A company recently started accepting credit card payments in their local warehouses and is undergoing a PCI audit. Based on business requirements, the company needs to store sensitive authentication data for 45 days. How must data be stored for compliance?
An audit is assessing a small business that is selling automotive parts and diagnostic services. Due to increased customer demands, the company recently started to accept credit card payments and acquired a POS terminal. Which compliance regulations must the audit apply to the company?
An engineer is developing an application that requires frequent updates to close feedback loops and enable teams to quickly apply patches. The team wants their code updates to get to market as often as possible. Which software development approach should be used to accomplish these goals?
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A threat actor behind a single computer exploited a cloud-based application by sending multiple concurrent API requests. These requests made the application unresponsive. Which solution protects the application from being overloaded and ensures more equitable application access across the end-user community?
What is a limitation of cyber security risk insurance?
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What is occurring in this packet capture?
What is the HTTP response code when the REST API information requested by the authenticated user cannot be found?
An engineer received an incident ticket of a malware outbreak and used antivirus and malware removal tools to eradicate the threat. The engineer notices that abnormal processes are still occurring in the system and determines that manual intervention is needed to clean the infected host and restore functionality. What is the next step the engineer should take to complete this playbook step?
An engineer notices that every Sunday night, there is a two-hour period with a large load of network activity. Upon further investigation, the engineer finds that the activity is from locations around the globe outside the organization’s service area. What are the next steps the engineer must take?
The SIEM tool informs a SOC team of a suspicious file. The team initializes the analysis with an automated sandbox tool, sets up a controlled laboratory to examine the malware specimen, and proceeds with behavioral analysis. What is the next step in the malware analysis process?
What is a principle of Infrastructure as Code?
A new malware variant is discovered hidden in pirated software that is distributed on the Internet. Executives have asked for an organizational risk assessment. The security officer is given a list of all assets. According to NIST, which two elements are missing to calculate the risk assessment? (Choose two.)
A SIEM tool fires an alert about a VPN connection attempt from an unusual location. The incident response team validates that an attacker has installed a remote access tool on a user’s laptop while traveling. The attacker has the user’s credentials and is attempting to connect to the network.
What is the next step in handling the incident?
The network operations center has identified malware, created a ticket within their ticketing system, and assigned the case to the SOC with high-level information. A SOC analyst was able to stop the malware from spreading and identified the attacking host. What is the next step in the incident response workflow?
Where do threat intelligence tools search for data to identify potential malicious IP addresses, domain names, and URLs?
An engineer returned to work and realized that payments that were received over the weekend were sent to the wrong recipient. The engineer discovered that the SaaS tool that processes these payments was down over the weekend. Which step should the engineer take first?
An engineer received an alert of a zero-day vulnerability affecting desktop phones through which an attacker sends a crafted packet to a device, resets the credentials, makes the device unavailable, and allows a default
administrator account login. Which step should an engineer take after receiving this alert?
A company launched an e-commerce website with multiple points of sale through internal and external e- stores. Customers access the stores from the public website, and employees access the stores from the intranet with an SSO. Which action is needed to comply with PCI standards for hardening the systems?
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An engineer received multiple reports from employees unable to log into systems with the error: The Group Policy Client service failed to logon – Access is denied. Through further analysis, the engineer discovered several unexpected modifications to system settings. Which type of breach is occurring?
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An engineer received a report that an attacker has compromised a workstation and gained access to sensitive customer data from the network using insecure protocols. Which action prevents this type of attack in the future?