An engineer detects an intrusion event inside an organization’s network and becomes aware that files that contain personal data have been accessed. Which action must be taken to contain this attack?
An engineer is moving data from NAS servers in different departments to a combined storage database so that the data can be accessed and analyzed by the organization on-demand. Which data management process is being used?
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An engineer is investigating a case with suspicious usernames within the active directory. After the engineer investigates and cross-correlates events from other sources, it appears that the 2 users are privileged, and their creation date matches suspicious network traffic that was initiated from the internal network 2 days prior. Which type of compromise is occurring?
A security architect in an automotive factory is working on the Cyber Security Management System and is implementing procedures and creating policies to prevent attacks. Which standard must the architect apply?
A company recently completed an internal audit and discovered that there is CSRF vulnerability in 20 of its hosted applications. Based on the audit, which recommendation should an engineer make for patching?
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An employee is a victim of a social engineering phone call and installs remote access software to allow an “MS Support” technician to check his machine for malware. The employee becomes suspicious after the remote technician requests payment in the form of gift cards. The employee has copies of multiple, unencrypted database files, over 400 MB each, on his system and is worried that the scammer copied the files off but has no proof of it. The remote technician was connected sometime between 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm over https. What should be determined regarding data loss between the employee’s laptop and the remote technician’s system?
A company recently started accepting credit card payments in their local warehouses and is undergoing a PCI audit. Based on business requirements, the company needs to store sensitive authentication data for 45 days. How must data be stored for compliance?
Drag and drop the function on the left onto the mechanism on the right.
A company’s web server availability was breached by a DDoS attack and was offline for 3 hours because it was not deemed a critical asset in the incident response playbook. Leadership has requested a risk assessment of the asset. An analyst conducted the risk assessment using the threat sources, events, and vulnerabilities. Which additional element is needed to calculate the risk?
An engineer received an alert of a zero-day vulnerability affecting desktop phones through which an attacker sends a crafted packet to a device, resets the credentials, makes the device unavailable, and allows a default
administrator account login. Which step should an engineer take after receiving this alert?
An engineer notices that every Sunday night, there is a two-hour period with a large load of network activity. Upon further investigation, the engineer finds that the activity is from locations around the globe outside the organization’s service area. What are the next steps the engineer must take?
An API developer is improving an application code to prevent DDoS attacks. The solution needs to accommodate instances of a large number of API requests coming for legitimate purposes from trustworthy services. Which solution should be implemented?
An engineer received an incident ticket of a malware outbreak and used antivirus and malware removal tools to eradicate the threat. The engineer notices that abnormal processes are still occurring in the system and determines that manual intervention is needed to clean the infected host and restore functionality. What is the next step the engineer should take to complete this playbook step?
What is the impact of hardening machine images for deployment?
Employees receive an email from an executive within the organization that summarizes a recent security breach and requests that employees verify their credentials through a provided link. Several employees report the email as suspicious, and a security analyst is investigating the reports. Which two steps should the analyst take to begin this investigation? (Choose two.)
An engineer receives an incident ticket with hundreds of intrusion alerts that require investigation. An analysis of the incident log shows that the alerts are from trusted IP addresses and internal devices. The final incident report stated that these alerts were false positives and that no intrusions were detected. What action should be taken to harden the network?
The incident response team receives information about the abnormal behavior of a host. A malicious file is found being executed from an external USB flash drive. The team collects and documents all the necessary evidence from the computing resource. What is the next step?
A patient views information that is not theirs when they sign in to the hospital’s online portal. The patient calls the support center at the hospital but continues to be put on hold because other patients are experiencing the same issue. An incident has been declared, and an engineer is now on the incident bridge as the CyberOps Tier 3 Analyst. There is a concern about the disclosure of PII occurring in real-time. What is the first step the analyst should take to address this incident?
A security incident affected an organization’s critical business services, and the customer-side web API became unresponsive and crashed. An investigation revealed a spike of API call requests and a high number of inactive sessions during the incident. Which two recommendations should the engineers make to prevent similar incidents in the future? (Choose two.)
An engineer wants to review the packet overviews of SNORT alerts. When printing the SNORT alerts, all the packet headers are included, and the file is too large to utilize. Which action is needed to correct this problem?
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