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| A DoS attack that uses TCP flags is called a ________ attack. | half-open
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| A ________ attack is an attack that is made before attack signatures for the threat are defined. | zero-day
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| A ________ is a persistent conversation between different programs on different computers. | connection
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| A ________ port number designates a specific application running on a server. | well-known
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| A connection between two programs on different computers is represented by its ________. | pair of sockets
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| Almost all main border firewalls use ________ filtering as their primary filtering mechanism. | None of the above
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| Automatic protections for application proxy firewalls include ________. | Both A and B
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| Firewall policies should govern ________. | Both A and B
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| Firewalls will drop ________. | provable attack packets
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| Firms can address the increasing ability of attackers to bypass the border firewalls by ________. | hardening hosts
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| If a firewall cannot keep up with traffic volume, it will ________. | drop packets it cannot process
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| If a firewall has to drop packets because it cannot keep up with traffic volume, this is ________. | Both A and B
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| If a firewall receives a provable attack packet, the firewall will ________. | Both A and B
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| If a firewall receives a suspicious packet, the firewall will ________. | Neither A nor B
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| If an IPS identifies an attack, it can ________. | Both A and B
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| If you will proxy 8 different applications, you will need ________ proxy programs. | 8
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| In ________ filtering, the firewall examines packets entering the network from the outside. | ingress
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| NAT is able to stop ________. | Both A and B
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| Nearly all main border walls today use ________ filtering. | stateful packet inspection
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| SPI firewalls can conduct ________ inspection. | Both A and B
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| Stateful packet inspection firewalls are ________. | fairly safe in practice
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| Static packet filtering is sometimes used ________. | Both A and B
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| The ________ is a subnet that contains all of the servers and application proxy firewalls that must be accessible to the outside world. | None of the above
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| The most time-consuming part of firewall management is ________. | reading firewall logs
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| There is(are) ________ NAT traversal method(s). | several
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| Today, application proxy firewalls are commonly used ________. | to protect internal clients from malicious external servers
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| What is the SPI firewall rule for packets that do not attempt to open connections? | pass the packet if it is part of a previously approved connection
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| What is the SPI firewall rule for packets that only have their TCP ACK bits set but no other flags set? | pass the packet if it is part of a previously approved connection
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| What type of filtering do IDSs do? | packet stream analysis
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| What type of filtering do IDSs do? | deep packet inspection
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| What type of host may be placed in the DMZ? | Both A and B
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| Which IPS response to an attack can do the most damage? | dropping packets
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| Which IPS response to an attack is the most effective in stopping attacks? | dropping packets
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| Which of the following is one of the two simple DEFAULT SPI firewall rules for packets that attempt to open connections? | permit all attempts to open a connection from an internal host to an external host
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| Zero-day attacks might be stopped by ________ detection. | anomaly
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| ________ detection looks for specific patterns in the network traffic to identify a threat. | Signature
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| ________ do not drop packets. | IDSs
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| ________ drop packets. | IPSs
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| ________ firewalls filter traffic passing between different parts of a site's network. | Internal
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| ________ firewalls may be able to stop attacks by employees within the firm against internal site resources. | Internal
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| A Windows systems administrator should use the Administrator account ________. | as little as possible, and only when needed
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| A ________ is a type of fix for vulnerabilities. | Both A and B
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| A systems administrator may manage ________. | Both A and B
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| A(n) ________ is an individual application on the tree pane of an MMC that can be added or dropped from the tree list easily. | snap-in
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| A(n) ________ is defined as an attack that comes before fixes are released. | zero-day attack
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| Any device with an IP address is a ________. | host
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| Assigning security measures to groups is ________ than assigning security measures to individuals within groups. | cheaper
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| Assigning security measures to groups is better than assigning security measures to individuals within groups because ________. | Both A and B
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| If a PC fails its initial NAC health assessment, it may be ________. | refused access
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| If an attacker takes over a firewall, he or she will be able to ________. | All of the above
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| If an attacker takes over a router, he or she will be able to ________. | reroute traffic to cause a local DoS
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| In MMCs, the tree pane lists ________. | objects on which actions can be taken
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| Inheritance ________ labor costs in assigning permissions. | reduces
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| Inheritance can be modified from the ________ box in the security tab. | Both A and B
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| Microsoft's server operating system is called ________. | Windows Server
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| Mobile computers should be backed up ________. | before being taken off site
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| The Local Users and Groups snap-in is available on the ________ MMC. | Computer Management
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| The Microsoft Windows Server interface looks like the interface in ________. | client versions of Microsoft Windows
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| The book recommends that passwords be at least ________ characters long. | 8
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| The policies for protecting sensitive information should be applied to all mobile data on ________. | All of the above
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| The super user account in UNIX is called ________. | root
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| To get to the super user account in UNIX, the administrator should use the ________ command. | su
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| To get to the super user account in Windows, the administrator can use the ________ command. | RunAs
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| To how many accounts and groups can different permissions be applied in Windows? | almost an unlimited number
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| UNIX command line interfaces are called ________. | shells
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| UNIX offers ________ directory and file permissions than (as) Windows. | fewer
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| Updating should be done on client PCs ________. | automatically
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| Which of the following are elements of host hardening? | Both A and B
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| Which of the following are elements of host hardening? | minimizing applications on the host
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| Which of the following is a danger created by notebook computer loss or theft? | Both A and B
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| Which of the following is not a common problem with antivirus protections? | All of the above are common problems with antivirus protections.
