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SY0-601.prepaway.premium.exam.
174q
Number: SY0-601
Passing Score: 800
Time Limit: 120 min
File Version: 4.1
SY0-601
CompTIA Security+ Certification Exam
Version 4.1
BB6F42EBA524C05AE3D52CD26F773EDA
Exam A
QUESTION 1
SIMULATION
A company recently added a DR site and is redesigning the network. Users at the DR site are having issues
browsing websites.
INSTRUCTIONS
Click on each firewall to do the following:
1. Deny cleartext web traffic.

2. Ensure secure management protocols are used.
3. Resolve issues at the DR site.
The ruleset order cannot be modified due to outside constraints.
If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.
Correct Answer: See explanation below.
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Firewall 1:
DNS Rule – ANY --> ANY --> DNS --> PERMIT

HTTPS Outbound – 10.0.0.1/24 --> ANY --> HTTPS --> PERMIT
Management – ANY --> ANY --> SSH --> PERMIT
HTTPS Inbound – ANY --> ANY --> HTTPS --> PERMIT
HTTP Inbound – ANY --> ANY --> HTTP --> DENY
Firewall 2: No changes should be made to this firewall
Firewall 3:
DNS Rule – ANY --> ANY --> DNS --> PERMIT
HTTPS Outbound – 192.168.0.1/24 --> ANY --> HTTPS --> PERMIT
Management – ANY --> ANY --> SSH --> PERMIT
HTTPS Inbound – ANY --> ANY --> HTTPS --> PERMIT
HTTP Inbound – ANY --> ANY --> HTTP --> DENY
QUESTION 2
DRAG DROP
A security engineer is setting up passwordless authentication for the first time.
INSTRUCTIONS
Use the minimum set of commands to set this up and verify that it works. Commands cannot be reused.
Select and Place:
Correct Answer:
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 3
HOTSPOT
Select the appropriate attack and remediation from each drop-down list to label the corresponding attack with
its remediation.
INSTRUCTIONS
Not all attacks and remediation actions will be used.
Hot Area:
Correct Answer:
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 4
Which of the following will MOST likely adversely impact the operations of unpatched traditional
programmable-logic controllers, running a back-end LAMP server and OT systems with human-management
interfaces that are accessible over the Internet via a web interface? (Choose two.)
A. Cross-site scripting
B. Data exfiltration
C. Poor system logging
D. Weak encryption
E. SQL injection
F. Server-side request forgery
Correct Answer: DF
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 5
A company recently transitioned to a strictly BYOD culture due to the cost of replacing lost or damaged
corporate-owned mobile devices. Which of the following technologies would be BEST to balance the BYOD
culture while also protecting the company’s data?
A. Containerization
B. Geofencing
C. Full-disk encryption
D. Remote wipe
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 6
A Chief Security Office's (CSO's) key priorities are to improve preparation, response, and recovery practices to
minimize system downtime and enhance organizational resilience to ransomware attacks. Which of the
following would BEST meet the CSO's objectives?
A. Use email-filtering software and centralized account management, patch high-risk systems, and restrict
administration privileges on fileshares.
B. Purchase cyber insurance from a reputable provider to reduce expenses during an incident.
C. Invest in end-user awareness training to change the long-term culture and behavior of staff and executives,
reducing the organization's susceptibility to phishing attacks.
D. Implement application whitelisting and centralized event-log management, and perform regular testing and
validation of full backups.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 7
A network engineer has been asked to investigate why several wireless barcode scanners and wireless
computers in a warehouse have intermittent connectivity to the shipping server. The barcode scanners and
computers are all on forklift trucks and move around the warehouse during their regular use. Which of the
following should the engineer do to determine the issue? (Choose two.)
A. Perform a site survey

B. Deploy an FTK Imager
C. Create a heat map
D. Scan for rogue access points
E. Upgrade the security protocols
F. Install a captive portal
Correct Answer: AC
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 8
A security administrator suspects an employee has been emailing proprietary information to a competitor.
Company policy requires the administrator to capture an exact copy of the employee’s hard disk. Which of the
following should the administrator use?
A. dd
B. chmod
C. dnsenum
D. logger
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 9
Which of the following is MOST likely to outline the roles and responsibilities of data controllers and data
processors?
A. SSAE SOC 2
B. PCI DSS
C. GDPR
D. ISO 31000
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 10
Phishing and spear-phishing attacks have been occurring more frequently against a company’s staff. Which of
the following would MOST likely help mitigate this issue?
A. DNSSEC and DMARC

B. DNS query logging
C. Exact mail exchanger records in the DNS
D. The addition of DNS conditional forwarders
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 11
On which of the following is the live acquisition of data for forensic analysis MOST dependent? (Choose two.)
A. Data accessibility
B. Legal hold
C. Cryptographic or hash algorithm
D. Data retention legislation
E. Value and volatility of data
F. Right-to-audit clauses
Correct Answer: EF
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 12
Which of the following incident response steps involves actions to protect critical systems while maintaining
business operations?
A. Investigation
B. Containment
C. Recovery
D. Lessons learned
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 13
A security auditor is reviewing vulnerability scan data provided by an internal security team. Which of the
following BEST indicates that valid credentials were used?
A. The scan results show open ports, protocols, and services exposed on the target host
B. The scan enumerated software versions of installed programs
C. The scan produced a list of vulnerabilities on the target host
D. The scan identified expired SSL certificates
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 14
Which of the following BEST explains the difference between a data owner and a data custodian?
A. The data owner is responsible for adhering to the rules for using the data, while the data custodian is
responsible for determining the corporate governance regarding the data
B. The data owner is responsible for determining how the data may be used, while the data custodian is
responsible for implementing the protection to the data
C. The data owner is responsible for controlling the data, while the data custodian is responsible for
maintaining the chain of custody when handling the data
D. The data owner grants the technical permissions for data access, while the data custodian maintains the
database access controls to the data
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 15
A network engineer needs to build a solution that will allow guests at the company’s headquarters to access
the Internet via WiFi. This solution should not allow access to the internal corporate network, but it should
require guests to sign off on the acceptable use policy before accessing the Internet. Which of the following
should the engineer employ to meet these requirements?
A. Implement open PSK on the APs

B. Deploy a WAF
C. Configure WIPS on the APs
D. Install a captive portal
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 16
A security analyst has been asked to investigate a situation after the SOC started to receive alerts from the
SIEM. The analyst first looks at the domain controller and finds the following events:
To better understand what is going on, the analyst runs a command and receives the following output:
Based on the analyst’s findings, which of the following attacks is being executed?
A. Credential harvesting
B. Keylogger
C. Brute-force
D. Spraying
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 17
Which of the following cloud models provides clients with servers, storage, and networks but nothing else?
A. SaaS
B. PaaS
C. IaaS
D. DaaS
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 18
A network administrator needs to build out a new datacenter, with a focus on resiliency and uptime. Which of
the following would BEST meet this objective? (Choose two.)
A. Dual power supply

