CompTIA SY0-601 Exam Dumps

CompTIA SY0-601 Sample Question Answers

Question # 1

Which of the following controls would be the MOST cost-effective and time-efficient to deter intrusions at the perimeter of a restricted, remote military training area? (Select TWO). 

A. Barricades 
B. Thermal sensors 
C. Drones 
D. Signage 
E. Motion sensors 
F. Guards 
G. Bollards 

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Question # 2

A security analyst needs an overview of vulnerabilities for a host on the network. Which of the following is the BEST type of scan for the analyst to run to discover which vulnerable services are running?

A. Non-credentialed 
B. Web application 
C. Privileged 
D. Internal 

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Question # 3

A company is concerned about individuals dnvmg a car into the building to gam access Which of the following security controls would work BEST to prevent this from happening? 

A. Bollard 
B. Camera 
C. Alarms 
D. Signage
 E. Access control vestibule 

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Question # 4

During a security assessment, a security finds a file with overly permissive permissions. Which of the following tools will allow the analyst to reduce the permission for the existing users and groups and remove the set-user-ID from the file? 

A. 1s 
B. chflags 
C. chmod 
D. lsof 
E. setuid 

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Question # 5

Which of the following incident response steps occurs before containment? 

A. Eradication 
B. Recovery 
C. Lessons learned 
D. Identification 

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Question # 6

A company acquired several other small companies The company thai acquired the others is transitioning network services to the cloud The company wants to make sure that performance and security remain intact Which of the following BEST meets both requirements? 

A. High availability 
B. Application security 
C. Segmentation 
D. Integration and auditing 

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Question # 7

Which of the following biometric authentication methods is the MOST accurate? 

A. Gait 
B. Retina 
C. Signature 
D. Voice 

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Question # 8

A security architect is implementing a new email architecture for a company. Due to security concerns, the Chief Information Security Officer would like the new architecture to support email encryption, as well as provide for digital signatures. Which of the following should the architect implement? 

A. TOP 
B. IMAP
C. HTTPS 
D. S/MIME

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Question # 9

A systems engineer is building a new system for production. Which of the following is the FINAL step to be performed prior to promoting to production? 

A. Disable unneeded services. 
B. Install the latest security patches. 
C. Run a vulnerability scan. 
D. Encrypt all disks. 

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Question # 10

A security team suspects that the cause of recent power consumption overloads is the unauthorized use of empty power outlets in the network rack Which of the following options will mitigate this issue without compromising the number of outlets available?

A. Adding a new UPS dedicated to the rack 
B. Installing a managed PDU 
C. Using only a dual power supplies unit
 D. Increasing power generator capacity 

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Question # 11

An organization's Chief Information Security Officer is creating a position that will be responsible for implementing technical controls to protect data, including ensuring backups are properly maintained Which of the following roles would MOST likely include these responsibilities?

A. Data protection officer
 B. Data owner 
C. Backup administrator 
D. Data custodian 
E. Internal auditor 

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Question # 12

Which of the following BEST describes the method a security analyst would use to confirm a file that is downloaded from a trusted security website is not altered in transit or corrupted using a verified checksum?

A. Hashing
 B. Salting 
C. Integrity 
D. Digital signature 

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Question # 13

An employee, receives an email stating he won the lottery. The email includes a link that requests a name, mobile phone number, address, and date of birth be provided to confirm employee's identity before sending him the prize. Which of the following BEST describes this type of email? 

A. Spear phishing
 B. Whaling 
C. Phishing 
D. Vishing

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Question # 14

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has decided to reorganize security staff to concentrate on incident response and to outsource outbound Internet URL categorization and filtering to an outside company. Additionally, the CISO would like this solution to provide the same protections even when a company laptop or mobile device is away from a home office. Which of the following should the CISO choose? 

A. CASB 
B. Next-generation SWG
 C. NGFW 
D. Web-application firewall 

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Question # 15

A third party asked a user to share a public key for secure communication. Which of the following file formats should the user choose to share the key?

 A. .pfx
 B. .csr 
C. .pvk 
D. .cer 

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Question # 16

As part of the building process for a web application, the compliance team requires that all PKI certificates are rotated annually and can only contain wildcards at the secondary subdomain level. Which of the following certificate properties will meet these requirements?