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| Which of the following is not a type of fix for vulnerabilities? | All of the above are types of fixes for vulnerabilities
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| Which of the following security protections are provided by recent version of Windows Server? | Both A and B
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| Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of MMCs? | MMCs are located under the Start / Management menu choice.
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| ________ can greatly reduce patching costs. | Patch management servers
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| ________ is a family of operating systems that share interoperability at the kernel level. | UNIX
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| ________ is a password-cracking method wherein the attacker compares passwords to lists of common words. | A dictionary attack
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| ________ is a password-cracking method wherein the attacker tries all possible passwords, starting with single-character passwords. | Brute-force guessing
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| ________ is a version of ________ for PCs. | LINUX, UNIX
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| ________ is necessary to protect the host against attacks. | Host hardening
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| A PSTN gateway translates between a VoIP network's ________ protocols and those of the public switched telephone network. | Both A and B
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| A VoIP caller wishing to contact another sends an INVITE message to ________. | None of the above
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| An attacker types more data in a field than the programmer expected. This is a(n) ________ attack. | buffer overflow
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| Attacks in which a user reaches a directory outside of the WWW root directory and its subdirectories is called a(n) ________ attack. | directory traversal
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| Code on a webpage that is executed on the client PC is ________. | mobile code
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| Compared to full programming languages, scripts are ________ in what they can do. | more limited
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| Cookies are dangerous because they ________. | Both A and B
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| Developers have permissions on the ________. | development server
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| E-mail filtering can be done at which of the following? | All of the above
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| For all applications, a basic rule is ________. | never trust user input
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| In IM, ________ servers allow two users to locate each other. | presence
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| In IM, all messages pass through a ________ server. | relay
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| In VoIP, encryption may ________. | increase latency
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| In VoIP, firewalls are a problem because they tend to ________. | increase latency
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| In a URL, ".." (without the quotes) means ________. | move one directory up
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| In a stack overflow attack, to where does the return address point? | to the beginning of the stack entry's data area
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| In a(n) ________ attack, information that a user enters is sent back to the user in a webpage. | XSS
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| In a(n) ________ attack, the user enters part of a database query instead of giving the expected input. | SQL injection
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| RTP adds ________ to UDP. | sequence numbers
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| RTP is used in ________. | transport
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| SIP Identity protocols ________. | ensure that traffic is authenticated between two companies holding public/private keys
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| SIP requires port ________ to be open. | 5060
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| Someone breaks into a corporate VoIP system to place free long-distance and international toll calls. This is referred to by security professionals as ________. | toll fraud
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| Spam over VoIP is called ________. | SPIT
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| Testers have permissions on the ________. | testing server
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| The most popular way for hackers to take over hosts today is ________. | by taking over an application
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| The prevention of sensitive information from being sent out of a company is called ________. | extrusion prevention
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| The user reaches a webpage before logging in. This is a(n) ________ attack. | login screen bypass
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| To prevent eavesdropping, applications should ________. | use encryption for confidentiality
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| To satisfy legal retention and other compliance regulations, companies should use ________ in IM. | a relay server
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| VoIP traffic and data traffic tend to be segregated from each other on a network for added security. | true
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| What e-mail standard provides end-to-end security? | S/MIME
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| Which comes third in a VoIP packet? | RTP header
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| Which of the following are reasons to ensure WWW Service and E-Commerce security? | All of the above
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| Which of the following is NOT a signaling protocol? | RTP
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| Which version of SNMP allows the manager to have a different shared secret with each agent? | Version 3
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| Whisker is a popular tool for ________. | conducting vulnerability testing on webservers
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| ________ errors may indicate that an attacker is trying to send invalid data to the server. | 500
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| ________ is a VoIP service that currently offers free calling among its customers over the Internet and reduced-cost calling to and from Public Switched Telephone Network customers. | Skype
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| ________ offers no security at all. | SNMP V1
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| A dual-layer DVD can hold up to about ________ GB. | 8
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| Adding invisible information to a file that can be used to identify its source is called ________. | watermarking
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| After destroying, data is ________. | Neither A nor B
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| After wiping/clearing, data is ________. | reusable
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| Another name for RAID 0 is ________. | striping
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| Another name for RAID 1 is ________. | mirroring
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| Another name for RAID 5 is ________. | distributed parity
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| Backup creation policies should specify ________. | Both A and B
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| Checkouts of backup media for restoration ________. | Neither A nor B
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| Companies address the risk of losing a security key by using ________. | key escrow
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| Companies usually conduct full backups on a ________ basis. | weekly
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| Compared to local backup, centralized backup ________. | Both A and B
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| Configuring multiple hard drives as an array within a single system is ________. | Both A and B
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| DDL triggers are used to ________. | produce automatic responses if the structure of the database has been altered.
