks. Which of the following approaches would best help to fulfill this requirement?
An organization recently started hosting a new service that customers access through a web portal. A security engineer needs to add to the existing security devices a new solution to protect this new service. Which of the following is the engineer most likely to deploy?
An organization recently updated its security policy to include the following statement: Regular expressions are included in source code to remove special characters such as $, |, ;. &, `, and ? from variables set by forms in a web application. Which of the following best explains the security technique the organization adopted by making this addition to the policy?
An organization requests a third-party full-spectrum analysis of its supply chain. Which of the following would the analysis team use to meet this requirement?
An organization wants a third-party vendor to do a penetration test that targets a specific device. The organization has provided basic information about the device. Which of the following best describes this kind of penetration test?
An organization wants to deploy software in a container environment to increase security. Which of the following would limit the organization's ability to achieve this goal?
An organization wants to implement a secure solution for remote users. The users handle sensitive PHI on a regular basis and need to access an internally developed corporate application. Which of the following best meet the organization's security requirements? (Choose two.)
An organization wants to improve the company's security authentication method for remote employees. Given the following requirements: • Must work across SaaS and internal network applications • Must be device manufacturer agnostic • Must have offline capabilities Which of the following would be the most appropriate authentication method?
An organization wants to limit potential impact to its log-in database in the event of a breach. Which of the following options is the security team most likely to recommend?
An organization would like to calculate the time needed to resolve a hardware issue with a server. Which of the following risk management processes describes this example?
An organization would like to store customer data on a separate part of the network that is not accessible to users on the main corporate network. Which of the following should the administrator use to accomplish this goal?
An organization's web servers host an online ordering system. The organization discovers that the servers are vulnerable to a malicious JavaScript injection, which could allow attackers to access customer payment information. Which of the following mitigation strategies would be most effective for preventing an attack on the organization's web servers? (Choose two.)
An organization’s internet-facing website was compromised when an attacker exploited a buffer overflow. Which of the following should the organization deploy to best protect against similar attacks in the future?
As part of new compliance audit requirements, multiple servers need to be segmented on different networks and should be reachable only from authorized internal systems. Which of the following would meet the requirements?
Client files can only be accessed by employees who need to know the information and have specified roles in the company. Which of the following best describes this security concept?
Due to a cyberattack, a company's IT systems were not operational for an extended period of time. The company wants to measure how quickly the systems must be restored in order to minimize business disruption. Which of the following would the company most likely use?
During a penetration test, a flaw in the internal PKI was exploited to gain domain administrator rights using specially crafted certificates. Which of the following remediation tasks should be completed as part of the cleanup phase?
During a penetration test, a vendor attempts to enter an unauthorized area using an access badge. Which of the following types of tests does this represent?
During a recent company safety stand-down, the cyber-awareness team gave a presentation on the importance of cyber hygiene. One topic the team covered was best practices for printing centers. Which of the following describes an attack method that relates to printing centers?
During a recent log review, an analyst discovers evidence of successful injection attacks. Which of the following will best address this issue?
During a security incident, the security operations team identified sustained network traffic from a malicious IP address: 10.1.4.9. A security analyst is creating an inbound firewall rule to block the IP address from accessing the organization’s network. Which of the following fulfills this request?
During a SQL update of a database, a temporary field that was created was replaced by an attacker in order to allow access to the system. Which of the following best describes this type of vulnerability?
During an annual review of the system design, an engineer identified a few issues with the currently released design. Which of the following should be performed next according to best practices?
During an investigation, an incident response team attempts to understand the source of an incident. Which of the following incident response activities describes this process?
During the onboarding process, an employee needs to create a password for an intranet account. The password must include ten characters, numbers, and letters, and two special characters. Once the password is created, the company will grant the employee access to other company-owned websites based on the intranet profile. Which of the following access management concepts is the company most likely using to safeguard intranet accounts and grant access to multiple sites based on a user's intranet account? (Choose two.)
Easy-to-guess passwords led to an account compromise. The current password policy requires at least 12 alphanumeric characters, one uppercase character, one lowercase character, a password history of two passwords, a minimum password age of one day, and a maximum password age of 90 days. Which of the following would reduce the risk of this incident from happening again? (Choose two.)
Employees in the research and development business unit receive extensive training to ensure they understand how to best protect company data. Which of the following is the type of data these employees are most likely to use in day-to-day work activities?
