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Questions # 261:

During a recent log review, an analyst found evidence of successful injection attacks. Which of the following will best address this issue?

Options:

A.

Authentication

B.

Secure cookies

C.

Static code analysis

D.

Input validation

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Questions # 262:

A systems administrator needs to provide traveling employees with a tool that will protect company devices regardless of where they are working. Which of the following should the administrator implement?

Options:

A.

Isolation

B.

Segmentation

C.

ACL

D.

HIPS

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Questions # 263:

Which of the following activities is the first stage in the incident response process?

Options:

A.

Detection

B.

Declaration

C.

Containment

D.

Vacation

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Questions # 264:

An organization wants a third-party vendor to do a penetration test that targets a specific device. The organization has provided basic information about the device. Which of the following best describes this kind of penetration test?

Options:

A.

Partially known environment

B.

Unknown environment

C.

Integrated

D.

Known environment

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Questions # 265:

Which of the following is an example of memory injection?

Options:

A.

Two processes access the same variable, allowing one to cause a privilege escalation.

B.

A process receives an unexpected amount of data, which causes malicious code to be executed.

C.

Malicious code is copied to the allocated space of an already running process.

D.

An executable is overwritten on the disk, and malicious code runs the next time it is executed.

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Questions # 266:

An organization is required to provide assurance that its controls are properly designed and operating effectively. Which of the following reports will best achieve the objective?

Options:

A.

Red teaming

B.

Penetration testing

C.

Independent audit

D.

Vulnerability assessment

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Questions # 267:

A company's accounting department receives an urgent payment message from the company's bank domain with instructions to wire transfer funds. The sender requests that the transfer be completed as soon as possible. Which of the following attacks is described?

Options:

A.

Business email compromise

B.

Vishing

C.

Spear phishing

D.

Impersonation

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Questions # 268:

A company's Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) wants to enhance the capabilities of the incident response team. The CISO directs the incident response team to deploy a tool that rapidlyanalyzes host and network data from potentially compromised systems and forwards the data for further review. Which of the following tools should the incident response team deploy?

Options:

A.

NAC

B.

IPS

C.

SIEM

D.

EDR

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Questions # 269:

A website user is locked out of an account after clicking an email link and visiting a different website Web server logs show the user's password was changed, even though the user did not change the password. Which of the following is the most likely cause?

Options:

A.

Cross-sue request forgery

B.

Directory traversal

C.

ARP poisoning

D.

SQL injection

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Questions # 270:

For which of the following reasons would a systems administrator leverage a 3DES hash from an installer file that is posted on a vendor's website?

Options:

A.

To test the integrity of the file

B.

To validate the authenticity of the file

C.

To activate the license for the file

D.

To calculate the checksum of the file

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Questions # 271:

Which of the following should an internal auditor check for first when conducting an audit of the organization's risk management program?

Options:

A.

Policies and procedures

B.

Asset management

C.

Vulnerability assessment

D.

Business impact analysts

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Questions # 272:

Which of the following would best prepare a security team for a specific incident response scenario?

Options:

A.

Situational awareness

B.

Risk assessment

C.

Root cause analysis

D.

Tabletop exercise

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Questions # 273:

An analyst is reviewing an incident in which a user clicked on a link in a phishing email. Which of the following log sources would the analyst utilize to determine whether the connection was successful?

Options:

A.

Network

B.

System

C.

Application

D.

Authentication

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Questions # 274:

An attorney prints confidential documents to a copier in an office space near multiple workstations and a reception desk. When the attorney goes to the copier to retrieve the documents, the documents are missing. Which of the following would best prevent this from reoccurring?

Options:

A.

Place the copier in the legal department.

B.

Configure DLP on the attorney's workstation.

C.

Set up LDAP authentication on the printer.

D.

Conduct a physical penetration test.

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Questions # 275:

Which of the following would most likely be deployed to obtain and analyze attacker activity and techniques?

Options:

A.

Firewall

B.

IDS

C.

Honeypot

D.

Layer 3 switch

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Questions # 276:

Which of the following would enable a data center to remain operational through a multiday power outage?

Options:

A.

Generator

B.

Uninterruptible power supply

C.

Replication

D.

Parallel processing

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Questions # 277:

A cyber operations team informs a security analyst about a new tactic malicious actors are using to compromise networks.

SIEM alerts have not yet been configured. Which of the following best describes what the security analyst should do to identify this behavior?

Options:

A.

[Digital forensics

B.

E-discovery

C.

Incident response

D.

Threat hunting

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Questions # 278:

Which of the following allows an exploit to go undetected by the operating system?

Options:

A.

Firmware vulnerabilities

B.

Side loading

C.

Memory injection

D.

Encrypted payloads

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Questions # 279:

Which of the following describes a situation where a user is authorized before being authenticated?

Options:

A.

Privilege escalation

B.

Race condition

C.

Tailgating

D.

Impersonation

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Questions # 280:

An incident response specialist must stop a malicious attack from expanding to other parts of an organization. Which of the following should the incident response specialist perform first?

Options:

A.

Eradication

B.

Recovery

C.

Containment

D.

Simulation

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