A. HTTPS://.comptia.org, Valid from April 10 00:00:00 2021 - April 8 12:00:00 2022 
B. HTTPS://app1.comptia.org, Valid from April 10 00:00:00 2021-April 8 12:00:00 2022 
C. HTTPS:// app1.comptia.org, Valid from April 10 00:00:00 2021-April 8 12:00:00 2022 
D. HTTPS://.comptia.org, Valid from April 10 00:00:00 2021 - April 8 12:00:00 

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Question # 17

A security analyst needs to implement an MDM solution for BYOD users that willallow the company to retain control over company emails residing on the devices andlimit data exfiltration that might occur if the devices are lost or stolen.Which of the following would BEST meet these requirements? (Select TWO). 

A. Full-device encryption
 B. Network usage rules 
C. Geofencing 
D. Containerization 
E. Application whitelisting 
F. Remote control 

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Question # 18

Employees at a company are receiving unsolicited text messages on their corporate cell phones. The unsolicited text messages contain a password reset Link. Which of the attacks is being used to target the company? 

A. Phishing 
B. Vishing 
C. Smishing 
D. Spam 

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Question # 19

Which of the technologies is used to actively monitor for specific file types being transmitted on the network? 

A. File integrity monitoring 
B. Honeynets 
C. Tcpreplay 
D. Data loss prevention 

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Question # 20

A company would like to set up a secure way to transfer data between users via their mobile phones The company's top pnonty is utilizing technology that requires users to be in as close proximity as possible to each other. Which of the following connection methods would BEST fulfill this need?

A. Cellular 
B. NFC 
C. Wi-Fi
 D. Bluetooth 

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Question # 21

Which of the following environments typically hosts the current version configurations and code, compares user-story responses and workflow, and uses a modified version of actual data for testing? 

A. Development 
B. Staging 
C. Production 
D. Test 

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Question # 22

A company Is planning to install a guest wireless network so visitors will be able to access the Internet. The stakeholders want the network to be easy to connect to so time is not wasted during meetings. The WAPs are configured so that power levels and antennas cover only the conference rooms where visitors will attend meetings. Which of the following would BEST protect the company's Internal wireless network against visitors accessing company resources?

A. Configure the guest wireless network to be on a separate VLAN from the company's internal wireless network 
B. Change the password for the guest wireless network every month. 
C. Decrease the power levels of the access points for the guest wireless network. 
D. Enable WPA2 using 802.1X for logging on to the guest wireless network. 

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Question # 23

A network administrator needs to determine Ihe sequence of a server farm's logs. Which of the following should Ihe administrator consider? (Select TWO). 

A. Chain of custody 
B. Tags
 C. Reports 
D. Time stamps 
E. Hash values 
F. Time offset 

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Question # 24

Which of the following BEST describes a technique that compensates researchers for finding vulnerabilities? 

A. Penetration testing 
B. Code review 
C. Wardriving 
D. Bug bounty

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Question # 25

The help desk has received calls from users in multiple locations who are unable to access core network services The network team has identified and turned off the network switches using remote commands. Which of the following actions should the network team take NEXT? 

A. Disconnect all external network connections from the firewall
 B. Send response teams to the network switch locations to perform updates 
C. Turn on all the network switches by using the centralized management software 
D. Initiate the organization's incident response plan. 

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Question # 26

An application owner reports suspicious activity on an internal financial application from various internal users within the past 14 days. A security analyst notices the following: •Financial transactions were occurring during irregular time frames and outside of business hours by unauthorized users. •Internal users in question were changing their passwords frequently during that time period. •A jump box that several domain administrator users use to connect to remote devices was recently compromised. •The authentication method used in the environment is NTLM. Which of the following types of attacks is MOST likely being used to gain unauthorized access? 

A. Pass-the-hash 
B. Brute-force 
C. Directory traversal 
D. Replay 

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Question # 27

A security engineer is hardening existing solutions to reduce application vulnerabilities. Which of the following solutions should the engineer implement FIRST? (Select TWO) 

A. Auto-update 
B. HTTP headers 
C. Secure cookies 
D. Third-party updates 
E. Full disk encryption 
F. Sandboxing 
G. Hardware encryption 

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Question # 28

Which of the following controls would provide the BEST protection against tailgating? 

