An organization is in the process of integrating its operational technology and information technology areas. As part of the integration, some of the cultural aspects it would like to see include more efficient use of resources during change windows, better protection of critical infrastructure, and the ability to respond to incidents. The following observations have been identified:

• The ICS supplier has specified that any software installed will result in lack of support.
• There is no documented trust boundary defined between the SCADA and corporate networks.
• Operational technology staff have to manage the SCADA equipment via the engineering workstation.
• There is a lack of understanding of what is within the SCADA network.

Which of the following capabilities would BEST improve the security position?

A Chief Security Officer (CSO) is reviewing the organization’s incident response report from a recent incident. The details of the event indicate:

• A user received a phishing email that appeared to be a report from the organization’s CRM tool.
• The user attempted to access the CRM tool via a fraudulent web page but was unable to access the tool.
• The user, unaware of the compromised account, did not report the incident and continued to use the CRM tool with the original credentials.
• Several weeks later, the user reported anomalous activity within the CRM tool.
• Following an investigation, it was determined the account was compromised and an attacker in another country has gained access to the CRM tool.
• Following identification of corrupted data and successful recovery from the incident, a lessons learned activity was to be led by the CSO.

Which of the following would MOST likely have allowed the user to more quickly identify the unauthorized use of credentials by the attacker?

An organization wants to allow its employees to receive corporate email on their own smartphones. A security analyst is reviewing the following information contained within the file system of an employee’s smartphone:

FamilyPix.jpg

Taxreturn.tax

paystub.pdf

employeesinfo.xls

SoccerSchedule.doc

RecruitmentPlan.xls

Based on the above findings, which of the following should the organization implement to prevent further exposure? (Select two).

A security architect is designing a system to satisfy user demand for reduced transaction time, increased security and message integrity, and improved cryptographic security. The resultant system will be used in an environment with a broad user base where many asynchronous transactions occur every minute and must be publicly verifiable.

Which of the following solutions BEST meets all of the architect’s objectives?

A penetration tester is conducting an assessment on Comptia.org and runs the following command from a coffee shop while connected to the public Internet:

Which of the following should the penetration tester conclude about the command output?

A company is implementing a new secure identity application, given the following requirements

• The cryptographic secrets used in the application must never be exposed to users or the OS

• The application must work on mobile devices.

• The application must work with the company's badge reader system

Which of the following mobile device specifications are required for this design? (Select TWO).

An organization has established the following controls matrix:

The following control sets have been defined by the organization and are applied in aggregate fashion:

• Systems containing PII are protected with the minimum control set.
• Systems containing medical data are protected at the moderate level.
• Systems containing cardholder data are protected at the high level.

The organization is preparing to deploy a system that protects the confidentially of a database containing PII and medical data from clients. Based on the controls classification, which of the following controls would BEST meet these requirements?

A recent assessment identified that several users’ mobile devices are running outdated versions of endpoint security software that do not meet the company’s security policy. Which of the following should be performed to ensure the users can access the network and meet the company’s security requirements?

An infrastructure team within an energy organization is at the end of a procurement process and has selected a vendor’s SaaS platform to deliver services. As part of the legal negotiation, there are a number of outstanding risks, including:

• There are clauses that confirm a data retention period in line with what is in the energy organization’s security policy.
• The data will be hosted and managed outside of the energy organization’s geographical location.

The number of users accessing the system will be small, and no sensitive data will be hosted in the SaaS platform. Which of the following should the project’s security consultant recommend as the NEXT step?

Developers are working on anew feature to add to a social media platform. Thew new feature involves users uploading pictures of what they are currently doing. The data privacy officer (DPO) is concerned about various types of abuse that might occur due to this new feature. The DPO state the new feature cannot be released without addressing the physical safety concerns of the platform’s users. Which of the following controls would BEST address the DPO’s concerns?

A security administrator wants to implement two-factor authentication for network switches and routers. The solution should integrate with the company’s RADIUS server, which is used for authentication to the network infrastructure devices. The security administrator implements the following:

• An HOTP service is installed on the RADIUS server.
• The RADIUS server is configured to require the HOTP service for authentication.

The configuration is successfully tested using a software supplicant and enforced across all network devices. Network administrators report they are unable to log onto the network devices because they are not being prompted for the second factor.

Which of the following should be implemented to BEST resolve the issue?

A security technician receives a copy of a report that was originally sent to the board of directors by the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

The report outlines the following KPVKRI data for the last 12 months:

Which of the following BEST describes what could be interpreted from the above data?

A company is not familiar with the risks associated with IPv6. The systems administrator wants to isolate IPv4 from IPv6 traffic between two different network segments. Which of the following should the company implement? (Select TWO)

An organization just merged with an organization in another legal jurisdiction and must improve its network security posture in ways that do not require additional resources to implement data isolation. One recommendation is to block communication between endpoint PCs. Which of the following would be the BEST solution?

