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Q181. - (Topic 5)
A security engineer at a software development company has identified several vulnerabilities in a product late in the development cycle. This causes a huge delay for the release of the product. Which of the following should the administrator do to prevent these issues from occurring in the future?
A. Recommend switching to an SDLC methodology and perform security testing during each maintenance iteration
B. Recommend switching to a spiral software development model and perform security testing during the requirements gathering
C. Recommend switching to a waterfall development methodology and perform security testing during the testing phase
D. Recommend switching to an agile development methodology and perform security testing during iterations
Answer: D
Q182. - (Topic 3)
Company XYZ has transferred all of the corporate servers, including web servers, to a cloud hosting provider to reduce costs. All of the servers are running unpatched, outdated versions of Apache. Furthermore, the corporate financial data is also hosted by the cloud services provider, but it is encrypted when not in use. Only the DNS server is configured to audit user and administrator actions and logging is disabled on the other virtual machines. Given this scenario, which of the following is the MOST significant risk to the system?
A. All servers are unpatched and running old versions.
B. Financial data is processed without being encrypted.
C. Logging is disabled on critical servers.
D. Server services have been virtualized and outsourced.
Answer: A
Q183. - (Topic 4)
A new IDS device is generating a very large number of irrelevant events. Which of the following would BEST remedy this problem?
A. Change the IDS to use a heuristic anomaly filter.
B. Adjust IDS filters to decrease the number of false positives.
C. Change the IDS filter to data mine the false positives for statistical trending data.
D. Adjust IDS filters to increase the number of false negatives.
Answer: B
Q184. - (Topic 1)
A mature organization with legacy information systems has incorporated numerous new processes and dependencies to manage security as its networks and infrastructure are modernized. The Chief Information Office has become increasingly frustrated with frequent releases, stating that the organization needs everything to work completely, and the vendor should already have those desires built into the software product. The vendor has been in constant communication with personnel and groups within the organization to understand its business process and capture new software requirements from users. Which of the following methods of software development is this organization’s configuration management process using?
A. Agile
B. SDL
C. Waterfall
D. Joint application development
Answer: A
Q185. - (Topic 5)
During a recent audit of servers, a company discovered that a network administrator, who required remote access, had deployed an unauthorized remote access application that communicated over common ports already allowed through the firewall. A network scan showed that this remote access application had already been installed on one third of the servers in the company. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate action that the company should take to provide a more appropriate solution?
A. Implement an IPS to block the application on the network
B. Implement the remote application out to the rest of the servers
C. Implement SSL VPN with SAML standards for federation
D. Implement an ACL on the firewall with NAT for remote access
Answer: C
Q186. - (Topic 1)
An administrator wants to enable policy based flexible mandatory access controls on an open source OS to prevent abnormal application modifications or executions. Which of the following would BEST accomplish this?
A. Access control lists
B. SELinux
C. IPtables firewall
D. HIPS
Answer: B
Q187. - (Topic 1)
The Information Security Officer (ISO) is reviewing a summary of the findings from the last COOP tabletop exercise. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) wants to determine which additional controls must be implemented to reduce the risk of an extended customer service outage due to the VoIP system being unavailable. Which of the following BEST describes the scenario presented and the document the ISO is reviewing?
A. The ISO is evaluating the business implications of a recent telephone system failure within the BIA.
B. The ISO is investigating the impact of a possible downtime of the messaging system within the RA.
C. The ISO is calculating the budget adjustment needed to ensure audio/video system redundancy within the RFQ.
D. The ISO is assessing the effect of a simulated downtime involving the telecommunication system within the AAR.
Answer: D
Q188. - (Topic 3)
An organization has had six security incidents over the past year against their main web application. Each time the organization was able to determine the cause of the incident and restore operations within a few hours to a few days. Which of the following provides the MOST comprehensive method for reducing the time to recover?
A. Create security metrics that provide information on response times and requirements to determine the best place to focus time and money.
B. Conduct a loss analysis to determine which systems to focus time and money towards increasing security.
C. Implement a knowledge management process accessible to the help desk and finance departments to estimate cost and prioritize remediation.
D. Develop an incident response team, require training for incident remediation, and provide incident reporting and tracking metrics.
Answer: D
Q189. CORRECT TEXT - (Topic 2)
An administrator wants to install a patch to an application. Given the scenario, download, verify and install the patch in the most secure manner.
Instructions: The last install that is completed will be the final submission.
Answer: Please check the explanation part for full details on solution.
Q190. - (Topic 1)
After a security incident, an administrator would like to implement policies that would help reduce fraud and the potential for collusion between employees. Which of the following would help meet these goals by having co-workers occasionally audit another worker's position?
A. Least privilege
B. Job rotation
C. Mandatory vacation
D. Separation of duties
Answer: B