A. Access control vestibule 
B. Closed-circuit television
 C. Proximity card reader 
D. Faraday cage 

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Question # 29

An employee received multiple messages on a mobile device. The messages instructing the employee to pair the device to an unknown device. Which of the following BEST describes What a malicious person might be doing to cause this issue to occur?

 A. Jamming 
B. Bluesnarfing 
C. Evil twin 
D. Rogue access point 

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Question # 30

A company is concerned about individuals driving a car into the building to gain access. Which of the following security controls would work BEST to prevent this from happening? 

A. Bollard 
B. Camera 
C. Alarms 
D. Signage 
E. Access control vestibule 

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Question # 31

An organization is concerned about hackers potentially entering a facility and plugging in a remotely accessible Kali Linux box. Which of the following should be the first lines of defense against such an attack? (Select TWO) 

A. MAC filtering 
B. Zero trust segmentation 
C. Network access control 
D. Access control vestibules 
E. Guards
F. Bollards 

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Question # 32

Which of the following should customers who are involved with Ul developer agreements be concerned with when considering the use of these products on highly sensitive projects? 

A. Weak configurations 
B. Integration activities 
C. Unsecure user accounts 
D. Outsourced code development 

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Question # 33

Hackers recently attacked a company's network and obtained several unfavorable pictures from the Chief Executive Officer's workstation. The hackers are threatening to send the images to the press if a ransom is not paid. Which of the following is impacted the MOST?

 A. Identify theft 
B. Data loss 
C. Data exfiltration 
D. Reputation 

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Question # 34

Which of the following is a physical security control that ensures only the authorized user is present when gaining access to a secured area?

A. A biometric scanner 
B. A smart card reader 
C. APKItoken 
D. A PIN pad 

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Question # 35

Which of the following provides a catalog of security and privacy controls related to the United States federal information systems? 

A. GDPR 
B. PCI DSS 
C. ISO 27000
 D. NIST 800-53 

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Question # 36

A Chief Information Officer is concerned about employees using company-issued laptops to steal data when accessing network shares. Which of the following should the company implement? 

A. DLP 
B. CASB 
C. HIDS 
D. EDR 
E. UEFI 

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Question # 37

A new security engineer has started hardening systems. One of the hardening techniques the engineer is using involves disabling remote logins to the NAS. Users are now reporting the inability to use SCP to transfer files to the NAS, even through the data is still viewable from the user’s PCs. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this issue?

A. TFTP was disabled on the local hosts 
B. SSH was turned off instead of modifying the configuration file 
C. Remote login was disabled in the networkd.config instead of using the sshd.conf 
D. Network services are no longer running on the NAS 

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Question # 38

Certain users are reporting their accounts are being used to send unauthorized emails and conduct suspicious activities. After further investigation, a security analyst notices the following: • All users share workstations throughout the day. • Endpoint protection was disabled on several workstations throughout the network. • Travel times on logins from the affected users are impossible. • Sensitive data is being uploaded to external sites. • All user account passwords were forced to be reset and the issue continued. Which of the following attacks is being used to compromise the user accounts?

A. Brute-force 
B. Keylogger 
C. Dictionary 
D. Rainbow 

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Question # 39

Which of the following Is the BEST reason to maintain a functional and effective asset management policy that aids in ensuring the security of an organization? 

A. To provide data to quantify risk based on the organization's systems 
B. To keep all software and hardware fully patched for known vulnerabilities 
C. To only allow approved, organization-owned devices onto the business network 
D. To standardize by selecting one laptop model for all users in the organization

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Question # 40

Per company security policy, IT staff members are required to have separate credentials to perform administrative functions using just-in-time permissions. Which of the following solutions is the company Implementing? 

A. Privileged access management 
B. SSO
 C. RADIUS 
D. Attribute-based access control 

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Question # 41

The Chief Information Security Officer wants to pilot a new adaptive, user-based authentication method. The concept Includes granting logical access based on physical location and proximity. Which of the following Is the BEST solution for the pilot? 

A. Geofencing 
B. Self-sovereign identification 
C. PKl certificates 
D. SSO 

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Question # 42

An information security manager for an organization is completing a PCI DSS selfassessment for the first time. which of the is following MOST likely reason for this type of assessment? 