Employees located off-site must have access to company resources in order to complete their assigned tasks. These employees utilize a solution that allows remote access without interception concerns. Which of the following best describes this solution?
Employees sign an agreement that restricts specific activities when leaving the company. Violating the agreement can result in legal consequences. Which of the following agreements does this best describe?
Executives at a company are concerned about employees accessing systems and information about sensitive company projects unrelated to the employees’ normal job duties. Which of the following enterprise security capabilities will the security team most likely deploy to detect that activity?
For an upcoming product launch, a company hires a marketing agency whose owner is a close relative of the Chief Executive Officer. Which of the following did the company violate?
For which of the following reasons would a systems administrator leverage a 3DES hash from an installer file that is posted on a vendor’s website?
In order to strengthen a password and prevent a hacker from cracking it, a random string of 36 characters was added to the password. Which of the following best describes this technique?
In which of the following will unencrypted network traffic most likely be found?
Malware spread across a company's network after an employee visited a compromised industry blog. Which of the following best describes this type of attack?
One of a company's vendors sent an analyst a security bulletin that recommends a BIOS update. Which of the following vulnerability types is being addressed by the patch?
Prior to implementing a design change, the change must go through multiple steps to ensure that it does not cause any security issues. Which of the following is most likely to be one of those steps?
Security controls in a data center are being reviewed to ensure data is properly protected and that human life considerations are included. Which of the following best describes how the controls should be set up?
Several customers want an organization to verify its security controls are operating effectively and have requested an independent opinion. Which of the following is the most efficient way to address these requests?
Several employees received a fraudulent text message from someone claiming to be the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The message stated: “I’m in an airport right now with no access to email. I need you to buy gift cards for employee recognition awards. Please send the gift cards to following email address.” Which of the following are the best responses to this situation? (Choose two).
The author of a software package is concerned about bad actors repackaging and inserting malware into the software. The software download is hosted on a website, and the author exclusively controls the website's contents. Which of the following techniques would best ensure the software's integrity?
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) asked a vendor to provide documentation detailing the specific objectives within the compliance framework that the vendor's services meet. The vendor provided a report and a signed letter stating that the services meet 17 of the 21 objectives. Which of the following did the vendor provide to the CIO?
The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at a large company would like to gain an understanding of how the company's security policies compare to the requirements imposed by external regulators. Which of the following should the CISO use?
The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has determined the company is non-compliant with local data privacy regulations. The CISO needs to justify the budget request for more resources. Which of the following should the CISO present to the board as the direct consequence of non-compliance?
The CIRT is reviewing an incident that involved a human resources recruiter exfiltrating sensitive company data. The CIRT found that the recruiter was able to use HTTP over port 53 to upload documents to a web server. Which of the following security infrastructure devices could have identified and blocked this activity?
The executive management team is mandating the company develop a disaster recovery plan. The cost must be kept to a minimum, and the money to fund additional internet connections is not available. Which of the following would be the best option?
The internal audit team determines a software application is no longer in scope for external reporting requirements. Which of the following will confirm that the application is no longer applicable?
The local administrator account for a company's VPN appliance was unexpectedly used to log in to the remote management interface. Which of the following would have most likely prevented this from happening?
The management team notices that new accounts that are set up manually do not always have correct access or permissions. Which of the following automation techniques should a systems administrator use to streamline account creation?
The management team reports that employees are missing features on company-provided tablets, which is causing productivity issues. The management team directs the IT team to resolve the issue within 48 hours. Which of the following would be the best solution for the IT team to leverage in this scenario?
The marketing department set up its own project management software without telling the appropriate departments. Which of the following describes this scenario?
The number of tickets the help desk has been receiving has increased recently due to numerous false-positive phishing reports. Which of the following would be best to help to reduce the false positives?
The physical security team at a company receives reports that employees are not displaying their badges. The team also observes employees tailgating at controlled entrances. Which of the following topics will the security team most likely emphasize in upcoming security training?
The private key for a website was stolen, and a new certificate has been issued. Which of the following needs to be updated next?
The security team has been asked to only enable host A (10.2.2.7) and host B (10.3.9.9) to the new isolated network segment (10.9.8.14) that provides access to legacy devices. Access from all other hosts should be blocked. Which of the following entries would need to be added on the firewall?
