Monday, April 30, 2018

Security+ and Physical Security Controls

Are you planning to take the SY0-501 or SY0-401 Security+ exam? If so, make sure you have a basic understanding of security controls including physical security controls.

 See if can answer this sample Security+ question

Q. Management within your organization wants to create a small network used by executives only. They want to ensure that this network is completely isolated from the main network. Which of the following choices BEST meets this need?

A. Airgap

B. Mantrap

C. Control diversity

D. Infrared motion detectors

Check out the answer and full explanation here.


Monday, April 23, 2018

Security+ and Log Entries

Are you preparing for the SY0-401 and SY0-501 Security+ exam? If so, you might like to review some information on log entries.

As an example, consider the following Security+ practice test question that I recently added to the test banks on the gcgapremium.com site.

Q. Your IPS recently raised an alert from the following log entry on of your organization’s web servers:
04/23/18 23:13:50 httpd: GET /wp/forms/process.php?input=cd%20../../../etc;cat%20shadow
Based on this log entry, which of the following is MOST likely occurring

A. False negative
B. XSS attack
C. Command injection attack
D. Password attack
E. Buffer overflow attack

Can you answer it? Check out the answer and full explanation here.

Monday, April 16, 2018

NAC Systems and Security+

Are you preparing for the SY0-501 or SY0-401 Security+ exam? If so, you should have a basic understanding of network components that support organizational security. This includes using NAC systems to verify computers meet preset security conditions.

See if you  can answer this sample Security+ question.

Q. Your organization recently implemented a BYOD policy. However, management wants to ensure that mobile devices meet minimum standards for security before they can access any network resources. Which of the following agents would the NAC MOST likely have?

A. Permanent

B. Health

C. RADIUS

D. Dissolvable

Check out the answer and full explanation here.