A. An international expansion project is currently underway. 
B. Outside consultants utilize this tool to measure security maturity. 
C. The organization is expecting to process credit card information. 
D. A government regulator has requested this audit to be completed 

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Question # 43

A security administrator is seeking a solution to prevent unauthorized access to the internal network. Which of the following security solutions should the administrator choose? 

A. MAC filtering 
B. Anti-malware 
C. Translation gateway 
D. VPN 

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Question # 44

A network engineer and a security engineer are discussing ways to monitor network operations. Which of the following is the BEST method? 

A. Disable Telnet and force SSH. 
B. Establish a continuous ping. 
C. Utilize an agentless monitor 
D. Enable SNMPv3 With passwords. 

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Question # 45

A security analyst is using OSINT to gather information to verity whether company data is available publicly. Which of the following is the BEST application for the analyst to use? 

A. theHarvester B Cuckoo 
B. Nmap 
C. Nessus 

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Question # 46

A new plug-and-play storage device was installed on a PC in the corporate environment. Which of the following safeguards will BEST help to protect the PC from malicious files on the storage device? 

A. Change the default settings on the PC. 
B. Define the PC firewall rules to limit access. 
C. Encrypt the disk on the storage device. 
D. Plug the storage device in to the UPS 

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Question # 47

During an investigation, the incident response team discovers that multiple administrator accounts were suspected of being compromised. The host audit logs indicate a repeated brute-force attack on a single administrator account followed by suspicious logins from unfamiliar geographic locations. Which of the following data sources would be BEST to use to assess the accounts impacted by this attack? 

A. User behavior analytics 
B. Dump files 
C. Bandwidth monitors 
D. Protocol analyzer output 

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Question # 48

An organization discovered a disgruntled employee exfiltrated a large amount of PII data by uploading files Which of the following controls should the organization consider to mitigate this risk? 

A. EDR
 B. Firewall 
C. HIPS 
D. DLP 

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Question # 49

A security administrator wants to implement a program that tests a user's ability to recognize attacks over the organization's email system Which of the following would be BEST suited for this task?

 A. Social media analysis 
B. Annual information security training 
C. Gamification 
D. Phishing campaign 

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Question # 50

Which of the following identifies the point in time when an organization will recover data in the event of an outage?

 A. ALE 
B. RPO 
C. MTBF 
D. ARO 

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Question # 51

A company recently experienced a major breach. An investigation concludes that customer credit card data was stolen and exfiltrated through a dedicated business partner connection to a vendor, who is not held to the same security contral standards. Which of the following is the MOST likely source of the breach? 

A. Side channel 
B. Supply chain 
C. Cryptographic downgrade 
D. Malware 

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Question # 52

An organization is moving away from the use of client-side and server-side certificates for EAR The company would like for the new EAP solution to have the ability to detect rogue access points. Which of the following would accomplish these requirements? 

A. PEAP 
B. EAP-FAST 
C. EAP-TLS 
D. EAP-TTLS 

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Question # 53

A systems analyst determines the source of a high number of connections to a web server that were initiated by ten different IP addresses that belong to a network block in a specific country. Which of the following techniques will the systems analyst MOST likely implement to address this issue? 

A. Content filter 
B. SIEM 
C. Firewall rules 
D. DLP 

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Question # 54

A dynamic application vulnerability scan identified code injection could be performed using a web form. Which of the following will be BEST remediation to prevent this vulnerability? 

A. Implement input validations 
B. Deploy MFA 
C. Utilize a WAF
 D. Configure HIPS

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Question # 55

A security researcher is using an adversary's infrastructure and TTPs and creating a named group to track those targeted Which of the following is the researcher MOST likely using?

 A. The Cyber Kill Chain 
B. The incident response process 
C. The Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis 
D. MITRE ATT&CK

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Question # 56

A security analyst has been tasked with creating a new WiFi network for the company. The requirements received by the analyst are as follows: •Must be able to differentiate between users connected to WiFi •The encryption keys need to change routinely without interrupting the users or forcing reauthentication •Must be able to integrate with RADIUS •Must not have any open SSIDs Which of the following options BEST accommodates these requirements? 

