CompTIA CAS-005 - CompTIA SecurityX Certification Exam
A security engineer needs to review the configurations of several devices on the network to meet the following requirements:
• The PostgreSQL server must only allow connectivity in the 10.1.2.0/24
subnet.
• The SSH daemon on the database server must be configured to listen
to port 4022.
• The SSH daemon must only accept connections from a Single
workstation.
• All host-based firewalls must be disabled on all workstations.
• All devices must have the latest updates from within the past eight
days.
•All HDDs must be configured to secure data at rest.
• Cleartext services are not allowed.
• All devices must be hardened when possible.
Instructions:
Click on the various workstations and network devices to review the posture assessment results. Remediate any possible issues or indicate that no issue is found.
Click on Server A to review output data. Select commands in the appropriate tab to remediate connectivity problems to the pOSTGREsql DATABASE VIA ssh
WAP A
PC A
Laptop A
Switch A
Switch B:
Laptop B
PC B
PC C
Server A
Users must accept the terms presented in a captive petal when connecting to a guest network. Recently, users have reported that they are unable to access the Internet after joining the network A network engineer observes the following:
• Users should be redirected to the captive portal.
• The Motive portal runs Tl. S 1 2
• Newer browser versions encounter security errors that cannot be bypassed
• Certain websites cause unexpected re directs
Which of the following mow likely explains this behavior?
During a vulnerability assessment, a scan reveals the following finding:
Windows Server 2016 Missing hotfix KB87728 - CVSS 3.1 Score: 8.1 [High] - Affected host 172.16.15.2
Later in the review process, the remediation team marks the finding as a false positive. Which of the following is the best way toavoid this issue on future scans?
A security engineer performed a code scan that resulted in many false positives. The security engineer must find asolution that improves the quality of scanning results before application deployment. Which of the following is the best solution?
Asecuntv administrator is performing a gap assessment against a specific OS benchmark The benchmark requires the following configurations be applied to endpomts:
• Full disk encryption
* Host-based firewall
• Time synchronization
* Password policies
• Application allow listing
* Zero Trust application access
Which of the following solutions best addresses the requirements? (Select two).