To improve the security at a data center, a security administrator implements a CCTV system and posts several signs about the possibility of being filmed. Which of the following best describe these types of controls? (Choose two.)
To which of the following security categories does an EDR solution belong?
Users at a company are reporting they are unable to access the URL for a new retail website because it is flagged as gambling and is being blocked. Which of the following changes would allow users to access the site?
Various company stakeholders meet to discuss roles and responsibilities in the event of a security breach that would affect offshore offices. Which of the following is this an example of?
Visitors to a secured facility are required to check in with a photo ID and enter the facility through an access control vestibule. Which of the following best describes this form of security control?
When trying to access an internal website, an employee reports that a prompt displays, stating that the site is insecure. Which of the following certificate types is the site most likely using?
Which of the following actions best addresses a vulnerability found on a company's web server?
Which of the following actions could a security engineer take to ensure workstations and servers are properly monitored for unauthorized changes and software?
Which of the following activities are associated with vulnerability management? (Choose two.)
Which of the following activities is included in the post-incident review phase?
Which of the following activities is the first stage in the incident response process?
Which of the following activities should be performed first to compile a list of vulnerabilities in an environment?
Which of the following activities uses OSINT?
Which of the following actors attacking an organization is the most likely to be motivated by personal beliefs?
Which of the following addresses individual rights such as the right to be informed, the right of access, and the right to be forgotten?
Which of the following agreement types defines the time frame in which a vendor needs to respond?
Which of the following agreement types is used to limit external discussions?
Which of the following alert types is the most likely to be ignored over time?
Which of the following allows a systems administrator to tune permissions for a file?
Which of the following allows an exploit to go undetected by the operating system?
Which of the following allows for the attribution of messages to individuals?
Which of the following architectures is most suitable to provide redundancy for critical business processes?
Which of the following are cases in which an engineer should recommend the decommissioning of a network device? (Choose two.)
Which of the following are the best security controls for controlling on-premises access? (Choose two.)
Which of the following are the first steps an analyst should perform when developing a heat map? (Choose two.)
Which of the following aspects of the data management life cycle is most directly impacted by local and international regulations?
Which of the following attacks exploits a potential vulnerability as a result of using weak cryptographic algorithms?
Which of the following best describe the benefits of a microservices architecture when compared to a monolithic architecture? (Choose two.)
Which of the following best describes a social engineering attack that uses a targeted electronic messaging campaign aimed at a Chief Executive Officer?
Which of the following best describes a use case for a DNS sinkhole?
Which of the following best describes the concept of information being stored outside of its country of origin while still being subject to the laws and requirements of the country of origin?
Which of the following best describes the practice of researching laws and regulations related to information security operations within a specific industry?
Which of the following best describes the risk present after controls and mitigating factors have been applied?
Which of the following best ensures minimal downtime and data loss for organizations with critical computing equipment located in earthquake-prone areas?
Which of the following best practices gives administrators a set period to perform changes to an operational system to ensure availability and minimize business impacts?
Which of the following best protects sensitive data in transit across a geographically dispersed infrastructure?
Which of the following can be used to compromise a system that is running an RTOS?
Which of the following can be used to identify potential attacker activities without affecting production servers?
Which of the following can be used to mitigate attacks from high-risk regions?
Which of the following can best contribute to prioritizing patch applications?
Which of the following can best protect against an employee inadvertently installing malware on a company system?
Which of the following consequences would a retail chain most likely face from customers in the event the retailer is non-compliant with PCI DSS?
Which of the following considerations is the most important for an organization to evaluate as it establishes and maintains a data privacy program?
Which of the following considerations is the most important regarding cryptography used in an IoT device?
Which of the following control types is AUP an example of?
Which of the following could potentially be introduced at the time of side loading?
Which of the following cryptographic methods is preferred for securing communications with limited computing resources?
Which of the following cryptographic solutions is used to hide the fact that communication is occurring?
Which of the following cryptographic solutions protects data at rest?
Which of the following data roles is responsible for identifying risks and appropriate access to data?
Which of the following data states applies to data that is being actively processed by a database server?
Which of the following definitions best describes the concept of log correlation?
Which of the following describes a security alerting and monitoring tool that collects system, application, and network logs from multiple sources in a centralized system?
Which of the following describes an executive team that is meeting in a board room and testing the company's incident response plan?
Which of the following describes effective change management procedures?
Which of the following describes the category of data that is most impacted when it is lost?
