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Security+® Practice Tests

You're reading from Security+® Practice Tests

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Published in Oct 2019

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781839213465

Pages 390 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Network Security

Author (1):

Mike Chapple

Table of Contents (9) Chapters

About the Book

1. Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities

2. Technologies and Tools

3. Architecture and Design

4. Identity and Access Management

5. Risk Management

6. Cryptography and PKI

7. Practice Exam 1

8. Practice Exam 2

8. Practice Exam 2

Practice Exam 2 Questions

Ralph is reviewing user accounts and matching up the permissions assigned to those accounts in the ERP to access requests made by managers. What activity is Ralph undertaking?
A. Credential management
B. Usage auditing
C. Privilege auditing
D. Multifactor authentication
Tom is concerned about the fact that executives routinely leave their mobile devices unattended on their desks in the office. What control can he enforce through his MDM tool to prevent misuse of those devices?
A. Remote wipe
B. Geofencing
C. Screen locking
D. Application control
Taylor is conducting a business impact analysis for her organization as part of the organization's business continuity planning initiative. During that analysis, she identifies the amount of time that would be acceptable for a system to be down during a disaster. What metric should she use to capture this information?
A. RPO
B. RTO
C. MTTR
D. MTBF
George is evaluating the performance of...

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Authors (1)

Mike Chapple

Mike Chapple holds the CISSP, CySA+, CISM, PenTest+ and Security+ certifications and has helped thousands of students earn their own certifications through his books, courses, and practice tests. On the CISSP front, Mike is the author of the Official (ISC)2 CISSP Study Guide, the Official (ISC)2 CISSP Practice Tests and LinkedIn's CISSP video training series. In the Security+ space, Mike developed the LinkedIn Learning Security+ training series. Mike also authored the CySA+ Study Guide from Sybex and is the author of the book CySA+ Practice Tests and the LinkedIn CySA+ video training series. Mike has 20 years of experience as an educator, author, and hands-on practitioner in cybersecurity across the public and private sectors. He began his career as an information security research scientist with the U.S. National Security Agency. Mike then went into private industry as the Chief Information Officer of the Brand Institute. He currently serves as a faculty member at the University of Notre Dame, specializing in cybersecurity and business analytics.

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