B. Off-site backups
C. Automatic OS upgrades
D. NIC teaming
E. Scheduled penetration testing
F. Network-attached storage
Correct Answer: AB
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 19
A researcher has been analyzing large data sets for the last ten months. The researcher works with colleagues
from other institutions and typically connects via SSH to retrieve additional data. Historically, this setup has
worked without issue, but the researcher recently started getting the following message:
Which of the following network attacks is the researcher MOST likely experiencing?
A. MAC cloning
B. Evil twin
C. Man-in-the-middle
D. ARP poisoning
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 20
An organization is developing an authentication service for use at the entry and exit ports of country borders.
The service will use data feeds obtained from passport systems, passenger manifests, and high-definition
video feeds from CCTV systems that are located at the ports. The service will incorporate machine-learning
techniques to eliminate biometric enrollment processes while still allowing authorities to identify passengers
with increasing accuracy over time. The more frequently passengers travel, the more accurately the service will
identify them. Which of the following biometrics will MOST likely be used, without the need for enrollment?
(Choose two.)
A. Voice
B. Gait
C. Vein
D. Facial
E. Retina
F. Fingerprint
Correct Answer: BD
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 21
An organization needs to implement more stringent controls over administrator/root credentials and service
accounts. Requirements for the project include:
Check-in/checkout of credentials
The ability to use but not know the password
Automated password changes
Logging of access to credentials
Which of the following solutions would meet the requirements?
A. OAuth 2.0
B. Secure Enclave
C. A privileged access management system
D. An OpenID Connect authentication system
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 22
Several employees return to work the day after attending an industry trade show. That same day, the security
manager notices several malware alerts coming from each of the employee’s workstations. The security
manager investigates but finds no signs of an attack on the perimeter firewall or the NIDS. Which of the
following is MOST likely causing the malware alerts?
A. A worm that has propagated itself across the intranet, which was initiated by presentation media
B. A fileless virus that is contained on a vCard that is attempting to execute an attack
C. A Trojan that has passed through and executed malicious code on the hosts
D. A USB flash drive that is trying to run malicious code but is being blocked by the host firewall
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 23
After reading a security bulletin, a network security manager is concerned that a malicious actor may have
breached the network using the same software flaw. The exploit code is publicly available and has been
reported as being used against other industries in the same vertical. Which of the following should the network
security manager consult FIRST to determine a priority list for forensic review?
A. The vulnerability scan output

B. The IDS logs
C. The full packet capture data
D. The SIEM alerts
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 24
A financial organization has adopted a new secure, encrypted document-sharing application to help with its
customer loan process. Some important PII needs to be shared across this new platform, but it is getting
blocked by the DLP systems. Which of the following actions will BEST allow the PII to be shared with the
secure application without compromising the organization’s security posture?
A. Configure the DLP policies to allow all PII

B. Configure the firewall to allow all ports that are used by this application
C. Configure the antivirus software to allow the application
D. Configure the DLP policies to whitelist this application with the specific PII
E. Configure the application to encrypt the PII
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 25
An auditor is performing an assessment of a security appliance with an embedded OS that was vulnerable
during the last two assessments. Which of the following BEST explains the appliance’s vulnerable state?
A. The system was configured with weak default security settings.

B. The device uses weak encryption ciphers.
C. The vendor has not supplied a patch for the appliance.
D. The appliance requires administrative credentials for the assessment.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 26
A company’s bank has reported that multiple corporate credit cards have been stolen over the past several
weeks. The bank has provided the names of the affected cardholders to the company’s forensics team to
assist in the cyber-incident investigation.
An incident responder learns the following information:

The timeline of stolen card numbers corresponds closely with affected users making Internet-based
purchases from diverse websites via enterprise desktop PCs.
All purchase connections were encrypted, and the company uses an SSL inspection proxy for the
inspection of encrypted traffic of the hardwired network.
Purchases made with corporate cards over the corporate guest WiFi network, where no SSL inspection
occurs, were unaffected.
Which of the following is the MOST likely root cause?
A. HTTPS sessions are being downgraded to insecure cipher suites

B. The SSL inspection proxy is feeding events to a compromised SIEM
C. The payment providers are insecurely processing credit card charges
D. The adversary has not yet established a presence on the guest WiFi network
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 27
A pharmaceutical sales representative logs on to a laptop and connects to the public WiFi to check emails and
update reports. Which of the following would be BEST to prevent other devices on the network from directly
accessing the laptop? (Choose two.)
A. Trusted Platform Module

B. A host-based firewall
C. A DLP solution
D. Full disk encryption
E. A VPN
F. Antivirus software
Correct Answer: AB
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 28
A company is implementing MFA for all applications that store sensitive data. The IT manager wants MFA to
be non-disruptive and user friendly. Which of the following technologies should the IT manager use when
implementing MFA?
A. One-time passwords
B. Email tokens
C. Push notifications
D. Hardware authentication
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 29
The CSIRT is reviewing the lessons learned from a recent incident. A worm was able to spread unhindered
throughout the network and infect a large number of computers and servers. Which of the following
recommendations would be BEST to mitigate the impacts of a similar incident in the future?
A. Install a NIDS device at the boundary.

B. Segment the network with firewalls.
C. Update all antivirus signatures daily.
D. Implement application blacklisting.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 30
A company is adopting a BYOD policy and is looking for a comprehensive solution to protect company
information on user devices. Which of the following solutions would BEST support the policy?
A. Mobile device management

B. Full-device encryption
C. Remote wipe
D. Biometrics
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 31
A development team employs a practice of bringing all the code changes from multiple team members into the
same development project through automation. A tool is utilized to validate the code and track source code
through version control. Which of the following BEST describes this process?
A. Continuous delivery
B. Continuous integration
C. Continuous validation
D. Continuous monitoring
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 32
A cybersecurity administrator needs to add disk redundancy for a critical server. The solution must have a two-
drive failure for better fault tolerance. Which of the following RAID levels should the administrator select?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 5
D. 6
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 33
Which of the following BEST explains the reason why a server administrator would place a document named
password.txt on the desktop of an administrator account on a server?
A. The document is a honeyfile and is meant to attract the attention of a cyberintruder.

B. The document is a backup file if the system needs to be recovered.
C. The document is a standard file that the OS needs to verify the login credentials.
D. The document is a keylogger that stores all keystrokes should the account be compromised.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 34
A small company that does not have security staff wants to improve its security posture. Which of the following
would BEST assist the company?
A. MSSP
B. SOAR
C. IaaS
D. PaaS
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 35
An organization’s help desk is flooded with phone calls from users stating they can no longer access certain
websites. The help desk escalates the issue to the security team, as these websites were accessible the
previous day. The security analysts run the following command: ipconfig /flushdns, but the issue
persists. Finally, an analyst changes the DNS server for an impacted machine, and the issue goes away.
Which of the following attacks MOST likely occurred on the original DNS server?
A. DNS cache poisoning

B. Domain hijacking
C. Distributed denial-of-service
D. DNS tunneling
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 36
A cybersecurity manager has scheduled biannual meetings with the IT team and department leaders to discuss
how they would respond to hypothetical cyberattacks. During these meetings, the manager presents a scenario
and injects additional information throughout the session to replicate what might occur in a dynamic
cybersecurity event involving the company, its facilities, its data, and its staff. Which of the following describes
what the manager is doing?
A. Developing an incident response plan
B. Building a disaster recovery plan
C. Conducting a tabletop exercise
D. Running a simulation exercise
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 37
A RAT that was used to compromise an organization’s banking credentials was found on a user’s computer.
The RAT evaded antivirus detection. It was installed by a user who has local administrator rights to the system
as part of a remote management tool set. Which of the following recommendations would BEST prevent this
from reoccurring?
A. Create a new acceptable use policy.

