New CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 FREE Dumps Questions

1. After an identified security breach, an analyst is tasked to initiate the IR process.
Which of the following is the NEXT step the analyst should take?

2. A company was recently audited by a third party. The audit revealed the company's network devices were transferring files in the clear.
Which of the following protocols should the company use to transfer files?

3. During a monthly vulnerability scan, a server was flagged for being vulnerable to an Apache
Struts exploit. Upon further investigation, the developer responsible for the server informs the security team that Apache Struts is not installed on the server.
Which of the following BEST
describes how the security team should reach to this incident?

4. A systems administrator wants to protect data stored on mobile devices that are used to scan and record assets in a warehouse. The control must automatically destroy the secure container of mobile devices if they leave the warehouse.
Which of the following should the administrator implement? (Select two.)

5. A security analyst is performing a quantitative risk analysis. The risk analysis should show the potential monetary loss each time a threat or event occurs. Given this requirement, which of the following concepts would assist the analyst in determining this value? (Select two.)

6. Which of the following AES modes of operation provide authentication? (Select two.)

7. An audit takes place after company-wide restricting, in which several employees changed roles.
The following deficiencies are found during the audit regarding access to confidential data:
Which of the following would be the BEST method to prevent similar audit findings in the future?

8. A security engineer is configuring a wireless network that must support mutual authentication of the wireless client and the authentication server before users provide credentials. The wireless network must also support authentication with usernames and passwords.
Which of the following authentication protocols MUST the security engineer select?

9. A system's administrator has finished configuring firewall ACL to allow access to a new web answer.
PERMIT TCP from: ANY to: 192.168.1.10:80
PERMIT TCP from: ANY to: 192.168.1.10:443
DENY TCP from: ANY to: ANY
The security administrator confirms form the following packet capture that there is network traffic from the internet to the web server:
TCP 10.23.243.2:2000->192.168.1.10:80 POST/default's
TCP 172.16.4.100:1934->192.168.1.10:80
GET/session.aspx?user_1_sessionid= a12ad8741d8f7e7ac723847aa8231a
The company's internal auditor issues a security finding and requests that immediate action be taken. With which of the following is the auditor MOST concerned?

10. Which of the following vulnerability types would the type of hacker known as a script kiddie be
MOST dangerous against?

11. A company hired a third-party firm to conduct as assessment of vulnerabilities exposed to the
Internet. The firm informs the company that an exploit exists for an FTP server that has a version installed from eight years ago. The company has decided to keep the system online anyway, as no upgrade exists from the vendor.
Which of the following BEST describes the reason why the vulnerability exists?

12. An in-house penetration tester is using a packet capture device to listen in on network communications.
This is an example of:

13. A black hat hacker is enumerating a network and wants to remain convert during the process.
The hacker initiates a vulnerability scan. Given the task at hand the requirement of being convert,
which of the following statements BEST indicates that the vulnerability scan meets these requirements?

14. A development team has adopted a new approach to projects in which feedback is iterative and multiple iterations of deployments are provided within an application's full life cycle.
Which of the following software development methodologies is the development team using?

15. A Chief Executive Officer (CEO) suspects someone in the lab testing environment is stealing confidential information after working hours when no one else is around.
Which of the following actions can help to prevent this specific threat?

16. A company hires a third-party firm to conduct an assessment of vulnerabilities exposed to the
Internet. The firm informs the company that an exploit exists for an FTP server that had a version installed from eight years ago. The company has decided to keep the system online anyway, as no upgrade exists form the vendor.
Which of the following BEST describes the reason why the vulnerability exists?

17. An organization uses SSO authentication for employee access to network resources. When an employee resigns, as per the organization's security policy, the employee's access to all network resources is terminated immediately. Two weeks later, the former employee sends an email to the help desk for a password reset to access payroll information from the human resources server.
Which of the following represents the BEST course of action?

18. Joe, a user, wants to send Ann, another user, a confidential document electronically.
Which of the following should Joe do to ensure the document is protected from eavesdropping?

19. A director of IR is reviewing a report regarding several recent breaches. The director compiles the following statistic's
- Initial IR engagement time frame
- Length of time before an executive management notice went out
- Average IR phase completion
The director wants to use the data to shorten the response time.
Which of the following would accomplish this?

20. To reduce disk consumption, an organization's legal department has recently approved a new policy setting the data retention period for sent email at six months.
Which of the following is the
BEST way to ensure this goal is met?