A. WPA2-Enterprise 
B. WPA3-PSK 
C. 802.11n 
D. WPS 

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Question # 57

A security engineer is reviewing the logs from a SAML application that is configured to use MFA, during this review the engineer notices a high volume of successful logins that did not require MFA from users who were traveling internationally. The application, which can be accessed without a VPB, has a policy that allows time-based tokens to be generated. Users who changed locations should be required to reauthenticate but have been Which of the following statements BEST explains the issue?

A. OpenID is mandatory to make the MFA requirements work 
B. An incorrect browser has been detected by the SAML application
C. The access device has a trusted certificate installed that is overwriting the session token 
D. The user’s IP address is changing between logins, bur the application is not invalidating the token 

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Question # 58

As part of annual audit requirements, the security team performed a review of exceptions to the company policy that allows specific users the ability to use USB storage devices on their laptops The review yielded the following results. • The exception process and policy have been correctly followed by the majority of users • A small number of users did not create tickets for the requests but were granted access • All access had been approved by supervisors. • Valid requests for the access sporadically occurred across multiple departments. • Access, in most cases, had not been removed when it was no longer needed Which of the following should the company do to ensure that appropriate access is not disrupted but unneeded access is removed in a reasonable time frame?

A. Create an automated, monthly attestation process that removes access if an employee's supervisor denies the approval
 B. Remove access for all employees and only allow new access to be granted if the employee's supervisor approves the request 
C. Perform a quarterly audit of all user accounts that have been granted access and verify the exceptions with the management team 
D. Implement a ticketing system that tracks each request and generates reports listing which employees actively use USB storage devices 

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Question # 59

A security analyst reviews a company’s authentication logs and notices multiple authentication failures. The authentication failures are from different usernames that share the same source IP address. Which of the password attacks is MOST likely happening? 

A. Dictionary 
B. Rainbow table 
C. Spraying 
D. Brute-force 

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Question # 60

A security administrator has discovered that workstations on the LAN are becoming infected with malware. The cause of the infections appears to be users receiving phishing emails that are bypassing the current email-filtering technology. As a result, users are being tricked into clicking on malicious URLs, as no internal controls currently exist in the environment to evaluate their safety. Which of the following would be BEST to implement to address the issue?

A. Forward proxy 
B. HIDS 
C. Awareness training 
D. A jump server
 E. IPS 

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Question # 61

A Chief Information Officer is concerned about employees using company-issued laptops lo steal data when accessing network shares. Which of the following should the company Implement? 

A. DLP 
B. CASB 
C. HIDS 
D. EDR 
E. UEFI

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Question # 62

Which of the following would satisfy three-factor authentication requirements? 

A. Password, PIN, and physical token 
B. PIN, fingerprint scan, and ins scan 
C. Password, fingerprint scan, and physical token
 D. PIN, physical token, and ID card 

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Question # 63

The Chief information Security Officer has directed the security and networking team to retire the use of shared passwords on routers and switches. Which of the following choices BEST meets the requirements? 

A. SAML 
B. TACACS+ 
C. Password vaults 
D. OAuth 

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Question # 64

A security team will be outsourcing several key functions to a third party and will require that: • Several of the functions will carry an audit burden. • Attestations will be performed several times a year. • Reports will be generated on a monthly basis. Which of the following BEST describes the document that is used to define these requirements and stipulate how and when they are performed by the third party?

A. MOU 
B. AUP
 C. SLA 
D. MSA 

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Question # 65

An organization wants to enable built-in FDE on all laptops Which of the following should the organization ensure is Installed on all laptops? 

A. TPM 
B. CA 
C. SAML 
D. CRL 

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Question # 66

Which of the following authentication methods sends out a unique password to be used within a specific number of seconds? 

A. TOTP 
B. Biometrics 
C. Kerberos 
D. LDAP

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Question # 67

A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is evaluating (he dangers involved in deploying a new ERP system tor the company. The CISO categorizes the system, selects the controls mat apply to the system, implements the controls, and then assesses the success of the controls before authorizing the system Which of the following is the CISO using to evaluate Hie environment for this new ERP system? 