Which of the following describes the difference between encryption and hashing?
Which of the following describes the maximum allowance of accepted risk?
Which of the following describes the most effective way to address OS vulnerabilities after they are identified?
Which of the following describes the procedures a penetration tester must follow while conducting a test?
Which of the following describes the process of concealing code or text inside a graphical image?
Which of the following describes the reason root cause analysis should be conducted as part of incident response?
Which of the following describes the understanding between a company and a client about what will be provided and the accepted time needed to provide the company with the resources?
Which of the following documents details how to accomplish a technical security task?
Which of the following elements of digital forensics should a company use if it needs to ensure the integrity of evidence?
Which of the following enables the ability to receive a consolidated report from different devices on the network?
Which of the following enables the use of an input field to run commands that can view or manipulate data?
Which of the following exercises should an organization use to improve its incident response process?
Which of the following explains how to determine the global regulations that data is subject to regardless of the country where the data is stored?
Which of the following factors are the most important to address when formulating a training curriculum plan for a security awareness program? (Choose two.)
Which of the following has been implemented when a host-based firewall on a legacy Linux system allows connections from only specific internal IP addresses?
Which of the following incident response activities ensures evidence is properly handled?
Which of the following involves an attempt to take advantage of database misconfigurations?
Which of the following is a benefit of vendor diversity?
Which of the following is a common data removal option for companies that want to wipe sensitive data from hard drives in a repeatable manner but allow the hard drives to be reused?
Which of the following is a common source of unintentional corporate credential leakage in cloud environments?
Which of the following is a common, passive reconnaissance technique employed by penetration testers in the early phases of an engagement?
Which of the following is a compensating control for providing user access to a high-risk website?
Which of the following is a feature of a next-generation SIEM system?
Which of the following is a hardware-specific vulnerability?
Which of the following is a possible consequence of a VM escape?
Which of the following is a possible factor for MFA?
Which of the following is a prerequisite for a DLP solution?
Which of the following is a preventive physical security control?
Which of the following is a primary security concern for a company setting up a BYOD program?
Which of the following is a reason environmental variables are a concern when reviewing potential system vulnerabilities?
Which of the following is a risk of conducting a vulnerability assessment?
Which of the following is a type of vulnerability that involves inserting scripts into web-based applications in order to take control of the client's web browser?
Which of the following is a type of vulnerability that may result from outdated algorithms or keys?
Which of the following is a type of vulnerability that refers to the unauthorized installation of applications on a device through means other than the official application store?
Which of the following is a use of CVSS?
Which of the following is an example of a data protection strategy that uses tokenization?
Which of the following is an example of a treatment strategy for a continuous risk?
Which of the following is an example of memory injection?
Which of the following is best to use when determining the severity of a vulnerability?
Which of the following is classified as high availability in a cloud environment?
Which of the following is considered a preventive control?
Which of the following is most likely a security concern when installing and using low-cost IoT devices in infrastructure environments?
Which of the following is most likely to be used as a just-in-time reference document within a security operations center?
Which of the following is prevented by proper data sanitization?
Which of the following is required for an organization to properly manage its restore process in the event of system failure?
Which of the following is the act of proving to a customer that software developers are trained on secure coding?
Which of the following is the best reason an organization should enforce a data classification policy to help protect its most sensitive information?
Which of the following is the best reason to complete an audit in a banking environment?
Which of the following is the best reason to perform a tabletop exercise?
Which of the following is the best resource to consult for information on the most common application exploitation methods?
Which of the following is the best security reason for closing service ports that are not needed?
Which of the following is the best way to consistently determine on a daily basis whether security settings on servers have been modified?
Which of the following is the best way to prevent an unauthorized user from plugging a laptop into an employee's phone network port and then using tools to scan for database servers?
Which of the following is the best way to provide secure, remote access for employees while minimizing the exposure of a company’s internal network?
Which of the following is the best way to secure an on-site data center against intrusion from an insider?
Which of the following is the best way to securely store an encryption key for a data set in a manner that allows multiple entities to access the key when needed?
Which of the following is the best way to validate the integrity and availability of a disaster recovery site?
Which of the following is the fastest and most cost-effective way to confirm a third-party supplier's compliance with security obligations?
Which of the following is the first step to secure a newly deployed server?
Which of the following is the main consideration when a legacy system that is a critical part of a company's infrastructure cannot be replaced?
