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The security team recently enabled public access to a web application hosted on a server
inside the corporate network. The developers of the application report that the server has
received several structured query language (SQL) injection attacks in the past several days.
The team needs to deploy a solution that will block the SQL injection attacks.
Which solution fulfills these requirements?
A) Virtual private network (VPN)
B) Security information and event management (SIEM)
C) Web application firewall (WAF)
D) Secure Socket Shell (SSH)
C) Web application firewall (WAF)
An IT security team has been notified that external contractors are using their personal
laptops to gain access to the corporate network. The team needs to recommend a solution
that will prevent unapproved devices from accessing the network.
Which solution fulfills these requirements?
A) Implementing a demilitarized zone (DMZ)
B) Installing a hardware security module
C) Implementing port security
D) Deploying a software firewall
C) Implementing port security
The chief technology officer for a small publishing company has been tasked with
improving the company's security posture. As part of a network upgrade, the company has
decided to implement intrusion detection, spam filtering, content filtering, and antivirus
controls. The project needs to be completed using the least amount of infrastructure while
meeting all requirements.
Which solution fulfills these requirements?
A) Deploying an anti-spam gateway
B) Deploying a proxy server
C) Deploying a unified threat management (UTM) appliance
D) Deploying a web application firewall (WAF)
C) Deploying a unified threat management (UTM) appliance
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The security team plans to deploy an intrusion detection system (IDS) solution to alert
engineers about inbound threats. The team already has a database of signatures that they
want the IDS solution to validate.
Which detection technique meets the requirements?
A) Intrusion detection
B) Deep packet inspection
C) Signature-based detection
D) Intrusion prevention
C) Signature-based detection
An IT organization had a security breach after deploying an update to its production web
servers. The application currently goes through a manual update process a few times per
year. The security team needs to recommend a failback option for future deployments.
Which solution fulfills these requirements?
A) Implementing a code scanner
B) Implementing code signing
C) Implementing versioning
D) Implementing a security requirements traceability matrix (SRTM)
C) Implementing versioning
A software development team is working on a new mobile application that will be used by
customers. The security team must ensure that builds of the application will be trusted by a
variety of mobile devices.
Which solution fulfills these requirements?
A) Code scanning
B) Regression testing
C) Code signing
D) Continuous delivery
C) Code signing
An IT organization recently suffered a data leak incident. Management has asked the
security team to implement a print blocking mechanism for all documents stored on a
corporate file share.
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Which solution fulfills these requirements?
A) Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
B) Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
C) Digital rights management (DRM)
D) Watermarking
C) Digital rights management (DRM)
A company has recently discovered that a competitor is distributing copyrighted videos
produced by the in-house marketing team. Management has asked the security team to
prevent these types of violations in the future.
Which solution fulfills these requirements?
A) Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
B) Secure Socket Shell (SSH)
C) Digital rights management (DRM)
D) Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
C) Digital rights management (DRM)
A security team has been tasked with performing regular vulnerability scans for a cloud-
based infrastructure.
How should these vulnerability scans be conducted when implementing zero trust security?
A) Manually
B) Annually
C) Automatically
D) As needed
C) Automatically
A healthcare company needs to ensure that medical researchers cannot inadvertently share
protected health information (PHI) data from medical records.
What is the best solution?
A) Encryption
B) Metadata
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C) Anonymization
D) Obfuscation
C) Anonymization
A security team has been tasked with mitigating the risk of stolen credentials after a recent
breach. The solution must isolate the use of privileged accounts. In the future,
administrators must request access to mission-critical services before they can perform
their tasks.
What is the best solution?
A) Identity and access management (IAM)
B) Password policies
C) Privileged access management (PAM)
D) Password complexity
C) Privileged access management (PAM)
A global manufacturing company is moving its applications to the cloud. The security team
has been tasked with hardening the access controls for a corporate web application that
was recently migrated. End users should be granted access to different features based on
their locations and departments.
Which access control solution should be implemented?
A) Kerberos
B) Mandatory access control (MAC)
C) Attribute-based access control (ABAC)
D) Privileged access management (PAM)
C) Attribute-based access control (ABAC)
A team of developers is building a new corporate web application. The security team has
stated that the application must authenticate users through two separate channels of
communication.
Which type of authentication method should the developers include when building the
application?