B. Segment the network into trusted and untrusted zones.
C. Enforce application whitelisting.
D. Implement DLP at the network boundary.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 38
A security analyst is reviewing a new website that will soon be made publicly available. The analyst sees the
following in the URL:
http://dev-site.comptia.org/home/show.php?sessionID=77276554&loc=us
The analyst then sends an internal user a link to the new website for testing purposes, and when the user
clicks the link, the analyst is able to browse the website with the following URL:
http://dev-site.comptia.org/home/show.php?sessionID=98988475&loc=us
Which of the following application attacks is being tested?
A. Pass-the-hash
B. Session replay
C. Object deference
D. Cross-site request forgery
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 39
A network administrator has been asked to install an IDS to improve the security posture of an organization.
Which of the following control types is an IDS?
A. Corrective
B. Physical
C. Detective
D. Administrative
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 40
Which of the following should be put in place when negotiating with a new vendor about the timeliness of the
response to a significant outage or incident?
A. MOU
B. MTTR
C. SLA
D. NDA
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 41
A startup company is using multiple SaaS and IaaS platforms to stand up a corporate infrastructure and build
out a customer-facing web application. Which of the following solutions would be BEST to provide security,
manageability, and visibility into the platforms?
A. SIEM
B. DLP
C. CASB
D. SWG
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 42
A root cause analysis reveals that a web application outage was caused by one of the company’s developers
uploading a newer version of the third-party libraries that were shared among several applications. Which of
the following implementations would be BEST to prevent the issue from reoccurring?
A. CASB
B. SWG
C. Containerization
D. Automated failover
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 43
A security administrator suspects there may be unnecessary services running on a server. Which of the
following tools will the administrator MOST likely use to confirm the suspicions?
A. Nmap
B. Wireshark
C. Autopsy
D. DNSEnum
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 44
A company has drafted an insider-threat policy that prohibits the use of external storage devices. Which of the
following would BEST protect the company from data exfiltration via removable media?
A. Monitoring large data transfer transactions in the firewall logs

B. Developing mandatory training to educate employees about the removable media policy
C. Implementing a group policy to block user access to system files
D. Blocking removable-media devices and write capabilities using a host-based security tool
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 45
A network administrator has been alerted that web pages are experiencing long load times. After determining it
is not a routing or DNS issue, the administrator logs in to the router, runs a command, and receives the
following output:
Which of the following is the router experiencing?
A. DDoS attack
B. Memory leak
C. Buffer overflow
D. Resource exhaustion
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 46
A company provides mobile devices to its users to permit access to email and enterprise applications. The
company recently started allowing users to select from several different vendors and device models. When
configuring the MDM, which of the following is a key security implication of this heterogeneous device
approach?
A. The most common set of MDM configurations will become the effective set of enterprise mobile security
controls.
B. All devices will need to support SCEP-based enrollment; therefore, the heterogeneity of the chosen
architecture may unnecessarily expose private keys to adversaries.
C. Certain devices are inherently less secure than others, so compensatory controls will be needed to address
the delta between device vendors.
D. MDMs typically will not support heterogeneous deployment environments, so multiple MDMs will need to be
installed and configured.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 47
An organization with a low tolerance for user inconvenience wants to protect laptop hard drives against loss or
data theft. Which of the following would be the MOST acceptable?
A. SED
B. HSM
C. DLP
D. TPM
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 48
A security analyst receives a SIEM alert that someone logged in to the appadmin test account, which is only
used for the early detection of attacks. The security analyst then reviews the following application log:
Which of the following can the security analyst conclude?
A. A replay attack is being conducted against the application.

B. An injection attack is being conducted against a user authentication system.
C. A service account password may have been changed, resulting in continuous failed logins within the
application.
D. A credentialed vulnerability scanner attack is testing several CVEs against the application.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 49
In which of the following situations would it be BEST to use a detective control type for mitigation?
A. A company implemented a network load balancer to ensure 99.999% availability of its web application.
B. A company designed a backup solution to increase the chances of restoring services in case of a natural
disaster.
C. A company purchased an application-level firewall to isolate traffic between the accounting department and
the information technology department.
D. A company purchased an IPS system, but after reviewing the requirements, the appliance was supposed to
monitor, not block, any traffic.
E. A company purchased liability insurance for flood protection on all capital assets.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 50
The IT department’s on-site developer has been with the team for many years. Each time an application is
released, the security team is able to identify multiple vulnerabilities. Which of the following would BEST help
the team ensure the application is ready to be released to production?
A. Limit the use of third-party libraries.

B. Prevent data exposure queries.
C. Obfuscate the source code.
D. Submit the application to QA before releasing it.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 51
A cybersecurity analyst needs to implement secure authentication to third-party websites without users’
passwords. Which of the following would be the BEST way to achieve this objective?
A. OAuth
B. SSO
C. SAML
D. PAP
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 52
An analyst needs to identify the applications a user was running and the files that were open before the user’s
computer was shut off by holding down the power button. Which of the following would MOST likely contain
that information?
A. NGFW
B. Pagefile
C. NetFlow
D. RAM
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 53
A remote user recently took a two-week vacation abroad and brought along a corporate-owned laptop. Upon
returning to work, the user has been unable to connect the laptop to the VPN. Which of the following is the
MOST likely reason for the user’s inability to connect the laptop to the VPN?
A. Due to foreign travel, the user’s laptop was isolated from the network.
B. The user’s laptop was quarantined because it missed the latest path update.
C. The VPN client was blacklisted.
D. The user’s account was put on a legal hold.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 54
In which of the following common use cases would steganography be employed?
A. Obfuscation
B. Integrity
C. Non-repudiation
D. Blockchain
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 55
To secure an application after a large data breach, an e-commerce site will be resetting all users’ credentials.
Which of the following will BEST ensure the site’s users are not compromised after the reset?
A. A password reuse policy

B. Account lockout after three failed attempts
C. Encrypted credentials in transit
D. A geofencing policy based on login history
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 56
In which of the following risk management strategies would cybersecurity insurance be used?
A. Transference
B. Avoidance
C. Acceptance
D. Mitigation
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 57
An organization has implemented a policy requiring the use of conductive metal lockboxes for personal
electronic devices outside of a secure research lab. Which of the following did the organization determine to be
the GREATEST risk to intellectual property when creating this policy?
A. The theft of portable electronic devices

B. Geotagging in the metadata of images
C. Bluesnarfing of mobile devices
D. Data exfiltration over a mobile hotspot
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 58
A security analyst is using a recently released security advisory to review historical logs, looking for the specific
activity that was outlined in the advisory. Which of the following is the analyst doing?
A. A packet capture
B. A user behavior analysis
C. Threat hunting
D. Credentialed vulnerability scanning
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 59
Which of the following would MOST likely support the integrity of a voting machine?
A. Asymmetric encryption
B. Blockchain
C. Transport Layer Security
D. Perfect forward secrecy
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 60
A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) needs to create a policy set that meets international standards for
data privacy and sharing. Which of the following should the CISO read and understand before writing the
policies?
A. PCI DSS
B. GDPR
C. NIST
D. ISO 31000
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 61
The IT department at a university is concerned about professors placing servers on the university network in an
attempt to bypass security controls. Which of the following BEST represents this type of threat?
A. A script kiddie
B. Shadow IT
C. Hacktivism
D. White-hat
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 62
A commercial cyber-threat intelligence organization observes IoCs across a variety of unrelated customers.
Prior to releasing specific threat intelligence to other paid subscribers, the organization is MOST likely obligated
by contracts to:
A. perform attribution to specific APTs and nation-state actors.

B. anonymize any PII that is observed within the IoC data.
C. add metadata to track the utilization of threat intelligence reports.
D. assist companies with impact assessments based on the observed data.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 63
While checking logs, a security engineer notices a number of end users suddenly downloading files with the
.tar.gz extension. Closer examination of the files reveals they are PE32 files. The end users state they did not
initiate any of the downloads. Further investigation reveals the end users all clicked on an external email
containing an infected MHT file with an href link a week prior. Which of the following is MOST likely
occurring?
A. A RAT was installed and is transferring additional exploit tools.