Which of the following is the most common data loss path for an air-gapped network?
Which of the following is the most important element when defining effective security governance?
Which of the following is the most important security concern when using legacy systems to provide production service?
Which of the following is the most likely outcome if a large bank fails an internal PCI DSS compliance assessment?
Which of the following is the most likely to be included as an element of communication in a security awareness program?
Which of the following is the most likely to be used to document risks, responsible parties, and thresholds?
Which of the following is the most relevant reason a DPO would develop a data inventory?
Which of the following is the phase in the incident response process when a security analyst reviews roles and responsibilities?
Which of the following is the primary purpose of a service that tracks log-ins and time spent using the service?
Which of the following is the primary reason why false negatives on a vulnerability scan should be a concern?
Which of the following is the stage in an investigating when forensic images are obtained?
Which of the following is used to add extra complexity before using a one-way data transformation algorithm?
Which of the following is used to calculate the impact to an organization per cybersecurity incident?
Which of the following is used to conceal credit card information in a database log file?
Which of the following is used to improve security and overall functionality without losing critical application data?
Which of the following is used to protect a computer from viruses, malware, and Trojans being installed and moving laterally across the network?
Which of the following is used to quantitatively measure the criticality of a vulnerability?
Which of the following is used to validate a certificate when it is presented to a user?
Which of the following methods can be used to detect attackers who have successfully infiltrated a network? (Choose two.)
Which of the following methods to secure credit card data is best to use when a requirement is to see only the last four numbers on a credit card?
Which of the following methods would most likely be used to identify legacy systems?
Which of the following most accurately describes the order in which a security engineer should implement secure baselines?
Which of the following most impacts an administrator's ability to address CVEs discovered on a server?
Which of the following most likely describes why a security engineer would configure all outbound emails to use S/MIME digital signatures?
Which of the following must be considered when designing a high-availability network? (Choose two).
Which of the following objectives is best achieved by a tabletop exercise?
Which of the following options will provide the lowest RTO and RPO for a database?
Which of the following organizational documents is most often used to establish and communicate expectations associated with integrity and ethical behavior within an organization?
Which of the following phases of an incident response involves generating reports?
Which of the following physical controls can be used to both detect and deter? (Choose two.)
Which of the following practices would be best to prevent an insider from introducing malicious code into a company's development process?
Which of the following provides the best protection against unwanted or insecure communications to and from a device?
Which of the following provides the details about the terms of a test with a third-party penetration tester?
Which of the following risk management strategies should an enterprise adopt first if a legacy application is critical to business operations and there are preventative controls that are not yet implemented?
Which of the following roles, according to the shared responsibility model, is responsible for securing the company’s database in an IaaS model for a cloud environment?
Which of the following scenarios describes a possible business email compromise attack?
Which of the following security concepts is accomplished when granting access after an individual has logged into a computer network?
Which of the following security concepts is accomplished with the installation of a RADIUS server?
Which of the following security concepts is being followed when implementing a product that offers protection against DDoS attacks?
Which of the following security concepts is the best reason for permissions on a human resources fileshare to follow the principle of least privilege?
Which of the following security control types does an acceptable use policy best represent?
Which of the following security controls is most likely being used when a critical legacy server is segmented into a private network?
Which of the following security measures is required when using a cloud-based platform for IoT management?
Which of the following should a company use to provide proof of external network security testing?
Which of the following should a security administrator adhere to when setting up a new set of firewall rules?
Which of the following should a security operations center use to improve its incident response procedure?
Which of the following should a security team do first before a new web server goes live?
Which of the following should a security team use to document persistent vulnerabilities with related recommendations?
Which of the following should a systems administrator use to decrease the company's hardware attack surface?
Which of the following should a systems administrator use to ensure an easy deployment of resources within the cloud provider?
Which of the following should an internal auditor check for first when conducting an audit of the organization’s risk management program?
Which of the following should an organization focus on the most when making decisions about vulnerability prioritization?
Which of the following should an organization use to protect its environment from external attacks conducted by an unauthorized hacker?
Which of the following should be used to aggregate log data in order to create alerts and detect anomalous activity?
Which of the following should be used to ensure a device is inaccessible to a network-connected resource?
Which of the following should be used to ensure a user has the permissions needed to effectively do an assigned job role?
Which of the following should be used to ensure an attacker is unable to read the contents of a mobile device's drive if the device is lost?
