CAS-001 Exam Questions

Part of the procedure for decommissioning a database server is to wipe all local disks, as well as SAN LUNs allocated to the server, even though the SAN itself is not being decommi...

Which of the following BEST describes the implications of placing an IDS device inside or outside of the corporate firewall?

At 9:00 am each morning, all of the virtual desktops in a VDI implementation become extremely slow and/or unresponsive. The outage lasts for around 10 minutes, after which everythi...

A security administrator is shown the following log excerpt from a Unix system: 2013 Oct 10 07:14:57 web14 sshd[1632]: Failed password for root from 198.51.100.23 port 37914 ssh2 2...

The security administrator is reviewing the business continuity plan which consists of virtual infrastructures at corporate headquarters and at the backup site. The administrator i...

A large bank deployed a DLP solution to detect and block customer and credit card data from leaving the organization via email. A disgruntled employee was able to successfully exfi...

Due to a new regulatory requirement, ABC Company must now encrypt all WAN transmissions. When speaking with the network administrator, the security administrator learns that the ex...

A business owner has raised concerns with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) because money has been spent on IT security infrastructure, but corporate assets are still f...

Company XYZ has purchased and is now deploying a new HTML5 application. The company wants to hire a penetration tester to evaluate the security of the client and server components...

A company has been purchased by another agency and the new security architect has identified new security goals for the organization. The current location has video surveillance th...

During a new desktop refresh, all hosts are hardened at the OS level before deployment to comply with policy. Six months later, the company is audited for compliance to regulations...

Which of the following does SAML uses to prevent government auditors or law enforcement from identifying specific entities as having already connected to a service provider through...

In order to reduce costs and improve employee satisfaction, a large corporation is creating a BYOD policy. It will allow access to email and remote connections to the corporate ent...

Company XYZ provides cable television service to several regional areas. They are currently installing fiber-to-the-home in many areas with hopes of also providing telephone and In...

Warehouse users are reporting performance issues at the end of each month when trying to access cloud applications to complete their end of the month financial reports. They have n...

A university Chief Information Security Officer is analyzing various solutions for a new project involving the upgrade of the network infrastructure within the campus. The campus h...

The security administrator of a large enterprise is tasked with installing and configuring a solution that will allow the company to inspect HTTPS traffic for signs of hidden malwa...

A developer has implemented a piece of client-side JavaScript code to sanitize a user's provided input to a web page login screen. The code ensures that only the upper case and low...

The Information Security Officer (ISO) is reviewing a summary of the findings from the last COOP tabletop exercise. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) wants to determine which add...

The Information Security Officer (ISO) believes that the company has been targeted by cybercriminals and it is under a cyber attack. Internal services that are normally available t...

A security administrator is tasked with implementing two-factor authentication for the company VPN. The VPN is currently configured to authenticate VPN users against a backend RADI...