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Question # 1

A company purchased cyber insurance to address items listed on the risk register. Which of the following strategies does this represent?  

A.    Accept   
B.    Transfer   
C.    Mitigate   
D.    Avoid   



Question # 2

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.    If a security incident occurs on the device, the correct employee can be notified.   
B.    The security team will be able to send user awareness training to the appropriate device.   .
C.    Users can be mapped to their devices when configuring software MFA tokens.   
D.    User-based firewall policies can be correctly targeted to the appropriate laptops.   
E.    When conducting penetration testing, the security team will be able to target the desired laptops.  
 F.    Company data can be accounted for when the employee leaves the organization



Question # 3

Which of the following would be the best way to block unknown programs from executing? 

A.    Access control list   
B.    Application allow list.  
 C.    Host-based firewall   
D.    DLP solution  



Question # 4

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?   

A.    Hardening   
B.    Employee monitoring   
C.    Configuration enforcement   
D.    Least privilege   



Question # 5

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.    [Digital forensics   
B.    E-discovery   
C.    Incident response   
D.    Threat hunting   



Question # 6

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.    Capacity planning   
B.    Redundancy   
C.    Geographic dispersion   
D.    Tablet exercise   



Question # 7

Which of the following is used to add extra complexity before using a one-way data transformation algorithm? 

A.    Key stretching   
B.    Data masking   
C.    Steganography   
D.    Salting   



Question # 8

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?   

A.    Secured zones   
B.    Subject role   
C.    Adaptive identity   
D.    Threat scope reduction   



Question # 9

Which of the following must be considered when designing a high-availability network? (Choose two). 

A.    Ease of recovery  
 B.    Ability to patch   
C.    Physical isolation   
D.    Responsiveness   
E.    Attack surface  
 F.    Extensible authentication   



Question # 10

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.    A thorough analysis of the supply chain   
B.    A legally enforceable corporate acquisition policy   
C.    A right to audit clause in vendor contracts and SOWs   
D.    An in-depth penetration test of all suppliers and vendors   



Question # 11

 Which of the following is the most likely to be included as an element of communication in a security awareness program?   

A.    Reporting phishing attempts or other suspicious activities   
B.    Detecting insider threats using anomalous behavior recognition   
C.    Verifying information when modifying wire transfer data   
D.    Performing social engineering as part of third-party penetration testing   



Question # 12

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.    Local data protection regulations   
B.    Risks from hackers residing in other countries   
C.    Impacts to existing contractual obligations   
D.    Time zone differences in log correlation   



Question # 13

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.    Implementing a bastion host   
B.    Deploying a perimeter network   
C.    Installing a WAF   
D.    Utilizing single sign-on   



Question # 14

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.    Testing input validation on the user input fields   
B.    Performing code signing on company-developed software   
C.    Performing static code analysis on the software   
D.    Ensuring secure cookies are use  



Question # 15

Which of the following is the most likely to be used to document risks, responsible parties, and thresholds? 

A.    Risk tolerance   
B.    Risk transfer   
C.    Risk register   
D.    Risk analysis   



Question # 16

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.    Data masking   
B.    Encryption   
C.    Geolocation policy   
D.    Data sovereignty regulation   



Question # 17

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.    Send out periodic security reminders.   
B.    Update the content of new hire documentation.   
C.    Modify the content of recurring training.   
D Implement a phishing campaign   



Question # 18

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.    MSA   
B.    SLA   
C.    BPA   
D.    ISOW   



Question # 19

Which of the following should a security administrator adhere to when setting up a new set of firewall rules? 

A.    Disaster recovery plan   
B.    Incident response procedure   
C.    Business continuity plan   
D.    Change management procedure   



Question # 20

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?   

A.    Encrypted   
B.    Intellectual property   
C.    Critical   
D.    Data in transit



Question # 21

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.    Active   
B.    Passive   
C.    Defensive   
D.    Offensive   



Question # 22

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.    Application   
B.    IPS/IDS   
C.    Network  
 D.    Endpoint   



Question # 23

Which of the following is a primary security concern for a company setting up a BYOD program?