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| DLL triggers are used to ________. | Neither A nor B
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| DML triggers are used to ________. | produce automatic responses if the data of the database has been altered
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| DML triggers are used to ________. | Neither A nor B
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| Data can be lost by ________. | All of the above
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| Data destruction is ________. | necessary
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| Databases are ________. | Both A and B
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| Example of DBMSs include ________. | Both A and B
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| File/directory data backup copies ________. | data
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| Full backups are ________. | All of the above
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| Image backup is attractive because ________. | it requires minimal additional work to restore a fully functioning PC
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| Magnetic tape is ________. | Neither A nor B
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| Profiling uses ________ to find patterns in a dataset which uniquely identify an individual. | All of the above
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| Properly backed up data includes ________. | Both A and B
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| Regarding retention policies, firms need to ________. | implement strong and clear backup policies
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| To find out who is sending trade secrets out of the firm, you can use ________. | watermarking
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| Trusting users to do key escrow is risky because ________. | All of the above
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| Two computer systems each back up the other in real time in ________. | CDP
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| Which of the following database events should be regularly audited? | All of the above
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| Who should be involved in the creation of retention policies? | Both A and B
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| With RAID 1, the following is achieved: | redundancy
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| With RAID 5, the following is achieved: | All of the above
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| With basic file deletion, data is ________. | Both A and B
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| With nominal deletion, data is ________. | Both A and B.
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| ________ backups only back up data that has changed since the most recent full backup. | Incremental
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| ________ is an example of PII. | Social Security number
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| ________ is the process of obscuring data such that it cannot identify a specific person, but remains practically useful. | Data masking
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| 18 U.S.C. ยง 1030 protects ________. | "protected computers" such as government computers
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| A ________ is a fake network segment with multiple clients and servers. | honeypot
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| A ________ is a law dealing with information technology. | cyberlaw
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| A walkthrough is also called a ________. | table-top exercise
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| Allowing an attacker to continue working in a system after the attack has been discovered ________. | Both A and B
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| An IDS is a ________ control. | detective
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| Dropping all future packets from a particular IP address is called ________. | black holing
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| False alarms in an IDS are known as ________. | false positives
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| HIDSs ________. | provide highly specific information about what happened on a particular host
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| Hot sites ________. | Neither A nor B
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| If an IDS cannot process all of the packets it receives, it will ________ packets it cannot process. | drop
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| In a crisis, human cognition ________. | is degraded
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| Integrated log files ________. | Both A and B
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| Integrated log files are ________ event logs from multiple IDS's. | aggregated
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| Live tests are ________. | more effective than walkthroughs
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| Plaintiffs initiate legal proceedings in ________ cases. | civil
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| Repair during ongoing server operation is ________. | Both A and B
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| The ________ collects event data and stores them in log files on the monitoring devices. | agent
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| The business continuity team should be headed by ________. | a senior business manager
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| The decision to let an attack continue should be made by ________. | senior business executives
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| The normal standard for deciding a case in ________ trials is guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. | criminal
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| The only person who should speak on behalf of a firm should be ________. | the public relations director
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| The prosecutor must demonstrate ________ at the time of the action at the center of a criminal trial. | mens rea
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| Wal-Mart was able to respond to hurricane Katrina so quickly because it had ________. | Both A and B
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| Walkthroughs are ________ table-top exercises | the same thing as
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| What protection can a firm provide for people in the event of an emergency? | Both A and B
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| When a system runs out of storage space, ________. | the IDS will start a new log file
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| Which of the following is a function of IDSs? | automated analysis
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| Which of the following is not one of the three rules for apologies? | Use wording aimed at reducing lawsuits
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| Who should head the CSIRT? | A senior manager
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| ________ allows a response team to determine an incident's damage potential and to gather information needed to begin containment and recovery. | Analysis
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| ________ deals with the violation of criminal statutes. | Criminal law
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| ________ eliminates the problem of having to re-baseline the system to proper security levels. | Using a disk image
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| ________ evidence is evidence that is acceptable for court proceedings | Forensic
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| ________ investigate(s) most violations of local and state computer laws. | Local police
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| ________ is the act of actually stopping an incident's damage. | Containment
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| ________ punishments may result in fines. | Both A and B
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| ________ specify how a company will maintain or restore core business operations after disasters. | Business continuity plans
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| ________ specify how a company will restore IT functions after a disaster. | IT disaster recovery plans
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