A. The Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis 
B. CIS Critical Security Controls
 C. NIST Risk Management Framevtoik 
D. ISO 27002 

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Question # 68

A store receives reports that shoppers’ credit card information is being stolen. Upon further analysis, those same shoppers also withdrew money from an ATM in that store. The attackers are using the targeted shoppers’ credit card information to make online purchases. Which of the following attacks is the MOST probable cause? 

A. Identity theft 
B. RFID cloning 
C. Shoulder surfing 
D. Card skimming

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Question # 69

As part of the lessons-learned phase, the SOC is tasked with building methods to detect if a previous incident is happening again. Which of the following would allow the security analyst to alert the SOC if an event is reoccurring?

 A. Creating a playbook within the SOAR 
B. Implementing rules in the NGFW 
C. Updating the DLP hash database
 D. Publishing a new CRL with revoked certificates 

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Question # 70

A security administrator is working on a solution to protect passwords stored in a database against rainbow table attacks Which of the following should the administrator consider? 

A. Hashing 
B. Salting
 C. Lightweight cryptography 
D. Steganography 

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Question # 71

A grocery store is expressing security and reliability concerns regarding the on-site backup strategy currently being performed by locally attached disks. The main concerns are the physical security of the backup media and the durability of the data stored on these devices Which of the following is a cost-effective approach to address these concerns? 

A. Enhance resiliency by adding a hardware RAID. 
B. Move data to a tape library and store the tapes off-site 
C. Install a local network-attached storage. 
D. Migrate to a cloud backup solution 

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Question # 72

Adynamic application vulnerability scan identified that code injection could be performed using a web form. Which of the following will be the BEST remediation to prevent this vulnerability?

 A. Implement input validations. 
B. Deploy MFA. 
C. Utilize a WAF. 
D. Configure HIPS. 

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Question # 73

Which of the following BEST describes the team that acts as a referee during a penetration-testing exercise? 

A. White team 
B. Purple team 
C. Green team 
D. Blue team 
E. Red team 

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Question # 74

A company completed a vulnerability scan. The scan found malware on several systems that were running older versions of Windows. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of the malware infection? 

A. Open permissions 
B. Improper or weak patch management 
C. Unsecure root accounts 
D. Default settings 

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Question # 75

An employee's company account was used in a data breach Interviews with the employee revealed: • The employee was able to avoid changing passwords by using a previous password again. • The account was accessed from a hostile, foreign nation, but the employee has never traveled to any other countries. Which of the following can be implemented to prevent these issues from reoccuring? (Select TWO)

A. Geographic dispersal 
B. Password complexity 
C. Password history 
D. Geotagging 
E. Password lockout 
F. Geofencing 

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Question # 76

The compliance team requires an annual recertification of privileged and non-privileged user access. However, multiple users who left the company six months ago still have access. Which of the following would have prevented this compliance violation? 

A. Account audits 
B. AUP 
C. Password reuse 
D. SSO

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Question # 77

Which of the following roles would MOST likely have direct access to the senior management team? 

A. Data custodian 
B. Data owner 
C. Data protection officer
 D. Data controller

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Question # 78

An attacker replaces a digitally signed document with another version that goes unnoticed Upon reviewing the document's contents the author notices some additional verbiage that was not originally in the document but cannot validate an integrity issue. Which of the following attacks was used?

 A. Cryptomalware 
B. Hash substitution 
C. Collision 
D. Phishing 

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Question # 79

The technology department at a large global company is expanding its Wi-Fi network infrastructure at the headquarters building Which of the following should be closely coordinated between the technology, cybersecurity, and physical security departments? 

A. Authentication protocol 
B. Encryption type 
C. WAP placement 
D. VPN configuration 

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Question # 80

A security architect is working on an email solution that will send sensitive data. However, funds are not currently available in the budget for building additional infrastructure. Which of the following should the architect choose? 

A. POP 
B. IPSec 
C. IMAP
 D. PGP 

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Question # 81

A security analyst is reviewing the vulnerability scan report for a web server following an incident. The vulnerability that was used to exploit the server is present in historical vulnerability scan reports, and a patch is available for the vulnerability. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause? 

A. Security patches were uninstalled due to user impact. 
B. An adversary altered the vulnerability scan reports 
C. A zero-day vulnerability was used to exploit the web server 
D. The scan reported a false negative for the vulnerability 

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Question # 82

A Chief information Officer is concemed about employees using company-issued laptops to steal dala when accessing network shares Which of the following should the company implement? 

