CompTIA CAS-005 - CompTIA SecurityX Certification Exam
A malicious actor exploited firmware vulnerabilities and used rootkits in an attack on an organization. After the organization recovered from the incident, an engineer needs to recommend a solution that reduces the likelihood of the same type of attack in the future. Which of the following is the most relevant solution?
During a security assessment using an CDR solution, a security engineer generates the following report about the assets in me system:
After five days, the EDR console reports an infection on the host 0WIN23 by a remote access Trojan Which of the following is the most probable cause of the infection?
You are a security analyst tasked with interpreting an Nmap scan output from company’s privileged network.
The company’s hardening guidelines indicate the following:
There should be one primary server or service per device.
Only default ports should be used.
Non-secure protocols should be disabled.
INSTRUCTIONS
Using the Nmap output, identify the devices on the network and their roles, and any open ports that should be closed.
For each device found by Nmap, add a device entry to the Devices Discovered list, with the following information:
The IP address of the device
The primary server or service of the device (Note that each IP should by associated with one service/port only)
The protocol(s) that should be disabled based on the hardening guidelines (Note that multiple ports may need to be closed to comply with the hardening guidelines)
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All organization is concerned about insider threats from employees who have individual access to encrypted material. Which of the following techniques best addresses this issue?
A security officer performs due diligence activities before implementing a third-party solution into the enterprise environment. The security officer needs evidence from the third party that a data subject access request handling process is in place. Which of the following is the security officer most likely seeking to maintain compliance?
A social media company wants to change encryption ciphers after identifying weaknesses in the implementation of the existing ciphers. The company needs the new ciphers to meet the following requirements:
• Utilize less RAM than competing ciphers.
• Be more CPU-efficient than previous ciphers.
• Require customers to use TLS 1.3 while broadcasting video or audio.
Which of the following is the best choice for the social media company?
A company updates itscloud-based services by saving infrastructure code in a remote repository. The code is automatically deployed into the development environment every time the code is saved lo the repository The developers express concern that the deployment often fails, citing minor code issues and occasional security control check failures in the development environment Which of the following should a security engineer recommend to reduce the deployment failures? (Select two).
A security engineer wants to enhance the security posture of end-user systems in a Zero Trust environment. Given the following requirements:
. Reduce the ability for potentially compromised endpoints to contact command-and-control infrastructure.
. Track the requests that the malware makes to the IPs.
. Avoid the download of additional payloads.
Which of the following should the engineer deploy to meet these requirements?
An IPSec solution is being deployed. The configuration files for both the VPN
concentrator and the AAA server are shown in the diagram.
Complete the configuration files to meet the following requirements:
• The EAP method must use mutual certificate-based authentication (With
issued client certificates).
• The IKEv2 Cipher suite must be configured to the MOST secure
authenticated mode of operation,
• The secret must contain at least one uppercase character, one lowercase
character, one numeric character, and one special character, and it must
meet a minimumlength requirement of eight characters,
INSTRUCTIONS
Click on the AAA server and VPN concentrator to complete the configuration.
Fill in the appropriate fields and make selections from the drop-down menus.
VPN Concentrator:
AAA Server:
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A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generatedA company is moving several of its systems to a multicloud environment and wants to automate the creation of the new servers using a standard image. Which of the following should the company implement to best support this goal?
