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Briefing SY0-401: CompTIA Security+ (update October 21th, 2017)

Which of the following describes the type of attack the…

A network administrator is attempting to troubleshoot an issue regarding certificates on a secure website.
During the troubleshooting process, the network administrator notices that the web gateway proxy on the local
network has signed all of the certificates on the local machine. Which of the following describes the type of
attack the proxy has been legitimately programmed to perform?

Which of the following has the administrator been taske…

A security administrator is tasked with conducting an assessment made to establish the baseline security
posture of the corporate IT infrastructure. The assessment must report actual flaws and weaknesses in the
infrastructure. Due to the expense of hiring outside consultants, the testing must be performed using in-house
or cheaply available resources. There cannot be a possibility of any equipment being damaged in the test.
Which of the following has the administrator been tasked to perform?

which of the following types of attacks?

An attacker wearing a building maintenance uniform approached a company’s receptionist asking for access to
a secure area. The receptionist asks for identification, a building access badge and checks the company’s list
approved maintenance personnel prior to granting physical access to the secure are. The controls used by the
receptionist are in place to prevent which of the following types of attacks?

Which of the following assessment techniques is BEST de…

A security analyst has been asked to perform a review of an organization’s software development lifecycle. The
analyst reports that the lifecycle does not contain a phase in which team members evaluate and provide critical
feedback of another developer’s code. Which of the following assessment techniques is BEST described in the
analyst’s report?

Which of the following should the security administrato…

A security engineer is faced with competing requirements from the networking group and database
administrators. The database administrators would like ten application servers on the same subnet for ease of
administration, whereas the networking group would like to segment all applications from one another. Which of
the following should the security administrator do to rectify this issue?

Which of the following recommendations should the penet…

An organization has hired a penetration tester to test the security of its ten web servers. The penetration tester
is able to gain root/administrative access in several servers by exploiting vulnerabilities associated with the
implementation of SMTP, POP, DNS, FTP, Telnet, and IMAP. Which of the following recommendations should
the penetration tester provide to the organization to better protect their web servers in the future?

Which of the following mobile device capabilities shoul…

A mobile device user is concerned about geographic positioning information being included in messages sent
between users on a popular social network platform. The user turns off the functionality in the application, but
wants to ensure the application cannot re-enable the setting without the knowledge of the user. Which of the
following mobile device capabilities should the user disable to achieve the stated goal?

which of the following controls should the CISO focus o…

A chief Financial Officer (CFO) has asked the Chief Information Officer (CISO) to provide responses to a recent
audit report detailing deficiencies in the organization security controls. The CFO would like to know ways in
which the organization can improve its authorization controls. Given the request by the CFO, which of the
following controls should the CISO focus on in the report? (Choose Three)

Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the …

A user of the wireless network is unable to gain access to the network. The symptoms are:
1. Unable to connect to both internal and Internet resources
2. The wireless icon shows connectivity but has no network accessThe wireless network is WPA2 Enterprise and users must be a member of the wireless security group to
authenticate. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the connectivity issues?


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