Which of the following solutions would most likely be used in the financial industry to mask sensitive data?
Which of the following steps in the risk management process involves establishing the scope and potential risks involved with a project?
Which of the following steps should be taken before mitigating a vulnerability in a production server?
Which of the following strategies should an organization use to efficiently manage and analyze multiple types of logs?
Which of the following tasks is typically included in the BIA process?
Which of the following teams combines both offensive and defensive testing techniques to protect an organization's critical systems?
Which of the following teams is best suited to determine whether a company has systems that can be exploited by a potential, identified vulnerability?
Which of the following techniques can be used to sanitize the data contained on a hard drive while allowing for the hard drive to be repurposed?
Which of the following techniques would attract the attention of a malicious attacker in an insider threat scenario?
Which of the following testing techniques uses both defensive and offensive testing methodologies with developers to securely build key applications and software?
Which of the following threat actors is the most likely to be hired by a foreign government to attack critical systems located in other countries?
Which of the following threat actors is the most likely to be motivated by profit?
Which of the following threat actors is the most likely to seek financial gain through the use of ransomware attacks?
Which of the following threat actors is the most likely to use large financial resources to attack critical systems located in other countries?
Which of the following threat actors would most likely deface the website of a high-profile music group?
Which of the following threat vectors is most commonly utilized by insider threat actors attempting data exfiltration?
Which of the following tools can assist with detecting an employee who has accidentally emailed a file containing a customer’s PII?
Which of the following tools is best for logging and monitoring in a cloud environment?
Which of the following topics would most likely be included within an organization's SDLC?
Which of the following types of identification methods can be performed on a deployed application during runtime?
Which of the following types of vulnerabilities is primarily caused by improper use and management of cryptographic certificates?
Which of the following vulnerabilities is associated with installing software outside of a manufacturer’s approved software repository?
Which of the following vulnerabilities is exploited when an attacker overwrites a register with a malicious address?
Which of the following would a security administrator use to comply with a secure baseline during a patch update?
Which of the following would a systems administrator follow when upgrading the firmware of an organization’s router?
Which of the following would an organization most likely use to minimize the loss of data on a file server in the event data needs to be restored?
Which of the following would be best suited for constantly changing environments?
Which of the following would be most useful in determining whether the long-term cost to transfer a risk is less than the impact of the risk?
Which of the following would be the best solution to deploy a low-cost standby site that includes hardware and internet access?
Which of the following would be the best way to block unknown programs from executing?
Which of the following would be the best way to handle a critical business application that is running on a legacy server?
Which of the following would be the best way to test resiliency in the event of a primary power failure?
Which of the following would be the best ways to ensure only authorized personnel can access a secure facility? (Choose two.)
Which of the following would be the greatest concern for a company that is aware of the consequences of non-compliance with government regulations?
Which of the following would be the most appropriate way to protect data in transit?
Which of the following would best explain why a security analyst is running daily vulnerability scans on all corporate endpoints?
Which of the following would enable a data center to remain operational through a multiday power outage?
Which of the following would help ensure a security analyst is able to accurately measure the overall risk to an organization when a new vulnerability is disclosed?
Which of the following would most likely be a hacktivist's motive?
Which of the following would most likely be deployed to obtain and analyze attacker activity and techniques?
Which of the following would most likely be used by attackers to perform credential harvesting?
While a school district is performing state testing, a security analyst notices all internet services are unavailable. The analyst discovers that ARP poisoning is occurring on the network and then terminates access for the host. Which of the following is most likely responsible for this malicious activity?
While conducting a business continuity tabletop exercise, the security team becomes concerned by potential impact if a generator was to develop a fault during failover. Which of the following is the team most likely to consider in regard to risk management activities?
While investigating a possible incident, a security analyst discovers the following: Which of the following should the analyst do first?
While performing digital forensics, which of the following is considered the most volatile and should have the contents collected first?
While reviewing logs, a security administrator identifies the following code: Which of the following best describes the vulnerability being exploited?
While troubleshooting a firewall configuration, a technician determines that a “deny any” policy should be added to the bottom of the ACL. The technician updates the policy, but the new policy causes several company servers to become unreachable. Which of the following actions would prevent this issue?
While updating the security awareness training, a security analyst wants to address issues created if vendors' email accounts are compromised. Which of the following recommendations should the security analyst include in the training?

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