Mike Chapple - (ISC)2 CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Study Guide

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1 Which of the following types of access control seeks to discover evidence of unwanted, unauthorized, or illicit behavior or activity?PreventiveDeterrentDetectiveCorrective

2 Define and detail the aspects of password selection that distinguish good password choices from ultimately poor password choices.Is difficult to guess or unpredictableMeets minimum length requirementsMeets specific complexity requirementsAll of the above

3 Some adversaries use DoS attacks as their primary weapon to harm targets, whereas others may use them as weapons of last resort when all other attempts to intrude on a target fail. Which of the following is most likely to detect DoS attacks?Host-based IDSNetwork-based IDSVulnerability scannerPenetration testing

4 Unfortunately, attackers have many options of attacks to perform against their targets. Which of the following is considered a denial-of-service (DoS) attack?Pretending to be a technical manager over the phone and asking a receptionist to change their passwordWhile surfing the web, sending to a web server a malformed URL that causes the system to consume 100 percent of the CPUIntercepting network traffic by copying the packets as they pass through a specific subnetSending message packets to a recipient who did not request them, simply to be annoying

5 Hardware networking devices operate within the protocol stack just like protocols themselves. Thus, hardware networking devices can be associated with an OSI model layer related to the protocols they manage or control. At which layer of the OSI model does a router operate?Network layerLayer 1Transport layerLayer 5

6 Which type of firewall automatically adjusts its filtering rules based on the content and context of the traffic of existing sessions?Static packet filteringApplication-level gatewayCircuit-level gatewayStateful inspection firewall

7 A VPN can be a significant security improvement for many communication links. A VPN can be established over which of the following?Wireless LAN connectionRemote access dial-up connectionWAN linkAll of the above

8 Adversaries will use any and all means to harm their targets. This includes mixing attack concepts together to make a more effective campaign. What type of malware uses social engineering to trick a victim into installing it?VirusWormTrojan horseLogic bomb

9 Security is established by understanding the assets of an organization that need protection and understanding the threats that could cause harm to those assets. Then, controls are selected that provide protection for the CIA Triad of the assets at risk. The CIA Triad consists of what elements?Contiguousness, interoperable, arrangedAuthentication, authorization, accountabilityCapable, available, integralAvailability, confidentiality, integrity

10 The security concept of AAA services describes the elements that are necessary to establish subject accountability. Which of the following is not a required component in the support of accountability?LoggingPrivacyIdentification verificationAuthorization

11 Collusion is when two or more people work together to commit a crime or violate a company policy. Which of the following is not a defense against collusion?Separation of dutiesRestricted job responsibilitiesGroup user accountsJob rotation

12 A data custodian is responsible for securing resources after ______________ has assigned the resource a security label.Senior managementThe data ownerAn auditorSecurity staff

13 In what phase of the Capability Maturity Model for Software (SW-CMM) are quantitative measures used to gain a detailed understanding of the software development process?RepeatableDefinedManagedOptimizing

14 Which one of the following is a layer of the ring protection scheme design concept that is not normally implemented?Layer 0Layer 1Layer 3Layer 4

15 TCP operates at the Transport layer and is a connection-oriented protocol. It uses a special process to establish a session each time a communication takes place. What is the last phase of the TCP three-way handshake sequence?SYN flagged packetACK flagged packetFIN flagged packetSYN/ACK flagged packet

16 The lack of secure coding practices has enabled an uncountable number of software vulnerabilities that hackers have discovered and exploited. Which one of the following vulnerabilities would be best countered by adequate parameter checking?Time-of-check to time-of-useBuffer overflowSYN floodDistributed denial of service (DDoS)

17 Computers are based on binary mathematics. All computer functions are derived from the basic set of Boolean operations. What is the value of the logical operation shown here?X: 0 1 1 0 1 0Y: 0 0 1 1 0 1___________________X Å Y: ?0 1 0 1 1 10 0 1 0 0 00 1 1 1 1 11 0 0 1 0 1

18 Which of the following are considered standard data type classifications used in either a government/military or a private sector organization? (Choose all that apply.)PublicHealthyPrivateInternalSensitiveProprietaryEssentialCertifiedCriticalConfidentialFor Your Eyes Only

19 The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has defined several roles in relation to the protection and management of personally identifiable information (PII). Which of the following statements is true?A data processor is the entity assigned specific responsibility for a data asset in order to ensure its protection for use by the organization.A data custodian is the entity that performs operations on data.A data controller is the entity that makes decisions about the data they are collecting.A data owner is the entity assigned or delegated the day-to-day responsibility of proper storage and transport as well as protecting data, assets, and other organizational objects.

20 If Renee receives a digitally signed message from Mike, what key does she use to verify that the message truly came from Mike?Renee's public keyRenee's private keyMike's public keyMike's private key

21 A systems administrator is setting up a new data management system. It will be gathering data from numerous locations across the network, even from remote offsite locations. The data will be moved to a centralized facility, where it will be stored on a massive RAID array. The data will be encrypted on the storage system using AES-256, and most files will be signed as well. The location of this data warehouse is secured so that only authorized personnel can enter the room and all digital access is limited to a set of security administrators. Which of the following describes the data?The data is encrypted in transit.The data is encrypted in processing.The data is redundantly stored.The data is encrypted at rest.

22 The __________ is the entity assigned specific responsibility for a data asset in order to ensure its protection for use by the organization.Data ownerData controllerData processorData custodian

23 A security auditor is seeking evidence of how sensitive documents made their way out of the organization and onto a public document distribution site. It is suspected that an insider exfiltrated the data over a network connection to an external server, but this is only a guess. Which of the following would be useful in determining whether this suspicion is accurate? (Choose two.)NACDLP alertsSyslogLog analysisMalware scanner reportsIntegrity monitoring

24 A new Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is being installed to add wireless connectivity to the company network. The configuration policy indicates that WPA3 is to be used and thus only newer or updated endpoint devices can connect. The policy also states that ENT authentication will not be implemented. What authentication mechanism can be implemented in this situation?IEEE 802.1XIEEE 802.1qSimultaneous authentication of equals (SAE)EAP-FAST