B. The workstations are beaconing to a command-and-control server.
C. A logic bomb was executed and is responsible for the data transfers.
D. A fireless virus is spreading in the local network environment.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 64
An organization is developing a plan in the event of a complete loss of critical systems and data. Which of the
following plans is the organization MOST likely developing?
A. Incident response
B. Communications
C. Disaster recovery
D. Data retention
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 65
Which of the following is the purpose of a risk register?
A. To define the level or risk using probability and likelihood

B. To register the risk with the required regulatory agencies
C. To identify the risk, the risk owner, and the risk measures
D. To formally log the type of risk mitigation strategy the organization is using
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 66
A university with remote campuses, which all use different service providers, loses Internet connectivity across
all locations. After a few minutes, Internet and VoIP services are restored, only to go offline again at random
intervals, typically within four minutes of services being restored. Outages continue throughout the day,
impacting all inbound and outbound connections and services. Services that are limited to the local LAN or
WiFi network are not impacted, but all WAN and VoIP services are affected.
Later that day, the edge-router manufacturer releases a CVE outlining the ability of an attacker to exploit the
SIP protocol handling on devices, leading to resource exhaustion and system reloads. Which of the following
BEST describe this type of attack? (Choose two.)
A. DoS
B. SSL stripping
C. Memory leak
D. Race condition
E. Shimming
F. Refactoring
Correct Answer: AD
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 67
A company recently set up an e-commerce portal to sell its product online. The company wants to start
accepting credit cards for payment, which requires compliance with a security standard. Which of the following
standards must the company comply with before accepting credit cards on its e-commerce platform?
A. PCI DSS
B. ISO 22301
C. ISO 27001
D. NIST CSF
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 68
Which of the following BEST describes a security exploit for which a vendor patch is not readily available?
A. Integer overflow
B. Zero-day
C. End of life
D. Race condition
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 69
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of an insurance company received an email from Ann, the company’s Chief
Executive Officer (CEO), requesting a transfer of $10,000 to an account. The email states Ann is on vacation
and has lost her purse, containing cash and credit cards. Which of the following social-engineering techniques
is the attacker using?
A. Phishing
B. Whaling
C. Typo squatting
D. Pharming
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 70
An organization wants to implement a third factor to an existing multifactor authentication. The organization
already uses a smart card and password. Which of the following would meet the organization’s needs for a
third factor?
A. Date of birth
B. Fingerprints
C. PIN
D. TPM
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 71
An employee has been charged with fraud and is suspected of using corporate assets. As authorities collect
evidence, and to preserve the admissibility of the evidence, which of the following forensic techniques should
be used?
A. Order of volatility
B. Data recovery
C. Chain of custody
D. Non-repudiation
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 72
A company wants to deploy PKI on its Internet-facing website. The applications that are currently deployed are:
www.company.com (main website)

contactus.company.com (for locating a nearby location)
quotes.company.com (for requesting a price quote)
The company wants to purchase one SSL certificate that will work for all the existing applications and any
future applications that follow the same naming conventions, such as store.company.com. Which of the
following certificate types would BEST meet the requirements?
A. SAN
B. Wildcard
C. Extended validation
D. Self-signed
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 73
A Chief Security Officer (CSO) is concerned about the amount of PII that is stored locally on each
salesperson’s laptop. The sales department has a higher-than-average rate of lost equipment. Which of the
following recommendations would BEST address the CSO’s concern?
A. Deploy an MDM solution.

B. Implement managed FDE.
C. Replace all hard drives with SEDs.
D. Install DLP agents on each laptop.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 74
A user contacts the help desk to report the following:
Two days ago, a pop-up browser window prompted the user for a name and password after connecting to
the corporate wireless SSID. This had never happened before, but the user entered the information as
requested.
The user was able to access the Internet but had trouble accessing the department share until the next day.
The user is now getting notifications from the bank about unauthorized transactions.
Which of the following attack vectors was MOST likely used in this scenario?
A. Rogue access point

B. Evil twin
C. DNS poisoning
D. ARP poisoning
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 75
A host was infected with malware. During the incident response, Joe, a user, reported that he did not receive
any emails with links, but he had been browsing the Internet all day. Which of the following would MOST likely
show where the malware originated?
A. The DNS logs

B. The web server logs
C. The SIP traffic logs
D. The SNMP logs
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 76
A recently discovered zero-day exploit utilizes an unknown vulnerability in the SMB network protocol to rapidly
infect computers. Once infected, computers are encrypted and held for ransom. Which of the following would
BEST prevent this attack from reoccurring?
A. Configure the perimeter firewall to deny inbound external connections to SMB ports.
B. Ensure endpoint detection and response systems are alerting on suspicious SMB connections.
C. Deny unauthenticated users access to shared network folders.
D. Verify computers are set to install monthly operating system, updates automatically.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 77
Joe, an employee, receives an email stating he won the lottery. The email includes a link that requests a name,
mobile phone number, address, and date of birth be provided to confirm Joe’s identity before sending him the
prize. Which of the following BEST describes this type of email?
A. Spear phishing
B. Whaling
C. Phishing
D. Vishing
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 78
Which of the following refers to applications and systems that are used within an organization without consent
or approval?
A. Shadow IT
B. OSINT
C. Dark web
D. Insider threats
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 79
A manufacturer creates designs for very high security products that are required to be protected and controlled
by the government regulations. These designs are not accessible by corporate networks or the Internet. Which
of the following is the BEST solution to protect these designs?
A. An air gap
B. A Faraday cage
C. A shielded cable
D. A demilitarized zone
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 80
A company processes highly sensitive data and senior management wants to protect the sensitive data by
utilizing classification labels. Which of the following access control schemes would be BEST for the company
to implement?
A. Discretionary
B. Rule-based
C. Role-based
D. Mandatory
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 81
Which of the following policies would help an organization identify and mitigate potential single points of failure
in the company’s IT/security operations?
A. Least privilege
B. Awareness training
C. Separation of duties
D. Mandatory vacation
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 82
Which of the following would be the BEST method for creating a detailed diagram of wireless access points
and hotspots?
A. Footprinting
B. White-box testing
C. A drone/UAV
D. Pivoting
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 83
A user enters a password to log in to a workstation and is then prompted to enter an authentication code.
Which of the following MFA factors or attributes are being utilized in the authentication process? (Choose two.)
A. Something you know

B. Something you have
C. Somewhere you are
D. Someone you know
E. Something you are
F. Something you can do
Correct Answer: AB
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 84
When selecting a technical solution for identity management, an architect chooses to go from an in-house
solution to a third-party SaaS provider. Which of the following risk management strategies is this an example
of?
A. Transference
B. Avoidance
C. Acceptance
D. Mitigation
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 85
A website developer is working on a new e-commerce website and has asked an information security expert
for the most appropriate way to store credit card numbers to create an easy reordering process. Which of the
following methods would BEST accomplish this goal?
A. Salting the magnetic strip information

B. Encrypting the credit card information in transit
C. Hashing the credit card numbers upon entry
D. Tokenizing the credit cards in the database
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 86
A company recently experienced a data breach and the source was determined to be an executive who was
charging a phone in a public area. Which of the following would MOST likely have prevented this breach?
A. A firewall
B. A device pin
C. A USB data blocker
D. Biometrics
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 87
An analyst visits an Internet forum looking for information about a tool. The analyst finds a thread that appears
to contain relevant information. One of the posts says the following:
Which of the following BEST describes the attack that was attempted against the forum readers?
A. SQLi attack
B. DLL attack
C. XSS attack
D. API attack
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 88
A network administrator would like to configure a site-to-site VPN utilizing IPsec. The administrator wants the
tunnel to be established with data integrity, encryption, authentication, and anti-replay functions. Which of the
following should the administrator use when configuring the VPN?
A. AH
B. EDR
C. ESP
D. DNSSEC
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 89
Users have been issued smart cards that provide physical access to a building. The cards also contain tokens
that can be used to access information systems. Users can log in to any thin client located throughout the
building and see the same desktop each time. Which of the following technologies are being utilized to provide
these capabilities? (Choose two.)
A. COPE
B. VDI
C. GPS
D. TOTP
E. RFID
F. BYOD
Correct Answer: BE
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 90
The Chief Security Officer (CSO) at a major hospital wants to implement SSO to help improve security in the
environment and protect patient data, particularly at shared terminals. The Chief Risk Officer (CRO) is
concerned that training and guidance have not been provided to frontline staff, and a risk analysis has not been
performed. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the CRO’s concerns?
A. SSO would simplify username and password management, making it easier for hackers to guess accounts.
B. SSO would reduce password fatigue, but staff would still need to remember more complex passwords.
C. SSO would reduce the password complexity for frontline staff.
D. SSO would reduce the resilience and availability of systems if the identity provider goes offline.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 91
A smart switch has the ability to monitor electrical levels and shut off power to a building in the event of power
surge of power surge or other fault situation. The switch was installed on a wired network in a hospital and is
monitored by the facilities department via a cloud application. The security administrator isolated the switch on
a separate VLAN and set up a patching routine. Which of the following steps should also be taken to harden
the smart switch?
A. Set up an air gap for the switch.

B. Change the default password for the switch.
C. Place the switch in a Faraday cage.
D. Install a cable lock on the switch.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 92
A cybersecurity administrator has a reduced team and needs to operate an on-premises network and security
infrastructure efficiently. To help with the situation, the administrator decides to hire a service provider. Which
of the following should the administrator use?
A. SDP
B. AAA
C. IaaS
D. MSSP
E. Microservices
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 93
A security assessment determines DES and 3DES are still being used on recently deployed production
servers. Which of the following did the assessment identify?
A. Unsecure protocols
B. Default settings
C. Open permissions
D. Weak encryption
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 94
Which of the following types of controls is a turnstile?
A. Physical
B. Detective
C. Corrective
D. Technical
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 95
Which of the following describes the BEST approach for deploying application patches?
A. Apply the patches to systems in a testing environment, then to systems in a staging environment, and
finally to production systems.
B. Test the patches in a staging environment, develop against them in the development environment, and then
apply them to the production systems.
C. Test the patches in a test environment, apply them to the production systems, and then apply them to a
staging environment.
D. Apply the patches to the production systems, apply them in a staging environment, and then test all of them
in a testing environment.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 96
A security analyst is investigating an incident that was first reported as an issue connecting to network shares
and the Internet. While reviewing logs and tool output, the analyst sees the following:
Which of the following attacks has occurred?
A. IP conflict
B. Pass-the-hash
C. MAC flooding
D. Directory traversal
E. ARP poisoning
Correct Answer: E
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 97
After entering a username and password, an administrator must draw a gesture on a touch screen. Which of
the following demonstrates what the administrator is providing?
A. Multifactor authentication
B. Something you can do
C. Biometrics
D. Two-factor authentication
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 98
An organization suffered an outage, and a critical system took 90 minutes to come back online. Though there
was no data loss during the outage, the expectation was that the critical system would be available again within
60 minutes. Which of the following is the 60-minute expectation an example of?
A. MTBF
B. RPO
C. MTTR
D. RTO
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 99
Joe, a user at a company, clicked an email links that led to a website that infected his workstation. Joe was
connected to the network, and the virus spread to the network shares. The protective measures failed to stop
this virus, and it has continued to evade detection. Which of the following should a security administrator
implement to protect the environment from this malware?
A. Install a definition-based antivirus.

B. Implement an IDS/IPS
C. Implement a heuristic behavior-detection solution.
D. Implement CASB to protect the network shares.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 100
An organization is concerned that its hosted web servers are not running the most updated version of the
software. Which of the following would work BEST to help identify potential vulnerabilities?
A. hping3 –S comptia.org –p 80
B. nc –l –v comptia.org –p 80
C. nmap comptia.org –p 80 –sV
D. nslookup –port=80 comptia.org
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 101
A retail executive recently accepted a job with a major competitor. The following week, a security analyst
reviews the security logs and identifies successful logon attempts to access the departed executive’s accounts.
Which of the following security practices would have addressed the issue?
A. A non-disclosure agreement
B. Least privilege
C. An acceptable use policy
D. Offboarding
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 102
A security analyst is performing a forensic investigation involving compromised account credentials. Using the
Event Viewer, the analyst was able to detect the following message: “Special privileges assigned to new
logon.” Several of these messages did not have a valid logon associated with the user before these privileges
were assigned. Which of the following attacks is MOST likely being detected?
A. Pass-the-hash
B. Buffer overflow
C. Cross-site scripting
D. Session replay
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 103
A systems administrator needs to implement an access control scheme that will allow an object’s access policy
to be determined by its owner. Which of the following access control schemes BEST fits the requirements?
A. Role-based access control

B. Discretionary access control
C. Mandatory access control
D. Attribute-based access control
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 104
A cybersecurity analyst reviews the log files from a web server and sees a series of files that indicate a
directory-traversal attack has occurred. Which of the following is the analyst MOST likely seeing?
A. http://sample.url.com/<script>Please-Visit-Our-Phishing-Site</script>
B. http://sample.url.com/someotherpageonsite/../../../etc/shadow
C. http://sample.url.com/select-from-database-where-password-null
D. http://redirect.sameple.url.sampleurl.com/malicious-dns-redirect
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 105
A company has limited storage space available and an online presence that cannot be down for more than four
hours. Which of the following backup methodologies should the company implement to allow for the FASTEST
database restore time in the event of a failure, while being mindful of the limited available storage space?
A. Implement full tape backups every Sunday at 8:00 p.m. and perform nightly tape rotations.
B. Implement differential backups every Sunday at 8:00 p.m. and nightly incremental backups at 8:00 p.m.
C. Implement nightly full backups every Sunday at 8:00 p.m.
D. Implement full backups every Sunday at 8:00 p.m. and nightly differential backups at 8:00 p.m.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 106
An organization has a growing workforce that is mostly driven by additions to the sales department. Each newly
hired salesperson relies on a mobile device to conduct business. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is
wondering if the organization may need to scale down just as quickly as it scaled up. The CIO is also
concerned about the organization’s security and customer privacy. Which of the following would be BEST to
address the CIO’s concerns?
A. Disallow new hires from using mobile devices for six months.
B. Select four devices for the sales department to use in a CYOD model.
C. Implement BYOD for the sales department while leveraging the MDM.
D. Deploy mobile devices using the COPE methodology.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 107
A malicious actor recently penetrated a company’s network and moved laterally to the datacenter. Upon
investigation, a forensics firm wants to know what was in the memory on the compromised server. Which of
the following files should be given to the forensics firm?
A. Security
B. Application
C. Dump
D. Syslog
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 108
A public relations team will be taking a group of guests on a tour through the facility of a large e-commerce
company. The day before the tour, the company sends out an email to employees to ensure all whiteboards
are cleaned and all desks are cleared. The company is MOST likely trying to protect against:
A. loss of proprietary information.

B. damage to the company’s reputation.
C. social engineering.
D. credential exposure.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 109
The manager who is responsible for a data set has asked a security engineer to apply encryption to the data on
a hard disk. The security engineer is an example of a:
A. data controller.
B. data owner.
C. data custodian.
D. data processor.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 110
A network engineer is troubleshooting wireless network connectivity issues that were reported by users. The
issues are occurring only in the section of the building that is closest to the parking lot. Users are intermittently
experiencing slow speeds when accessing websites and are unable to connect to network drives. The issues
appear to increase when laptop users return to their desks after using their devices in other areas of the
building. There have also been reports of users being required to enter their credentials on web pages in order
to gain access to them. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?
A. An external access point is engaging in an evil-twin attack.

B. The signal on the WAP needs to be increased in that section of the building.
C. The certificates have expired on the devices and need to be reinstalled.
D. The users in that section of the building are on a VLAN that is being blocked by the firewall.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 111
A security administrator needs to create a RAID configuration that is focused on high read speeds and fault
tolerance. It is unlikely that multiple drives will fail simultaneously. Which of the following RAID configurations
should the administrator use?
A. RAID 0
B. RAID 1
C. RAID 5
D. RAID 10
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 112
A company’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) is meeting with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to
plan some activities to enhance the skill levels of the company’s developers. Which of the following would be
MOST suitable for training the developers?
A. A capture-the-flag competition
B. A phishing simulation
C. Physical security training
D. Basic awareness training
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 113
A security analyst needs to generate a server certificate to be used for 802.1X and secure RDP connections.
The analyst is unsure what is required to perform the task and solicits help from a senior colleague. Which of
the following is the FIRST step the senior colleague will most likely tell the analyst to perform to accomplish this
task?
A. Create an OCSP
B. Generate a CSR.
C. Create a CRL.
D. Generate a .pfx file.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 114
Under GDPR, which of the following is MOST responsible for the protection of privacy and website user rights?
A. The data protection officer
B. The data processor
C. The data owner
D. The data controller
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 115
A small business just recovered from a ransomware attack against its file servers by purchasing the decryption
keys from the attackers. The issue was triggered by a phishing email and the IT administrator wants to ensure
it does not happen again. Which of the following should the IT administrator do FIRST after recovery?
A. Scan the NAS for residual or dormant malware and take new daily backups that are tested on a frequent
basis.
B. Restrict administrative privileges and patch all systems and applications.
C. Rebuild all workstations and install new antivirus software.
D. Implement application whitelisting and perform user application hardening.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 116
A global pandemic is forcing a private organization to close some business units and reduce staffing at others.
Which of the following would be BEST to help the organization’s executives determine their next course of
action?
A. An incident response plan

B. A communications plan
C. A disaster recovery plan
D. A business continuity plan
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 117
Which of the following describes the ability of code to target a hypervisor from inside a guest OS?
A. Fog computing
B. VM escape
C. Software-defined networking
D. Image forgery
E. Container breakout
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 118
After a ransomware attack, a forensics company needs to review a cryptocurrency transaction between the
victim and the attacker. Which of the following will the company MOST likely review to trace this transaction?
A. The public ledger

B. The NetFlow data
C. A checksum
D. The event log
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 119
During an incident response, a security analyst observes the following log entry on the web server:
Which of the following BEST describes the type of attack the analyst is experiencing?
A. SQL injection
B. Cross-site scripting
C. Pass-the-hash
D. Directory traversal
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 120
Which of the following ISO standards is certified for privacy?
A. ISO 9001
B. ISO 27002
C. ISO 27701
D. ISO 31000
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 121
A document that appears to be malicious has been discovered in an email that was sent to a company’s Chief
Financial Officer (CFO). Which of the following would be BEST to allow a security analyst to gather information
and confirm it is a malicious document without executing any code it may contain?
A. Open the document on an air-gapped network.

B. View the document’s metadata for origin clues.
C. Search for matching file hashes on malware websites.
D. Detonate the document in an analysis sandbox.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 122
A security analyst is running a vulnerability scan to check for missing patches during a suspected security
incident. During which of the following phases of the response process is this activity MOST likely occurring?
A. Containment
B. Identification
C. Recovery
D. Preparation
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 123
Which of the following is a team of people dedicated to testing the effectiveness of organizational security
programs by emulating the techniques of potential attackers?
A. Red team
B. White team
C. Blue team
D. Purple team
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 124
A security analyst discovers that a company’s username and password database was posted on an Internet
forum. The usernames and passwords are stored in plain text. Which of the following would mitigate the
damage done by this type of data exfiltration in the future?
A. Create DLP controls that prevent documents from leaving the network.
B. Implement salting and hashing.
C. Configure the web content filter to block access to the forum.
D. Increase password complexity requirements.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 125
Which of the following are requirements that must be configured for PCI DSS compliance? (Choose two.)
A. Testing security systems and processes regularly

B. Installing and maintaining a web proxy to protect cardholder data
C. Assigning a unique ID to each person with computer access
D. Encrypting transmission of cardholder data across private networks
E. Benchmarking security awareness training for contractors
F. Using vendor-supplied default passwords for system passwords
Correct Answer: BD
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 126
A security analyst needs to be proactive in understanding the types of attacks that could potentially target the
company’s executives. Which of the following intelligence sources should the security analyst review?
A. Vulnerability feeds
B. Trusted automated exchange of indicator information
C. Structured threat information expression
D. Industry information-sharing and collaboration groups
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 127
A security audit has revealed that a process control terminal is vulnerable to malicious users installing and
executing software on the system. The terminal is beyond end-of-life support and cannot be upgraded, so it is
placed on a protected network segment. Which of the following would be MOST effective to implement to
further mitigate the reported vulnerability?
A. DNS sinkholing
B. DLP rules on the terminal
C. An IP blacklist
D. Application whitelisting
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 128
A user recently entered a username and password into a recruiting application website that had been forged to
look like the legitimate site. Upon investigation, a security analyst identifies the following:
The legitimate website’s IP address is 10.1.1.20 and eRecruit.local resolves to this IP.
The forged website’s IP address appears to be 10.2.12.99, based on NetFlow records.
All three of the organization’s DNS servers show the website correctly resolves to the legitimate IP.
DNS query logs show one of the three DNS servers returned a result of 10.2.12.99 (cached) at the
approximate time of the suspected compromise.
Which of the following MOST likely occurred?
A. A reverse proxy was used to redirect network traffic.

B. An SSL strip MITM attack was performed.
C. An attacker temporarily poisoned a name server.
D. An ARP poisoning attack was successfully executed.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 129
An organization has hired a security analyst to perform a penetration test. The analyst captures 1Gb worth of
inbound network traffic to the server and transfers the pcap back to the machine for analysis. Which of the
following tools should the analyst use to further review the pcap?
A. Nmap
B. cURL
C. Netcat
D. Wireshark
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 130
A company uses wireless for all laptops and keeps a very detailed record of its assets, along with a
comprehensive list of devices that are authorized to be on the wireless network. The Chief Information Officer
(CIO) is concerned about a script kiddie potentially using an unauthorized device to brute force the wireless
PSK and obtain access to the internal network. Which of the following should the company implement to BEST
prevent this from occurring?
A. A BPDU guard
B. WPA-EAP
C. IP filtering
D. A WIDS
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 131
A vulnerability assessment report will include the CVSS score of the discovered vulnerabilities because the
score allows the organization to better:
A. validate the vulnerability exists in the organization’s network through penetration testing.
B. research the appropriate mitigation techniques in a vulnerability database.
C. find the software patches that are required to mitigate a vulnerability.
D. prioritize remediation of vulnerabilities based on the possible impact.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 132
A security engineer is reviewing log files after a third party discovered usernames and passwords for the
organization’s accounts. The engineer sees there was a change in the IP address for a vendor website one
week earlier. This change lasted eight hours. Which of the following attacks was MOST likely used?
A. Man-in-the-middle
B. Spear phishing
C. Evil twin
D. DNS poisoning
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 133
A company recently moved sensitive videos between on-premises, company-owned websites. The company
then learned the videos had been uploaded and shared to the Internet. Which of the following would MOST
likely allow the company to find the cause?
A. Checksums
B. Watermarks
C. Order of volatility
D. A log analysis
E. A right-to-audit clause
Correct Answer: E
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 134
A large industrial system’s smart generator monitors the system status and sends alerts to third-party
maintenance personnel when critical failures occur. While reviewing the network logs, the company’s security
manager notices the generator’s IP is sending packets to an internal file server’s IP. Which of the following
mitigations would be BEST for the security manager to implement while maintaining alerting capabilities?
A. Segmentation
B. Firewall whitelisting
C. Containment
D. Isolation
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 135
Which of the following allows for functional test data to be used in new systems for testing and training
purposes to protect the real data?
A. Data encryption
B. Data masking
C. Data deduplication
D. Data minimization
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 136
A consultant is configuring a vulnerability scanner for a large, global organization in multiple countries. The
consultant will be using a service account to scan systems with administrative privileges on a weekly basis, but
there is a concern that hackers could gain access to the account and pivot throughout the global network.
Which of the following would be BEST to help mitigate this concern?
A. Create different accounts for each region, each configured with push MFA notifications.
B. Create one global administrator account and enforce Kerberos authentication.
C. Create different accounts for each region, limit their logon times, and alert on risky logins.
D. Create a guest account for each region, remember the last ten passwords, and block password reuse.
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 137
A software developer needs to perform code-execution testing, black-box testing, and non-functional testing on
a new product before its general release. Which of the following BEST describes the tasks the developer is
conducting?
A. Verification
B. Validation
C. Normalization
D. Staging
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 138
A security analyst is configuring a large number of new company-issued laptops. The analyst received the
following requirements:
The devices will be used internationally by staff who travel extensively.

Occasional personal use is acceptable due to the travel requirements.
Users must be able to install and configure sanctioned programs and productivity suites.
The devices must be encrypted.
The devices must be capable of operating in low-bandwidth environments.
Which of the following would provide the GREATEST benefit to the security posture of the devices?
A. Configuring an always-on VPN

B. Implementing application whitelisting
C. Requiring web traffic to pass through the on-premises content filter
D. Setting the antivirus DAT update schedule to weekly
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 139
An organization has decided to host its web application and database in the cloud. Which of the following
BEST describes the security concerns for this decision?
A. Access to the organization’s servers could be exposed to other cloud-provider clients.

B. The cloud vendor is a new attack vector within the supply chain.
C. Outsourcing the code development adds risk to the cloud provider.
D. Vendor support will cease when the hosting platforms reach EOL.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 140
An organization that is located in a flood zone is MOST likely to document the concerns associated with the
restoration of IT operations in a:
A. business continuity plan.

B. communications plan.
C. disaster recovery plan.
D. continuity of operations plan.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 141
A user received an SMS on a mobile phone that asked for bank details. Which of the following social-
engineering techniques was used in this case?
A. SPIM
B. Vishing
C. Spear phishing
D. Smishing
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 142
Company engineers regularly participate in a public Internet forum with other engineers throughout the
industry. Which of the following tactics would an attacker MOST likely use in this scenario?
A. Watering-hole attack
B. Credential harvesting
C. Hybrid warfare
D. Pharming
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 143
Which of the following will provide the BEST physical security countermeasures to stop intruders? (Choose
two.)
A. Alarms
B. Signage
C. Lighting
D. Mantraps
E. Fencing
F. Sensors
Correct Answer: EF
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 144
A security analyst is looking for a solution to help communicate to the leadership team the severity levels of the
organization’s vulnerabilities. Which of the following would BEST meet this need?
A. CVE
B. SIEM
C. SOAR
D. CVSS
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 145
A security incident may have occurred on the desktop PC of an organization’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). A
duplicate copy of the CEO’s hard drive must be stored securely to ensure appropriate forensic processes and
the chain of custody are followed. Which of the following should be performed to accomplish this task?
A. Install a new hard drive in the CEO’s PC, and then remove the old hard drive and place it in a tamper-
evident bag.
B. Connect a write blocker to the hard drive. Then, leveraging a forensic workstation, utilize the dd command
in a live Linux environment to create a duplicate copy.
C. Remove the CEO’s hard drive from the PC, connect to the forensic workstation, and copy all the contents
onto a remote fileshare while the CEO watches.
D. Refrain from completing a forensic analysis of the CEO’s hard drive until after the incident is confirmed;
duplicating the hard drive at this stage could destroy evidence.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 146
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an organization would like staff members to have the flexibility to work
from home anytime during business hours, including during a pandemic or crisis. However, the CEO is
concerned that some staff members may take advantage of the flexibility and work from high-risk countries
while on holiday or outsource work to a third-party organization in another country. The Chief Information
Officer (CIO) believes the company can implement some basic controls to mitigate the majority of the risk.
Which of the following would be BEST to mitigate the CEO’s concerns? (Choose two.)
A. Geolocation
B. Time-of-day restrictions
C. Certificates
D. Tokens
E. Geotagging
F. Role-based access controls
Correct Answer: AB
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 147
In the middle of a cyberattack, a security engineer removes the infected devices from the network and locks
down all compromised accounts. In which of the following incident response phases is the security engineer
currently operating?
A. Identification
B. Preparation
C. Lessons learned
D. Eradication
E. Recovery
F. Containment
Correct Answer: F
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 148
The SOC is reviewing processes and procedures after a recent incident. The review indicates it took more than
30 minutes to determine that quarantining an infected host was the best course of action. This allowed the
malware to spread to additional hosts before it was contained. Which of the following would be BEST to
improve the incident response process?
A. Updating the playbooks with better decision points

B. Dividing the network into trusted and untrusted zones
C. Providing additional end-user training on acceptable use
D. Implementing manual quarantining of infected hosts
Correct Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 149
A security analyst is reviewing the following attack log output:
Which of the following types of attacks does this MOST likely represent?
A. Rainbow table
B. Brute-force
C. Password-spraying
D. Dictionary
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 150
A network administrator is setting up wireless access points in all the conference rooms and wants to
authenticate devices using PKI. Which of the following should the administrator configure?
A. A captive portal
B. PSK
C. 802.1X
D. WPS
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 151
Which of the following are the MOST likely vectors for the unauthorized or unintentional inclusion of vulnerable
code in a software company’s final software releases? (Choose two.)
A. Unsecure protocols
B. Use of penetration-testing utilities
C. Weak passwords
D. Included third-party libraries
E. Vendors/supply chain
F. Outdated anti-malware software
Correct Answer: AC
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 152
A recent audit uncovered a key finding regarding the use of a specific encryption standard in a web application
that is used to communicate with business customers. Due to the technical limitations of its customers, the
company is unable to upgrade the encryption standard. Which of the following types of controls should be used
to reduce the risk created by this scenario?
A. Physical
B. Detective
C. Preventive
D. Compensating
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 153
An organization just experienced a major cyberattack incident. The attack was well coordinated, sophisticated,
and highly skilled. Which of the following targeted the organization?
A. Shadow IT
B. An insider threat
C. A hacktivist
D. An advanced persistent threat
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 154
A security analyst has received an alert about PII being sent via email. The analyst’s Chief Information Security
Officer (CISO) has made it clear that PII must be handled with extreme care. From which of the following did
the alert MOST likely originate?
A. S/MIME
B. DLP
C. IMAP
D. HIDS
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 155
An enterprise has hired an outside security firm to conduct penetration testing on its network and applications.
The firm has been given all the developer’s documentation about the internal architecture. Which of the
following BEST represents the type of testing that will occur?
A. Bug bounty
B. White-box
C. Black-box
D. Gray-box
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 156
A security engineer has enabled two-factor authentication on all workstations. Which of the following
approaches are the MOST secure? (Choose two.)
A. Password and security question

B. Password and CAPTCHA
C. Password and smart card
D. Password and fingerprint
E. Password and one-time token
F. Password and voice
Correct Answer: CD
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 157
A security analyst needs to determine how an attacker was able to use User3 to gain a foothold within a
company’s network. The company’s lockout policy requires that an account be locked out for a minimum of 15
minutes after three unsuccessful attempts. While reviewing the log files, the analyst discovers the following:
Which of the following attacks MOST likely occurred?
A. Dictionary
B. Credential-stuffing
C. Password-spraying
D. Brute-force
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 158
Which of the following technical controls is BEST suited for the detection and prevention of buffer overflows on
hosts?
A. DLP
B. HIDS
C. EDR
D. NIPS
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 159
A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is concerned about the organization’s ability to continue business
operations in the event of a prolonged DDoS attack on its local datacenter that consumes database resources.
Which of the following will the CISO MOST likely recommend to mitigate this risk?
A. Upgrade the bandwidth available into the datacenter.

B. Implement a hot-site failover location.
C. Switch to a complete SaaS offering to customers.
D. Implement a challenge response test on all end-user queries.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 160
A local coffee shop runs a small WiFi hotspot for its customers that utilizes WPA2-PSK. The coffee shop would
like to stay current with security trends and wants to implement WPA3 to make its WiFi even more secure.
Which of the following technologies will the coffee shop MOST likely use in place of PSK?
A. WEP
B. MSCHAP
C. WPS
D. SAE
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 161
A company is designing the layout of a new datacenter so it will have an optimal environmental temperature.
Which of the following must be included? (Choose two.)
A. An air gap
B. A cold aisle
C. Removable doors
D. A hot aisle
E. An IoT thermostat
F. A humidity monitor
Correct Answer: BE
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 162
Which of the following will MOST likely cause machine learning and AI-enabled systems to operate with
unintended consequences?
A. Stored procedures
B. Buffer overflows
C. Data bias
D. Code reuse
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 163
The process of passively gathering information prior to launching a cyberattack is called:
A. tailgating.
B. reconnaissance.
C. pharming.
D. prepending.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 164
During a routine scan of a wireless segment at a retail company, a security administrator discovers several
devices are connected to the network that do not match the company’s naming convention and are not in the
asset inventory. WiFi access is protected with 256-bit encryption via WPA2. Physical access to the company’s
facility requires two-factor authentication using a badge and a passcode. Which of the following should the
administrator implement to find and remediate the issue? (Choose two.)
A. Check the SIEM for failed logins to the LDAP directory.

B. Enable MAC filtering on the switches that support the wireless network.
C. Run a vulnerability scan on all the devices in the wireless network.
D. Deploy multifactor authentication for access to the wireless network.
E. Scan the wireless network for rogue access points.
F. Deploy a honeypot on the network.
Correct Answer: BE
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 165
An organization has various applications that contain sensitive data hosted in the cloud. The company’s
leaders are concerned about lateral movement across applications of different trust levels. Which of the
following solutions should the organization implement to address the concern?
A. ISFW
B. UTM
C. SWG
D. CASB
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 166
A security engineer at an offline government facility is concerned about the validity of an SSL certificate. The
engineer wants to perform the fastest check with the least delay to determine if the certificate has been
revoked. Which of the following would BEST meet these requirements?
A. RA
B. OCSP
C. CRL
D. CSR
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 167
A small retail business has a local store and a newly established and growing online storefront. A recent storm
caused a power outage to the business and the local ISP, resulting in several hours of lost sales and delayed
order processing. The business owner now needs to ensure two things:
Protection from power outages

Always-available connectivity in case of an outage
The owner has decided to implement battery backups for the computer equipment. Which of the following
would BEST fulfill the owner’s second need?
A. Lease a point-to-point circuit to provide dedicated access.

B. Connect the business router to its own dedicated UPS.
C. Purchase services from a cloud provider for high availability.
D. Replace the business’s wired network with a wireless network.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 168
A user reports constant lag and performance issues with the wireless network when working at a local coffee
shop. A security analyst walks the user through an installation of Wireshark and gets a five-minute pcap to
analyze. The analyst observes the following output:
Which of the following attacks does the analyst MOST likely see in this packet capture?
A. Session replay
B. Evil twin
C. Bluejacking
D. ARP poisoning
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 169
Which of the following would be BEST to establish between organizations to define the responsibilities of each
party, outline the key deliverables, and include monetary penalties for breaches to manage third-party risk?
A. An ARO
B. An MOU
C. An SLA
D. A BPA
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 170
Users at an organization have been installing programs from the Internet on their workstations without first
receiving proper authorization. The organization maintains a portal from which users can install standardized
programs. However, some users have administrative access on their workstations to enable legacy programs
to function properly. Which of the following should the security administrator consider implementing to address
this issue?
A. Application code signing

B. Application whitelisting
C. Data loss prevention
D. Web application firewalls
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 171
A security engineer needs to implement an MDM solution that complies with the corporate mobile device
policy. The policy states that in order for mobile users to access corporate resources on their devices, the
following requirements must be met:
Mobile device OSs must be patched up to the latest release.

A screen lock must be enabled (passcode or biometric).
Corporate data must be removed if the device is reported lost or stolen.
Which of the following controls should the security engineer configure? (Choose two.)
A. Containerization
B. Storage segmentation
C. Posturing
D. Remote wipe
E. Full-device encryption
F. Geofencing
Correct Answer: CD
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 172
The facilities supervisor for a government agency is concerned about unauthorized access to environmental
systems in the event the staff WiFi network is breached. Which of the following would BEST address this
security concern?
A. Install a smart meter on the staff WiFi.

B. Place the environmental systems in the same DHCP scope as the staff WiFi.
C. Implement Zigbee on the staff WiFi access points.
D. Segment the staff WiFi network from the environmental systems network.
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 173
A security analyst is reviewing information regarding recent vulnerabilities. Which of the following will the
analyst MOST likely consult to validate which platforms have been affected?
A. OSINT
B. SIEM
C. CVSS
D. CVE
Correct Answer: D
Section: (none)
Explanation
QUESTION 174
A technician needs to prevent data loss in a laboratory. The laboratory is not connected to any external
networks. Which of the following methods would BEST prevent the exfiltration of data? (Choose two.)
A. VPN
B. Drive encryption
C. Network firewall
D. File-level encryption
E. USB blocker
F. MFA
Correct Answer: BE
Section: (none)
Explanation

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CompTIA Security+ Certification Exam

Click on each firewall to do the following:

1. Deny cleartext web traffic.

The ruleset order cannot be modified due to outside constraints.

DNS Rule – ANY --> ANY --> DNS --> PERMIT

Firewall 2: No changes should be made to this firewall

A security engineer is setting up passwordless authentication for the first time.

Select and Place:

Not all attacks and remediation actions will be used.

A. Perform a site survey

A. DNSSEC and DMARC

A. Implement open PSK on the APs

A. Dual power supply

Which of the following solutions would meet the requirements?

A. The vulnerability scan output

A. Configure the DLP policies to allow all PII

A. The system was configured with weak default security settings.

An incident responder learns the following information:

Which of the following is the MOST likely root cause?

A. HTTPS sessions are being downgraded to insecure cipher suites

A. Trusted Platform Module

A. Install a NIDS device at the boundary.

A. Mobile device management

A. The document is a honeyfile and is meant to attract the attention of a cyberintruder.

A. DNS cache poisoning

A. Create a new acceptable use policy.

Which of the following application attacks is being tested?

A. Monitoring large data transfer transactions in the firewall logs

Which of the following is the router experiencing?

A. A replay attack is being conducted against the application.

A. Limit the use of third-party libraries.

A. A password reuse policy

A. The theft of portable electronic devices

A. perform attribution to specific APTs and nation-state actors.

A. A RAT was installed and is transferring additional exploit tools.

A. To define the level or risk using probability and likelihood

www.company.com (main website)

A. Deploy an MDM solution.

A. Rogue access point

A. The DNS logs

A. Something you know

A. Salting the magnetic strip information

A. Set up an air gap for the switch.

Which of the following attacks has occurred?

A. Install a definition-based antivirus.

A. Role-based access control

A. loss of proprietary information.

A. An external access point is engaging in an evil-twin attack.

A. An incident response plan

A. The public ledger

A. Open the document on an air-gapped network.

A. Testing security systems and processes regularly

Which of the following MOST likely occurred?

A. A reverse proxy was used to redirect network traffic.

The devices will be used internationally by staff who travel extensively.

A. Configuring an always-on VPN

A. Access to the organization’s servers could be exposed to other cloud-provider clients.

A. business continuity plan.