An organization is implementing a virtualized thin-client solution for normal user computing and access. During a review of the architecture, concerns were raised that an attacker could gain access to multiple user environments by simply gaining a foothold on a single one with malware. Which of the following reasons BEST explains this?

Ann, a terminated employee, left personal photos on a company-issued laptop and no longer has access to them. Ann emails her previous manager and asks to get her personal photos back. Which of the following BEST describes how the manager should respond?

A forensics analyst suspects that a breach has occurred. Security logs show the company’s OS patch system may be compromised, and it is serving patches that contain a zero-day exploit and backdoor. The analyst extracts an executable file from a packet capture of communication between a client computer and the patch server.

Which of the following should the analyst use to confirm this suspicion?

A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is reviewing the controls in place to support the organization’s vulnerability management program. The CISO finds patching and vulnerability scanning policies and procedures are in place. However, the CISO is concerned the organization is siloed and is not maintaining awareness of new risks to the organization. The CISO determines systems administrators need to participate in industry security events. Which of the following is the CISO looking to improve?

A security engineer is attempting to convey the importance of including job rotation in a company’s standard security policies. Which of the following would be the BEST justification?

As a security administrator, you are asked to harden a server running Red Hat Enterprise Server 5.5 64-bit.

This server is being used as a DNS and time server. It is not used as a database, web server, or print server. There are no wireless connections to the server, and it does not need to print.

The command window will be provided along with root access. You are connected via a secure shell with root access.

You may query help for a list of commands.

Instructions:

You need to disable and turn off unrelated services and processes.

It is possible to simulate a crash of your server session. The simulation can be reset, but the server cannot be rebooted. If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has asked the security team to determine whether the organization is susceptible to a zero-day exploit utilized in the banking industry and whether attribution is possible. The CISO has asked what process would be utilized to gather the information, and then wants to apply signatureless controls to stop these kinds of attacks in the future. Which of the following are the MOST appropriate ordered steps to take to meet the CISO’s request?

An information security officer is responsible for one secure network and one office network. Recent intelligence suggests there is an opportunity for attackers to gain access to the secure network due to similar login credentials across networks. To determine the users who should change their information, the information security officer uses a tool to scan a file with hashed values on both networks and receives the following data:

Which of the following tools was used to gather this information from the hashed values in the file?

A managed service provider is designing a log aggregation service for customers who no longer want to manage an internal SIEM infrastructure. The provider expects that customers will send all types of logs to them, and that log files could contain very sensitive entries. Customers have indicated they want on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure logs to be stored in this new service. An engineer, who is designing the new service, is deciding how to segment customers.

Which of the following is the BEST statement for the engineer to take into consideration?

A cybersecurity analyst has received an alert that well-known "call home" messages are continuously observed by network sensors at the network boundary. The proxy firewall successfully drops the massages. After determining the alert was a true positive, which of the following represents OST likely cause?

A pharmacy gives its clients online access to their records and the ability to review bills and make payments. A new SSL vulnerability on a special platform was discovered, allowing an attacker to capture the data between the end user and the web server providing these services. After invest the new vulnerability, it was determined that the web services providing are being impacted by this new threat. Which of the following data types a MOST likely at risk of exposure based on this new threat? (Select TWO)

A security analyst is classifying data based on input from data owners and other stakeholders. The analyst has identified three data types:

• Financially sensitive data
• Project data
• Sensitive project data

The analyst proposes that the data be protected in two major groups, with further access control separating the financially sensitive data from the sensitive project data. The normal project data will be stored in a separate, less secure location. Some stakeholders are concerned about the recommended approach and insist that commingling data from different sensitive projects would leave them vulnerable to industrial espionage.

Which of the following is the BEST course of action for the analyst to recommend?

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) instructed the new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to provide a list of enhancements to the company’s cybersecurity operation. As a result, the CISO has identified the need to align security operations with industry best practices. Which of the following industry references is appropriate to accomplish this?

As part of an organization's ongoing vulnerability assessment program, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) wants to evaluate the organization's systems, personnel, and facilities for various threats As part of the assessment the CISO plans to engage an independent cybersecurity assessment firm to perform social engineering and physical penetration testing against the organization's corporate offices and remote locations. Which of the following techniques would MOST likely be employed as part of this assessment? (Select THREE).

An internal application has been developed to increase the efficiency of an operational process of a global manufacturer. New code was implemented to fix a security bug, but it has caused operations to halt. The executive team has decided fixing the security bug is less important than continuing operations.

Which of the following would BEST support immediate rollback of the failed fix? (Choose two.)

A company has completed the implementation of technical and management controls as required by its adopted security, ponies and standards. The implementation took two years and consumed s the budget approved to security projects. The board has denied any further requests for additional budget. Which of the following should the company do to address the residual risk?

A company is concerned about disgruntled employees transferring its intellectual property data through covert channels. Which of the following tools would allow employees to write data into ICMP echo response packets?

A developer is reviewing the following transaction logs from a web application:

Username: John Doe

Street name: Main St.

Street number: