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An employee emailed a new systems administrator a malicious web link and convinced the administrator to change the email server's password. The employee used this access to remove the mailboxes of key personnel. Which of the following security awareness concepts would help prevent this threat in the future?

  1. Recognizing phishing
  2. Providing situational awareness training
  3. Using password management
  4. Reviewing email policies

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

In this scenario, the employee used a form of social engineering by sending a malicious link and persuading the administrator to take unauthorized actions. Training employees to recognize phishing attempts and other social engineering tactics would help them identify and avoid suspicious requests, reducing the likelihood of falling victim to similar threats in the future.



Which of the following strategies should an organization use to efficiently manage and analyze multiple types of logs?

  1. Deploy a SIEM solution
  2. Create custom scripts to aggregate and analyze logs.
  3. Implement EDR technology.
  4. Install a unified threat management appliance.

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

A Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution centralizes log collection, aggregation, and analysis from various sources. SIEMs provide real-time monitoring, correlation, and alerting on security events, enabling organizations to efficiently manage and analyze logs from diverse systems in a single platform. This approach is highly effective for identifying security incidents and ensuring compliance.



A new security regulation was announced that will take effect in the coming year. A company must comply with it to remain in business. Which of the following activities should the company perform next?

  1. Gap analysis
  2. Policy review
  3. Security procedure evaluation
  4. Threat scope reduction

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

A gap analysis will help the company identify the differences between its current security practices and the requirements of the new regulation. This analysis provides a clear understanding of what needs to be addressed to achieve compliance, allowing the company to prioritize and implement necessary changes before the regulation takes effect.



An accountant is transferring information to a bank over FTP. Which of the following mitigations should the accountant use to protect the confidentiality of the data?

  1. Tokenization
  2. Data masking
  3. Encryption
  4. Obfuscation

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Encrypting the data ensures that it remains confidential and protected from unauthorized access during transfer. Standard FTP does not provide secure transmission, so adding encryption--such as using FTPS (FTP Secure) or SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)--will safeguard the data by making it unreadable to anyone intercepting the transfer.



An organization has recently decided to implement SSO. The requirements are to leverage access tokens and focus on application authorization rather than user authentication. Which of the following solutions would the engineering team most likely configure?

  1. LDAP
  2. Federation
  3. SAML
  4. OAuth

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

OAuth is designed for authorization rather than authentication. It uses access tokens to grant applications permission to access resources on behalf of a user, focusing on what the application can do with the user's data rather than verifying the user's identity. This makes OAuth a suitable choice for Single Sign-On (SSO) when the focus is on application authorization.



Which of the following would most likely be used by attackers to perform credential harvesting?

  1. Social engineering
  2. Supply chain compromise
  3. Third-party software
  4. Rainbow table

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Social engineering tactics, such as phishing, are commonly used by attackers to trick individuals into revealing their login credentials. By posing as a trusted entity or creating a fake login page, attackers can harvest
usernames and passwords directly from unsuspecting users. This method is highly effective and frequently used for credential harvesting.



A security engineer would like to enhance the use of automation and orchestration within the SIEM. Which of the following would be the primary benefit of this enhancement?

  1. It increases complexity.
  2. It removes technical debt.
  3. It adds additional guard rails.
  4. It acts as a workforce multiplier.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

By automating repetitive tasks and orchestrating responses to common security incidents, the SIEM can handle more work without requiring additional personnel. This enhancement allows the security team to be more efficient, respond faster, and focus on more complex tasks, effectively multiplying the impact of the existing workforce.



A systems administrator receives an alert that a company's internal file server is very slow and is only working intermittently. The systems administrator reviews the server management software and finds the following information about the server:



Which of the following indicators most likely triggered this alert?

  1. Concurrent session usage
  2. Network saturation
  3. Account lockout
  4. Resource consumption

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The attached information shows that the CPU usage is at 99.6% and memory usage is at 97%. These high levels of resource consumption would lead to slow performance and intermittent issues, triggering an alert due to the server's limited ability to handle additional requests.



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