Term 1 of 76
A company's chief executive officer (CEO) is traveling overseas for a business meeting and wants
to protect emails and video conference calls from a breach in confidentiality.
Which strategy should be used to achieve this objective?
Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
Site-to-site VPN
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Dynamic filtering
Secure a VPN back into the corporate offices.
Term 2 of 76
A laptop has been stolen, and the data has been seen for sale on the darknet.
Which process could have protected the confidentiality of the data?
The employee's public key
Application firewall
Hard drive encryption
Cross-site scripting
,Term 3 of 76
An information security project manager has been tasked with implementing a new system
designed to detect and respond to network security threats to user workstations as well as
systems in a screened subnet. As part of the configuration, the project team will implement a new
network topology.
Which network topoly should the project team implement?
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Dynamic filtering
Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
Acceptable use policy
Training
Intrusion prevention system (IPS) along with sensors in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) and
local area network (LAN)
Term 4 of 76
A company is concerned about employee usernames and passwords being obtained through
phishing campaigns.
Which emerging technology should the company employ to keep this from happening?
It will filter based solely on initial session setup.
,Term 5 of 76
An application server was recently attacked, resulting in compromise of all transactional credit
card information via the website. It was revealed that the attacker was able to compromise a
system administrator's computer via a spear phishing attack. This gave the attacker the ability to
compromise the application server.
Which network security management practice should be applied to treat these operational
weaknesses?
A vulnerability
Increase training of information technology staff on the dangers of social engineering.
Intrusion prevention system (IPS) along with sensors in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) and
local area network (LAN)
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Dynamic filtering
Term 6 of 76
Recently, many organizations are embracing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) as a means to
reduce cost.
What is the primary reason these organizations must ensure malware detection remains a top
priority?
A vulnerability
To protect the organization from attacks introduced by the lack of a perimeter
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Application firewall
, Term 7 of 76
In the diagram provided, three network zones containing servers are depicted. As the security
architect, only one host intrusion sensor and one network intrusion sensor will be allowed in the
design.
Where should the sensors be deployed to maximize detection of threats against this
organization's extranet implementation?
HIDS on the web server and NIPS in the DMZ
Bastion firewall acting as the firewall and a VPN
Vulnerability assessments
Patch management
Contain and unplug this device from the network.
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