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Security Officer Certification Exam – SOCE Practice
Exam Latest with 300 Questions and Correct
Verified Answers/ SOCE Exam Practice Qs and As
2025
Information Security - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Act of protecting
data and information from unauthorized access, unlawful
modification and disruption, disclosure, corruption, and
destruction
Information Systems Security - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Act of
protecting the systems that hold and process our critical
data
Confidentiality - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Information has not
been disclosed to unauthorized people
Integrity - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Information has not been
modified or altered without proper authorization
Availability - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Information is able to be
stored, accessed, or protected at all times
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Authentication - ...ANSWER...✓✓ When a person's identity
is established with proof and confirmed by a system
● Something you know
● Something you are
● Something you have
● Something you do
● Somewhere you are
Authorization - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Occurs when a user is
given access to a certain piece of data or certain areas of
a building.
Accounting - ...ANSWER...✓✓ ▪ Tracking of data, computer
usage, and network resources
▪ Non-repudiation occurs when you have proof that
someone has taken an action.
Malware - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Short-hand term for
malicious software
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Unauthorized Access - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Occurs when
access to computer resources and data occurs without
the consent of the owner.
System Failure - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Occurs when a
computer crashes or an individual application fails
Social Engineering - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Act of manipulating
users into revealing confidential information or
performing other detrimental actions.
Physical Controls - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Alarm systems,
locks, surveillance cameras, identification cards, and
security guards
Technical Controls - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Smart cards,
encryption, access control lists (ACLs), intrusion
detection systems, and network authentication
Administrative Controls - ...ANSWER...✓✓ ▪ Policies,
procedures, security awareness training, contingency
planning, and disaster recovery plans
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▪ User training is the most cost-effective security control
to use
White Hats - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Non-malicious hackers who
attempt to break into a company's systems at their
request
Black Hats - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Malicious hackers who
break into computer systems and networks without
authorization or permission.
Gray Hats - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Hackers without any
affiliation to a company who attempt to break into a
company's network but risk the law by doing so
Blue Hats - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Hackers who attempt to hack
into a network with permission of the company but are
not employed by the company
Elite - ...ANSWER...✓✓ ● Hackers who find and exploit
vulnerabilities before anyone else does
● 1 in 10,000 are elite
Security Officer Certification Exam – SOCE Practice
Exam Latest with 300 Questions and Correct
Verified Answers/ SOCE Exam Practice Qs and As
2025
Information Security - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Act of protecting
data and information from unauthorized access, unlawful
modification and disruption, disclosure, corruption, and
destruction
Information Systems Security - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Act of
protecting the systems that hold and process our critical
data
Confidentiality - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Information has not
been disclosed to unauthorized people
Integrity - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Information has not been
modified or altered without proper authorization
Availability - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Information is able to be
stored, accessed, or protected at all times
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Authentication - ...ANSWER...✓✓ When a person's identity
is established with proof and confirmed by a system
● Something you know
● Something you are
● Something you have
● Something you do
● Somewhere you are
Authorization - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Occurs when a user is
given access to a certain piece of data or certain areas of
a building.
Accounting - ...ANSWER...✓✓ ▪ Tracking of data, computer
usage, and network resources
▪ Non-repudiation occurs when you have proof that
someone has taken an action.
Malware - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Short-hand term for
malicious software
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Unauthorized Access - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Occurs when
access to computer resources and data occurs without
the consent of the owner.
System Failure - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Occurs when a
computer crashes or an individual application fails
Social Engineering - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Act of manipulating
users into revealing confidential information or
performing other detrimental actions.
Physical Controls - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Alarm systems,
locks, surveillance cameras, identification cards, and
security guards
Technical Controls - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Smart cards,
encryption, access control lists (ACLs), intrusion
detection systems, and network authentication
Administrative Controls - ...ANSWER...✓✓ ▪ Policies,
procedures, security awareness training, contingency
planning, and disaster recovery plans
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▪ User training is the most cost-effective security control
to use
White Hats - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Non-malicious hackers who
attempt to break into a company's systems at their
request
Black Hats - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Malicious hackers who
break into computer systems and networks without
authorization or permission.
Gray Hats - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Hackers without any
affiliation to a company who attempt to break into a
company's network but risk the law by doing so
Blue Hats - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Hackers who attempt to hack
into a network with permission of the company but are
not employed by the company
Elite - ...ANSWER...✓✓ ● Hackers who find and exploit
vulnerabilities before anyone else does
● 1 in 10,000 are elite
