Network Security Concerns

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What is a potential risk for a company's claims processing department with a mobile workforce?

  • Unencrypted email storage
  • Malware infection from email attachments (correct)
  • Unsecured VPN connections
  • Data loss from stolen laptops

What would be an effective way to prevent malware infections from email attachments?

  • Implementing application whitelisting (correct)
  • Installing a mail gateway to scan incoming messages
  • Requiring all laptops to connect to the VPN
  • Implementing cloud-based content filtering

What is a benefit of implementing cloud-based content filtering with sandboxing capabilities?

  • Improving email filtering accuracy
  • Reducing network latency
  • Identifying and containing malware threats (correct)
  • Enhancing email encryption

Why is it essential to secure laptops in the claims processing department?

<p>To prevent malware infections from email attachments (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential consequence of not implementing security measures in the claims processing department?

<p>Malware infection from email attachments (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of cloud deployment model ensures compliance with healthcare standards for virtualization and cloud computing?

<p>Hybrid IaaS solution in a single-tenancy cloud (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of using input validation to prevent API scraping?

<p>To prevent high processor utilization (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of using rate limiting and CSRF protection to safeguard APIs?

<p>To prevent scraping activities and CSRF attacks (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of using UEFI/BIOS in hardening host systems?

<p>To add protection to the boot loader (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of using TPM in hardening host systems?

<p>To provide a trusted platform module (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of hiding data stored in databases?

<p>To protect data from unauthorized access (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary concern related to the log aggregator in the given solution?

<p>Lack of encryption of data in transit (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should the organization do after successfully applying mitigations to reduce the likelihood of impact?

<p>Assess the residual risk (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary benefit of leveraging cryptographic solutions to protect data that is in use?

<p>Ensuring data is encrypted at all times (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the SSL VPN with MFA in the given solution?

<p>To provide secure remote access to the log aggregator (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary benefit of using full disk encryption on the log aggregator?

<p>Protecting against unauthorized access to data at rest (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of compressing and encrypting data prior to archiving in the cloud?

<p>To protect against data remnants in the cloud (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary cause of performance issues in the e-commerce company's web server during the last two holiday seasons?

<p>Too many connections (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the most cost-effective solution to avoid performance issues in the e-commerce company's web server?

<p>Move the server to a cloud provider (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the most important security objective when applying cryptography to control messages that tell an ICS how much electrical power to output?

<p>Assuring the integrity of messages (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the impact of the ransomware attack on the financial institution's human resources fileshare?

<p>The fileshare was encrypted, and restoration will take four hours (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How often did the financial institution back up their human resources fileshare?

<p>Every 48 hours (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the response time of the security operations personnel to the ransomware attack?

<p>They were unaware of the activity until it was too late to stop it (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason for not allowing web servers to initiate communication with the Internet?

<p>To prevent external attacks from initiating communication with the web servers (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a requirement for employees' computing devices in the proposed corporate firewall architecture?

<p>They can only connect to web services over ports 80 and 443 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of implementing a stateful firewall in the proposed corporate firewall architecture?

<p>To track and analyze the state of network connections (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary benefit of implementing Layer 7 filtering and routing in the proposed corporate firewall architecture?

<p>It allows for more granular control over network traffic (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of the security architect in the proposed corporate firewall architecture?

<p>To ensure all web servers receive updates via HTTP/S from the corporate network (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary benefit of ensuring the integrity of each module of a program?

<p>It prevents malicious users from altering the code (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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