CompTIA CAS-005 - CompTIA SecurityX Certification Exam
A threat hunter is identifying potentially malicious activity associated with an APT. When the threat hunter runs queries against the SIEM platform with a date range of 60 to 90 days ago, the involved account seems to be typically most active in the evenings. When the threat hunter reruns the same query with a date range of 5 to 30 days ago, the account appears to be most active in the early morning. Which of the following techniques is the threat hunter using to better understand the data?
An analyst has prepared several possible solutions to a successful attack on the company. The solutions need to be implemented with the least amount of downtime. Which of the following should the analyst perform?
A company hosts a platform-as-a-service solution with a web-based front end, through which customer interact with data sets. A security administrator needs to deploy controls to prevent application-focused attacks. Which of the following most directly supports the administrator's objective'
A systems administrator wants to reduce the number of failed patch deployments in an organization. The administrator discovers that system owners modify systems or applications in an ad hoc manner. Which of the following is the best way to reduce the number of failed patch deployments?
Which of the following are risks associated with vendor lock-in? (Select two).
An organization is planning for disaster recovery and continuity ofoperations, and has noted the following relevant findings:
1. A natural disaster may disrupt operations at Site A, which would then cause an evacuation. Users are
unable to log into the domain from-their workstations after relocating to Site B.
2. A natural disaster may disrupt operations at Site A, which would then cause the pump room at Site B
to become inoperable.
3. A natural disaster may disrupt operations at Site A, which would then cause unreliable internet
connectivity at Site B due to route flapping.
INSTRUCTIONS
Match each relevant finding to the affected host by clicking on the host name and selecting the appropriate number.
For findings 1 and 2, select the items that should be replicated to Site B. For finding 3, select the item requiring configuration changes, then select the appropriate corrective action from the drop-down menu.
A company’s internal network is experiencing a security breach, and the threat actor is still active. Due to business requirements, users in this environment are allowed to utilize multiple machines at the same time. Given the following log snippet:
Which of the following accounts should a security analyst disable to best contain the incident without impacting valid users?
Which of the following supports the process of collecting a large pool of behavioral observations to inform decision-making?
A building camera is remotely accessed and disabled from the remote console application during off-hours. A security analyst reviews the following logs:
Which of the following actions should the analyst take to best mitigate the threat?
A company receives several complaints from customers regarding its website. An engineer implements a parser for the web server logs that generates the following output:
which of the following should the company implement to best resolve the issue?
