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CySA+ (Cybersecurity Analyst)- ANS-
Word pool:
Procedures, Guidelines, Policies, Standards
___________ contain high-level statements of management intent
___________ provide mandatory requirements for how policies are carried out
___________ are a step-by-step process
___________ describes a best practice or recommendation - ANS-"Policies" contain high-level
statements of management intent
"Standards" provide mandatory requirements for how policies are carried out
"Procedures" are a step-by-step process
"Guidelines" describes a best practice or recommendation
What authentication protocol is best suited for untrusted networks? - ANS-Kerberos- it is
designed to run on untrusted networks and encrypts traffic by default
With 802.1x (port-based auth.), what is the name for the special piece of client software that
resides on the device requesting to join the network? - ANS-"Supplicant"
With 802.1x, what is the service that passes the authentication request along from the
supplicant (client device) to the authentication protocol (usually RADIUS)? -
ANS-"Authenticator"
What is the port for SQL Server? - ANS-TCP 1443
What is the port for Oracle? - ANS-TCP 1521
What are the 4 stages of a penetration test (in order)? - ANS-Planning, Discover, Attack,
Reporting
In a workplace "wargame" exercise, which team is defending and which team is attacking?
(HINT- there are 2 main teams, Red Team and Blue Team) - ANS--The Blue Team is defending.
, -The Red Team is attacking
***-The white/purple team acts as the referee
Any action that an organization takes to reduce the likelihood or impact of a risk is an example
of risk ___________ - ANS-"mitigation"
What are the 4 different categories of threats that an organization may face? (NIST) -
ANS-Adversarial, Accidental, Structural, and Environmental
What is the difference between a Technical control and an Operational control? - ANS-A
Technical control is a system, device, software, or setting that enforces security.
An Operational control is a practice/procedure that enforces security.
What are the 4 steps to a risk assessment? (NIST 800-30) - ANS-1) Prepare for assessment
2) Conduct assessment
3) Communicate results
4) Maintain assessment
______________ is used to create a map of an organizations networks, systems, and
infrastructure - ANS-"Footprinting"
What functions do the following flags perform with nmap?
-O
-sV
-P0 [# not letter]
-sS - ANS--O ... Attempts OS identification
-sV ... Grabs banners to detect detailed service info
-P0 ... Skips pinging prior to scanning
-sS ... Sends connection attempts to verify port response (using a TCP SYN packet)
What is the difference between active footprinting and passive footprinting? - ANS-Active
footprinting uses tools such as port scanners and network mappers to create a reconnaissance
topology, while passive footprinting uses logs and available data to perform the same function
__________ is a Cisco network protocol that collects IP traffic information, allowing network
monitoring (generally used for creating baselines and identifying unexpected behavior -
ANS-"Netflow"
What command can be used to see detailed info about open ports on a local host [on Windows,
Linux and Unix]? - ANS-netstat
What functions do the following flags perform with netstat?
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