A) In-band authentication
B) Kerberos
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The security team recently enabled public access to a web application hosted on a server
inside the corporate network. The developers of the application report that the server has
received several structured query language (SQL) injection attacks in the past several days.
The team needs to deploy a solution that will block the SQL injection attacks.
Which solution fulfills these requirements?
A) Virtual private network (VPN)
B) Security information and event management (SIEM)
C) Web application firewall (WAF)
D) Secure Socket Shell (SSH)
C) Web application firewall (WAF)
An IT security team has been notified that external contractors are using their personal
laptops to gain access to the corporate network. The team needs to recommend a solution
that will prevent unapproved devices from accessing the network.
Which solution fulfills these requirements?
A) Implementing a demilitarized zone (DMZ)
B) Installing a hardware security module
C) Implementing port security
D) Deploying a software firewall
C) Implementing port security
The chief technology officer for a small publishing company has been tasked with
improving the company's security posture. As part of a network upgrade, the company has
decided to implement intrusion detection, spam filtering, content filtering, and antivirus
controls. The project needs to be completed using the least amount of infrastructure while
meeting all requirements.
Which solution fulfills these requirements?
A) Deploying an anti-spam gateway
B) Deploying a proxy server
C) Deploying a unified threat management (UTM) appliance
D) Deploying a web application firewall (WAF)
C) Deploying a unified threat management (UTM) appliance
, 2
The security team plans to deploy an intrusion detection system (IDS) solution to alert
engineers about inbound threats. The team already has a database of signatures that they
want the IDS solution to validate.
Which detection technique meets the requirements?
A) Intrusion detection
B) Deep packet inspection
C) Signature-based detection
D) Intrusion prevention
C) Signature-based detection
An IT organization had a security breach after deploying an update to its production web
servers. The application currently goes through a manual update process a few times per
year. The security team needs to recommend a failback option for future deployments.
Which solution fulfills these requirements?
A) Implementing a code scanner
B) Implementing code signing
C) Implementing versioning
D) Implementing a security requirements traceability matrix (SRTM)
C) Implementing versioning
A software development team is working on a new mobile application that will be used by
customers. The security team must ensure that builds of the application will be trusted by a
variety of mobile devices.
Which solution fulfills these requirements?
A) Code scanning
B) Regression testing
C) Code signing
D) Continuous delivery
C) Code signing
An IT organization recently suffered a data leak incident. Management has asked the
security team to implement a print blocking mechanism for all documents stored on a
corporate file share.
, 3
Which solution fulfills these requirements?
A) Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
B) Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
C) Digital rights management (DRM)
D) Watermarking
C) Digital rights management (DRM)
A company has recently discovered that a competitor is distributing copyrighted videos
produced by the in-house marketing team. Management has asked the security team to
prevent these types of violations in the future.
Which solution fulfills these requirements?
A) Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
B) Secure Socket Shell (SSH)
C) Digital rights management (DRM)
D) Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
C) Digital rights management (DRM)
A security team has been tasked with performing regular vulnerability scans for a cloud-
based infrastructure.
How should these vulnerability scans be conducted when implementing zero trust security?
A) Manually
B) Annually
C) Automatically
D) As needed
C) Automatically
A healthcare company needs to ensure that medical researchers cannot inadvertently share
protected health information (PHI) data from medical records.
What is the best solution?
A) Encryption
B) Metadata
, 4
C) Anonymization
D) Obfuscation
C) Anonymization
A security team has been tasked with mitigating the risk of stolen credentials after a recent
breach. The solution must isolate the use of privileged accounts. In the future,
administrators must request access to mission-critical services before they can perform
their tasks.
What is the best solution?
A) Identity and access management (IAM)
B) Password policies
C) Privileged access management (PAM)
D) Password complexity
C) Privileged access management (PAM)
A global manufacturing company is moving its applications to the cloud. The security team
has been tasked with hardening the access controls for a corporate web application that
was recently migrated. End users should be granted access to different features based on
their locations and departments.
Which access control solution should be implemented?
A) Kerberos
B) Mandatory access control (MAC)
C) Attribute-based access control (ABAC)
D) Privileged access management (PAM)
C) Attribute-based access control (ABAC)
A team of developers is building a new corporate web application. The security team has
stated that the application must authenticate users through two separate channels of
communication.
Which type of authentication method should the developers include when building the
application?
A) In-band authentication
B) Kerberos