A. DLP 
B. CASB
 C. HIDS
 D. EDR 
E. UEFI 

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Question # 83

While troubleshooting a service disruption on a mission-critical server, a technician discovered the user account that was configured to run automated processes was disabled because the user's password failed to meet password complexity requirements. Which of the following would be the BEST solution to securely prevent future issues? 

A. Using an administrator account to run the processes and disabling the account when it is not in use 
B. Implementing a shared account the team can use to run automated processes 
C. Configuring a service account to run the processes 
D. Removing the password complexity requirements for the user account 

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Question # 84

Which of the following is a cryptographic concept that operates on a fixed length of bits? 

A. Block cipher 
B. Hashing 
C. Key stretching 
D. Salting 

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Question # 85

A company owns a public-facing e-commerce website. The company outsources credit card transactions to a payment company. Which of the following BEST describes the role of the payment company? 

A. Data controller 
B. Data custodian 
C. Data owners 
D. Data processor 

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Question # 86

Which of the following involves the inclusion of code in the main codebase as soon as it is written? 

A. Continuous monitoring 
B. Continuous deployment 
C. Continuous Validation 
D. Continuous integration 

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Question # 87

A company recently decided to allow its employees to use their personally owned devices for tasks like checking email and messaging via mobile applications. The company would like to use MDM, but employees are concerned about the loss of personal data. Which of the following should the IT department implement to BEST protect the company against company data loss while still addressing the employees’ concerns? 

A. Enable the remote-wiping option in the MDM software in case the phone is stolen. 
B. Configure the MDM software to enforce the use of PINs to access the phone. 
C. Configure MDM for FDE without enabling the lock screen.
 D. Perform a factory reset on the phone before installing the company's applications. 

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Question # 88

A new security engineer has started hardening systems. One of the hardening techniques the engineer is using involves disabling remote logins to the NAS. Users are now reporting the inability to use SCP to transfer files to the NAS, even though the data is still viewable from the users' PCs. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue? 

A. TFTP was disabled on the local hosts 
B. SSH was turned off instead of modifying the configuration file 
C. Remote login was disabled in the networkd.conf instead of using the sshd.conf. 
D. Network services are no longer running on the NAS.

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Question # 89

Which of the following is required in order for an IDS and a WAF to be effective on HTTPS traffic? 

A. Hashing
 B. DNS sinkhole 
C. TLS inspection 
D. Data masking 

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Question # 90

A security manager needs to assess the security posture of one of the organization's vendors. The contract with the vendor does not allow for auditing of the vendor's security controls. Which of (he following should the manager request to complete the assessment? 

A. A service-level agreement 
B. A business partnership agreement
 C. A SOC 2 Type 2 report 
D. A memorandum of understanding 

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Question # 91

Which of the following authentication methods is considered to be the LEAST secure? 

A. TOTP 
B. SMS 
C. HOTP 
D. Token key 

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Question # 92

A company's public-facing website, https://www.organization.com, has an IP address of 166.18.75.6. However, over the past hour the SOC has received reports of the site's homepage displaying incorrect information. A quick nslookup search shows hitps://;www.organization.com is pointing to 151.191.122.115. Which of the following is occurring? 

A. DoS attack 
B. ARP poisoning 
C. DNS spoofing 
D. NXDOMAIN attack 

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Question # 93

A software company is analyzing a process that detects software vulnerabilities at the earliest stage possible. The goal is to scan the source looking for unsecure practices and weaknesses before the application is deployed in a runtime environment. Which of the following would BEST assist the company with this objective?

 A. Use fuzzing testing 
B. Use a web vulnerability scanner 
C. Use static code analysis 
D. Use a penetration-testing OS

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Question # 94

Which of the following BEST describes data streams that are compiled through artificial intelligence that provides insight on current cyberintrusions, phishing, and other malicious cyberactivity? 

A. Intelligence fusion 
B. Review reports 
C. Log reviews 
D. Threat feeds 

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Question # 95

A global company is experiencing unauthorized logging due to credential theft and account lockouts caused by brute-force attacks. The company is considering implementing a thirdparty identity provider to help mitigate these attacks. Which of the following would be the BEST control for the company to require from prospective vendors? 

