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1. An analyst is reviewing a vulnerability report for a server environment with the following entries:

Which of the following systems should be prioritized for patching first?

2. A company is in the process of implementing a vulnerability management program, and there are concerns about granting the security team access to sensitive data.

Which of the following scanning methods can be implemented to reduce the access to systems while providing the most accurate vulnerability scan results?

3. A security analyst is trying to identify anomalies on the network routing.

Which of the following functions can the analyst use on a shell script to achieve the objective most accurately?

4. There are several reports of sensitive information being disclosed via file sharing services. The company would like to improve its security posture against this threat.

Which of the following security controls would best support the company in this scenario?

5. Which of the following is the best way to begin preparation for a report titled "What We Learned" regarding a recent incident involving a cybersecurity breach?

6. A security analyst is performing an investigation involving multiple targeted Windows malware binaries. The analyst wants to gather intelligence without disclosing information to the attackers.

Which of the following actions would allow the analyst to achieve the objective?

7. Which of the following would help to minimize human engagement and aid in process improvement in security operations?

8. After conducting a cybersecurity risk assessment for a new software request, a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) decided the risk score would be too high. The CISO refused the software request.

Which of the following risk management principles did the CISO select?

9. Which of the following is an important aspect that should be included in the lessons-learned step after an incident?

10. The security operations team is required to consolidate several threat intelligence feeds due to redundant tools and portals.

Which of the following will best achieve the goal and maximize results?

11. Which of the following would a security analyst most likely use to compare TTPs between different known adversaries of an organization?

12. An analyst is remediating items associated with a recent incident. The analyst has isolated the vulnerability and is actively removing it from the system.

Which of the following steps of the process does this describe?

13. Joe, a leading sales person at an organization, has announced on social media that he is leaving his current role to start a new company that will compete with his current employer. Joe is soliciting his current employer's customers. However, Joe has not resigned or discussed this with his current supervisor yet.

Which of the following would be the best action for the incident response team to recommend?

14. The Chief Information Security Officer is directing a new program to reduce attack surface risks and threats as part of a zero trust approach. The IT security team is required to come up with priorities for the program.

Which of the following is the best priority based on common attack frameworks?

15. During an extended holiday break, a company suffered a security incident. This information was properly relayed to appropriate personnel in a timely manner and the server was up to date and configured with appropriate auditing and logging. The Chief Information Security Officer wants to find out precisely what happened.

Which of the following actions should the analyst take first?

16. A systems administrator is reviewing after-hours traffic flows from data-center servers and sees regular outgoing HTTPS connections from one of the servers to a public IP address. The server should not be making outgoing connections after hours. Looking closer, the administrator sees this traffic pattern around the clock during work hours as well.

Which of the following is the most likely explanation?

17. New employees in an organization have been consistently plugging in personal webcams despite the company policy prohibiting use of personal devices. The SOC manager discovers that new employees are not aware of the company policy.

Which of the following will the SOC manager most likely recommend to help ensure new employees are accountable for following the company policy?

18. An analyst has been asked to validate the potential risk of a new ransomware campaign that the Chief Financial Officer read about in the newspaper. The company is a manufacturer of a very small spring used in the newest fighter jet and is a critical piece of the supply chain for this aircraft.

Which of the following would be the best threat intelligence source to learn about this new campaign?

19. An incident response team finished responding to a significant security incident. The management team has asked the lead analyst to provide an after-action report that includes lessons learned.

Which of the following is the most likely reason to include lessons learned?

20. A vulnerability management team is unable to patch all vulnerabilities found during their weekly scans.

Using the third-party scoring system described below, the team patches the most urgent vulnerabilities:

Additionally, the vulnerability management team feels that the metrics Smear and Channing are less important than the others, so these will be lower in priority.

Which of the following vulnerabilities should be patched first, given the above third-party scoring system?

21. A user downloads software that contains malware onto a computer that eventually infects numerous other systems.

Which of the following has the user become?

22. An organization has activated the CSIRT. A security analyst believes a single virtual server was compromised and immediately isolated from the network.

Which of the following should the CSIRT conduct next?

23. During an incident, an analyst needs to acquire evidence for later investigation.

Which of the following must be collected first in a computer system, related to its volatility level?

24. A security analyst is trying to identify possible network addresses from different source networks belonging to the same company and region.

Which of the following shell script functions could help achieve the goal?

25. A security analyst is writing a shell script to identify IP addresses from the same country.

Which of the following functions would help the analyst achieve the objective?

26. A security analyst obtained the following table of results from a recent vulnerability assessment that was conducted against a single web server in the environment:

Which of the following should be completed first to remediate the findings?

27. A user reports a malware alert to the help desk. A technician verities the alert, determines the workstation is classified as a low-severity device, and uses network controls to block access. The technician then assigns the ticket to a security analyst who will complete the eradication and recovery processes.

Which of the following should the security analyst do next?

28. A digital forensics investigator works from duplicate images to preserve the integrity of the original evidence.

Which of the following types of media are most volatile and should be preserved? (Select two).

29. A development team recently released a new version of a public-facing website for testing prior to

production. The development team is soliciting the help of various teams to validate the functionality of the website due to its high visibility.

Which of the following activities best describes the process the development team is initiating?

30. A security technician is testing a solution that will prevent outside entities from spoofing the company's email domain, which is compatia.org. The testing is successful, and the security technician is prepared to fully implement the solution.

Which of the following actions should the technician take to accomplish this task?

31. A security analyst who works in the SOC receives a new requirement to monitor for indicators of

compromise.

Which of the following is the first action the analyst should take in this situation?

32. During an investigation, an analyst discovers the following rule in an executive's email client:

The executive is not aware of this rule.

Which of the following should the analyst do first to evaluate the potential impact of this security incident?

33. A security analyst is investigating a compromised Linux server.

The analyst issues the ps command and receives the following output:

Which of the following commands should the administrator run next to further analyze the compromised system?

34. The following output is from a tcpdump al the edge of the corporate network:

Which of the following best describes the potential security concern?

35. A company's threat team has been reviewing recent security incidents and looking for a common theme. The team discovered the incidents were caused by incorrect configurations on the impacted systems. The issues were reported to support teams, but no action was taken.

Which of the following is the next step the company should take to ensure any future issues are remediated?

36. A product manager is working with an analyst to design a new application that will perform as a data analytics platform and will be accessible via a web browser. The product manager suggests using a PaaS provider to host the application.

Which of the following is a security concern when using a PaaS solution?

37. A security analyst performs a weekly vulnerability scan on a network that has 240 devices and receives a report with 2.450 pages.

Which of the following would most likely decrease the number of false positives?

38. An organization wants to move non-essential services into a cloud computing environment. The management team has a cost focus and would like to achieve a recovery time objective of 12 hours.

Which of the following cloud recovery strategies would work best to attain the desired outcome?

39. A security analyst discovers the company's website is vulnerable to cross-site scripting.

Which of the following solutions will best remedy the vulnerability?

40. An organization supports a large number of remote users.

Which of the following is the best option to protect the data on the remote users' laptops?