 A.    End of life
B.    Buffer overflow   
C.    VM escape   
D.     Jailbreaking   



Question # 24

  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?   

A.    Real-time recovery   
B.    Hot   
C.    Cold   
D.    Warm   



Question # 25

Which of the following security control types does an acceptable use policy best represent? 

A.    Detective
B.    Compensating   
C.    Corrective   
D.     Preventive  



Question # 26

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.    SSO   
B.    LEAP   
C.    MFA   
D.    PEAP   



Question # 27

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.    Packet captures   
B.    Vulnerability scans   
C.    Metadata   
D.    Dashboard  



Question # 28

Which of the following scenarios describes a possible business email compromise attack? 

A.    An employee receives a gift card request in an email that has an executive's name in the display field of the email.   
B.    Employees who open an email attachment receive messages demanding payment in order to access files.   
C.    A service desk employee receives an email from the HR director asking for log-in credentials to a cloud administrator account.   
D.     An employee receives an email with a link to a phishing site that is designed to look like the company's email portal.   



Question # 29

Which of the following tools can assist with detecting an employee who has accidentally emailed a file containing a customer’s PII?   

A.    SCAP   
B.    Net Flow  
 C.    Antivirus  
 D.    DLP   



Question # 30

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.    Tuning   
B.    Aggregating   
C.    Quarantining   
D.    Archiving   



Question # 31

  Which of the following can be used to identify potential attacker activities without affecting production servers?

A.    Honey pot   
B.    Video surveillance   
C.    Zero Trust   
D.    Geofencing   



Question # 32

Which of the following allows for the attribution of messages to individuals? 

A.    Adaptive identity   
B.    Non-repudiation   
C.    Authentication   
D.    Access logs



Question # 33

A systems administrator is looking for a low-cost application-hosting solution that is cloud-based. Which of the following meets these requirements?   

A.    Serverless framework   
B.    Type 1 hvpervisor   
C.    SD-WAN   
D.    SDN   



Question # 34

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.    encryption=off\   
B.    http://   
C.    www.*.com  
 D. :443   



Question # 35

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.    Conduct an audit.  
 B.    Initiate a penetration test.   
C.    Rescan the network.   
D.    Submit a report.   



Question # 36

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.    White   
B.    Purple   
C.    Blue   
D.    Red   



Question # 37

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?

A.    Analysis   
B.    Lessons learned   
C.    Detection   
D.    Containment   



Question # 38

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?   

A.    Hacktivist   
B.    Whistleblower  
 C.    Organized crime   
D.    Unskilled attacker   



Question # 39

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?

A.    access-list inbound deny ig source 0.0.0.0/0 destination 10.1.4.9/32   
B.    access-list inbound deny ig source 10.1.4.9/32 destination 0.0.0.0/0   
C.    access-list inbound permit ig source 10.1.4.9/32 destination 0.0.0.0/0   
D.    access-list inbound permit ig source 0.0.0.0/0 destination 10.1.4.9/32   



Question # 40

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?   

A.    Documenting the new policy in a change request and submitting the request to change management   
B.    Testing the policy in a non-production environment before enabling the policy in the production network   
C.    Disabling any intrusion prevention signatures on the 'deny any* policy prior to enabling the new policy
D.    Including an 'allow any1 policy above the 'deny any* policy   



Question # 41

Which of the following is the most likely outcome if a large bank fails an internal PCI DSS compliance assessment?   

A.    Fines   
B.    Audit findings   
C.    Sanctions   
D.    Reputation damage



Question # 42

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?   

A.    RDP server   
B.    Jump server  
 C.    Proxy server   
D.    Hypervisor   



Question # 43

  Which of the following is the best way to consistently determine on a daily basis whether security settings on servers have been modified?   

A.    Automation   
B.    Compliance checklist   
C.    Attestation   
D.    Manual audit   



Question # 44

A company requires hard drives to be securely wiped before sending decommissioned systems to recycling. Which of the following best describes this policy?   

A.    Enumeration   
B.    Sanitization   
C.    Destruction   
D.    Inventory