Due to a new regulatory requirement, ABC Company must now encrypt all WAN transmissions. When speaking
with the network administrator, the security administrator learns that the existing routers have the minimum
processing power to do the required level of encryption. Which of the following solutions minimizes the
performance impact on the router?

A university requires a significant increase in web and database server resources for one week, twice a year, to
handle student registration. The web servers remain idle for the rest of the year. Which of the following is the
MOST cost effective way for the university to securely handle student registration?

Company XYZ provides hosting services for hundreds of companies across multiple industries including
healthcare, education, and manufacturing. The security architect for company XYZ is reviewing a vendor
proposal to reduce company XYZ’s hardware costs by combining multiple physical hosts through the use of
virtualization technologies. The security architect notes concerns about data separation, confidentiality,
regulatory requirements concerning PII, and administrative complexity on the proposal. Which of the following
BEST describes the core concerns of the security architect?

A company is deploying a new iSCSI-based SAN. The requirements are as follows:
SAN nodes must authenticate each other.
Shared keys must NOT be used.
Do NOT use encryption in order to gain performance.
Which of the following design specifications meet all the requirements? (Select TWO).

A forensic analyst works for an e-discovery firm where several gigabytes of data are processed daily. While the
business is lucrative, they do not have the resources or the scalability to adequately serve their clients. Since it
is an e-discovery firm where chain of custody is important, which of the following scenarios should they
consider?

An extensible commercial software system was upgraded to the next minor release version to patch a security
vulnerability. After the upgrade, an unauthorized intrusion into the system was detected. The software vendor is
called in to troubleshoot the issue and reports that all core components were updated properly. Which of the
following has been overlooked in securing the system? (Select TWO).

An organization would like to allow employees to use their network username and password to access a thirdparty service. The company is using Active Directory Federated Services for their directory service. Which of
the following should the company ensure is supported by the third-party? (Select TWO).

The risk manager is reviewing a report which identifies a requirement to keep a business critical legacy systemoperational for the next two years. The legacy system is out of support because the vendor and security
patches are no longer released. Additionally, this is a proprietary embedded system and little is documented
and known about it. Which of the following should the Information Technology department implement to reduce
the security risk from a compromise of this system?

A system administrator needs to meet the maximum amount of security goals for a new DNS infrastructure.
The administrator deploys DNSSEC extensions to the domain names and infrastructure. Which of the following
security goals does this meet? (Select TWO).

A penetration tester is assessing a mobile banking application. Man-in-the-middle attempts via a HTTP
intercepting proxy are failing with SSL errors. Which of the following controls has likely been implemented by
the developers?