Executive management is asking for a new manufacturing control and workflow automation solution. This
application will facilitate management of proprietary information and closely guarded corporate trade secrets.
The information security team has been a part of the department meetings and come away with the following
notes:
-Human resources would like complete access to employee data stored in the application. They would like
automated data interchange with the employee management application, a cloud-based SaaS application.
-Sales is asking for easy order tracking to facilitate feedback to customers.
-Legal is asking for adequate safeguards to protect trade secrets. They are also concerned with data ownership
questions and legal jurisdiction.
-Manufacturing is asking for ease of use. Employees working the assembly line cannot be bothered with
additional steps or overhead. System interaction needs to be quick and easy.
-Quality assurance is concerned about managing the end product and tracking overall performance of the
product being produced. They would like read-only access to the entire workflow process for monitoring and
baselining.
The favored solution is a user friendly software application that would be hosted onsite. It has extensive ACL
functionality, but also has readily available APIs for extensibility. It supports read-only access, kiosk automation,
custom fields, and data encryption.
Which of the following departments’ request is in contrast to the favored solution?

A small retail company recently deployed a new point of sale (POS) system to all 67 stores. The core of the
POS is an extranet site, accessible only from retail stores and the corporate office over a split-tunnel VPN. Anadditional split-tunnel VPN provides bi-directional connectivity back to the main office, which provides voice
connectivity for store VoIP phones. Each store offers guest wireless functionality, as well as employee wireless.
Only the staff wireless network has access to the POS VPN. Recently, stores are reporting poor response times
when accessing the POS application from store computers as well as degraded voice quality when making
phone calls. Upon investigation, it is determined that three store PCs are hosting malware, which is generating
excessive network traffic. After malware removal, the information security department is asked to review the
configuration and suggest changes to prevent this from happening again. Which of the following denotes the
BEST way to mitigate future malware risk?

During a recent audit of servers, a company discovered that a network administrator, who required remote
access, had deployed an unauthorized remote access application that communicated over common ports
already allowed through the firewall. A network scan showed that this remote access application had already
been installed on one third of the servers in the company. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate
action that the company should take to provide a more appropriate solution?

An analyst connects to a company web conference hosted on www.webconference.com/meetingID#01234 and
observes that numerous guests have been allowed to join, without providing identifying information. The topics
covered during the web conference are considered proprietary to the company. Which of the following security
concerns does the analyst present to management?

A security engineer is a new member to a configuration board at the request of management. The company
has two new major IT projects starting this year and wants to plan security into the application deployment. The
board is primarily concerned with the applications’ compliance with federal assessment and authorization
standards. The security engineer asks for a timeline to determine when a security assessment of bothapplications should occur and does not attend subsequent configuration board meetings. If the security
engineer is only going to perform a security assessment, which of the following steps in system authorization
has the security engineer omitted?

A mature organization with legacy information systems has incorporated numerous new processes and
dependencies to manage security as its networks and infrastructure are modernized. The Chief Information
Office has become increasingly frustrated with frequent releases, stating that the organization needs everything
to work completely, and the vendor should already have those desires built into the software product. The
vendor has been in constant communication with personnel and groups within the organization to understand
its business process and capture new software requirements from users. Which of the following methods of
software development is this organization’s configuration management process using?

A security engineer is working on a large software development project. As part of the design of the project,
various stakeholder requirements were gathered and decomposed to an implementable and testable level.
Various security requirements were also documented. Organize the following security requirements into the
correct hierarchy required for an SRTM.
Requirement 1: The system shall provide confidentiality for data in transit and data at rest.
Requirement 2: The system shall use SSL, SSH, or SCP for all data transport.
Requirement 3: The system shall implement a file-level encryption scheme.
Requirement 4: The system shall provide integrity for all data at rest.
Requirement 5: The system shall perform CRC checks on all files.

A small company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has asked its Chief Security Officer (CSO) to improve the
company’s security posture quickly with regard to targeted attacks. Which of the following should the CSO
conduct FIRST?

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is asking for ways to protect against zero-day exploits. The CISO
is concerned that an unrecognized threat could compromise corporate data and result in regulatory fines as
well as poor corporate publicity. The network is mostly flat, with split staff/guest wireless functionality. Which of
the following equipment MUST be deployed to guard against unknown threats?

A human resources manager at a software development company has been tasked with recruiting personnel
for a new cyber defense division in the company. This division will require personnel to have high technology
skills and industry certifications. Which of the following is the BEST method for this manager to gain insight into
this industry to execute the task?