A. IP restrictions 
B. Multifactor authentication 
C. A banned password list 
D. A complex password policy 

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Question # 96

A secunity engineer needs to create a network segment that can be used for servers thal require connections from untrusted networks. Which of the following should the engineer implement? 

A. An air gap 
B. A hot site
 C. A VUAN 
D. A screened subnet 

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Question # 97

An enterpnse has hired an outside security firm to facilitate penetration testing on its network and applications. The firm has agreed to pay for each vulnerability that ts discovered. Which of the following BEST represents the type of testing that is being used?

A. White-box 
B. Red-leam
 C. Bug bounty 
D. Gray-box 
E. Black-box 

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Question # 98

A mae Clotting company recently lost 4 aege amount of propeetary wvformaton The security olficer must fied a solution t ensure frs never happens agan tht 8 the BEST tachrycal implementation tp prevent thes fom happening agai? 

A. Configure OLP soktons 
B. Disable peer-to-peer sharing 
C. Enable role-based access controls. 
D. Mandate job rotabon 
E. Implement content ters 

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Question # 99

A security engineer is installing a WéAF io protect the company's website from malicious wed requests over SSL, Which of the following is needed io meet the objective? 

A. A ere proxy 
B.A Geeryption certificate
 C. A gpill-tunnel VPN 
D. Load-balanced servere 

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Question # 100

When planning to build a virtual environment, an administrator need to achieve the following, •Establish polices in Limit who can create new VMs •Allocate resources according to actual utilization‘ •Require justication for requests outside of the standard requirements. •Create standardized categories based on size and resource requirements Which of the following is the administrator MOST likely trying to do? 

A. Implement IaaS replication 
B. Product against VM escape 
C. Deploy a PaaS 
D. Avoid VM sprawl 

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Question # 101

A security incident has been resolved Which of the following BEST describes the importance of the final phase of the incident response plan? 

A. It examines and documents how well the team responded discovers what caused the incident, and determines how the incident can be avoided in the future 
B. It returns the affected systems back into production once systems have been fully patched, data restored and vulnerabilities addressed
 C. It identifies the incident and the scope of the breach how it affects the production environment, and the ingress point 
D. It contains the affected systems and disconnects them from the network, preventing further spread of the attack or breach 

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Question # 102

A Chief Information Officer receives an email stating a database will be encrypted within 24 hours unless a payment of $20,000 is credited to the account mentioned In the email. This BEST describes a scenario related to: 

A. whaling. 
B. smishing. 
C. spear phishing 
D. vishing 

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Question # 103

A cybersecurity administrator needs to allow mobile BYOD devices to access network resources. As the devices are not enrolled to the domain and do not have policies applied to them, which of the following are best practices for authentication and infrastructure security? (Select TWO).

A. Create a new network for the mobile devices and block the communication to the internal network and servers 
B. Use a captive portal for user authentication. 
C. Authenticate users using OAuth for more resiliency 
D. Implement SSO and allow communication to the internal network 
E. Use the existing network and allow communication to the internal network and servers. 
F. Use a new and updated RADIUS server to maintain the best solution 

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Question # 104

An organization recently acquired an ISO 27001 certification. Which of the following would MOST likely be considered a benefit of this certification? 

A. It allows for the sharing of digital forensics data across organizations 
B. It provides insurance in case of a data breach 
C. It provides complimentary training and certification resources to IT security staff. 
D. It certifies the organization can work with foreign entities that require a security clearance 
E. It assures customers that the organization meets security standards 

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Question # 105

A security researcher has aferted an organuzation that its sensifive user data was found for sale on a website. Which af the followang should the organzabon use to inform the affected partes?

 A. A An incident response plan 
B. A communications plan 
C. A business continuity plan 
D. A disaster recovery plan 

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Question # 106

A company recently expenenced an attack dunng which #5 main website was directed to the atacker’s web server, allowing the attacker to harvest credentials from unsuspecting customers. Vhich of the following snould the company Implement to prevent this type of attack from accurting in the future?

A. IPSec 
B. SSL/TLS 
C. DNSSEC 
D. S/MIME 

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