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CompTIA SEC+ SYO 701 Practice ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




Exam with correct answers ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




Which of the following answers can be used to describe ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




technical security controls? (Select 3 answers) ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




a Focused on protecting material assets
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b Sometimes called logical security controls
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c Executed by computer systems (instead of people)
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d Also known as administrative controls
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e Implemented with technology f Primarily implemented
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and executed by people (as opposed to computer ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




systems) - correct answers ✔✔b. Sometimes called logical ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




security controls
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c. Executed by computer systems (instead of people)
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||\\||\\ e. Implemented with technology
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*Any control that is implemented and executed with ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




technology

,What does Thrid party Vendor Risk Mean? - correct
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answers ✔✔Your security is comprised by outside parties, ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




like vendors, suppliers and business that do business with
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you.
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Supply Chain Risk with hardware manufacturing. - correct
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answers ✔✔devices must be vetted to be used by the a ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




low risk appetite like the DOD.
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Supply Chain Attack - correct answers ✔✔Attackers target
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the weakest link, or weaker links in supply chain in order
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to bring down main targets within the supply chain.
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Vendor Assesment - correct answers ✔✔Organizations ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




evaluate the security, reliability and performance of ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




external entities. ||\\||\\

,What is governance? - correct answers ✔✔Is a system of
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rules and guidelines that help an organization align its IT
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infrastructure with its business goals. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




You must distribute the network traffic among a collection
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of mirrored servers. Which device should you use? -
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correct answers ✔✔LOAD BALANCER Imagine a load ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




balancer as a traffic manager for websites. Its job is to ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




make sure that when people visit a website, the load
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balancer distributes the visitors evenly among multiple ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




servers, like having multiple cashiers at a store. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




You are modifying the backup schedule for the thirteen
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Windows and seven Unix servers in your server room. Full ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




backups will occur Saturdays at 9:00 A.M. and incremental ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




backups will occur every weekday starting at 7:00 P.M.
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Each server contains an average of 400GB of data. Backup
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tapes are stored in a safe down the hall in the IT
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manager's office. What problems exist with this scenario? ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\

, -There is not enough time to perform incremental
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backups if the start time is 7:00 P.M. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




-Backup tapes should be stored offsite. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




-Differential backups can be used only with full backups. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




-Incremental backups must be used with differential ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




backups. - correct answers ✔✔Backup tapes should be ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




stored offsite. In case of damage to the same location
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where other backups are stored. An alternate location
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should be used. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




Which type of tool is commonly used to automate
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incident response? ||\\||\\




PKI
MDM
SOAR
SIEM - correct answers ✔✔SOAR is correct. Security
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orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) solutions ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\




use runbooks to automate incident response thus
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reducing incident response time. ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\

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