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Pass Your CompTIA CS0-003 Exam with Practice Tests 2024 Updated, CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) | SPOTO

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Question #1
A Chief Information Security Officer wants to map all the attack vectors that the company faces each day. Which of the following recommendations should the company align their security controls around?
A. OSSTMM
B. Diamond Model Of Intrusion Analysis
C. OWASP
D. MITRE ATT&CK
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Correct Answer: B
Question #2
A security analyst is tasked with prioritizing vulnerabilities for remediation. The relevant company security policies are shown below: Security Policy 1006: Vulnerability Management * 1. The Company shall use the CVSSv3.1 Base Score Metrics (Exploitability and Impact) to prioritize the remediation of security vulnerabilities. * 2. In situations where a choice must be made between confidentiality and availability, the Company shall prioritize confidentiality of data over availability of systems and data. *
A. Option A
B. Option B
C. Option C
D. Option D
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Correct Answer: A
Question #3
The inability to do remote updates of certificates. keys software and firmware is a security issue commonly associated with:
A. web servers on private networks
B. HVAC control systems
C. smartphones
D. firewalls and UTM devices
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Correct Answer: B
Question #4
Which of the following should be found within an organization's acceptable use policy?
A. Passwords must be eight characters in length and contain at least one special character
B. Customer data must be handled properly, stored on company servers, and encrypted when possible
C. Administrator accounts must be audited monthly, and inactive accounts should be removed
D. Consequences of violating the policy could include discipline up to and including termination
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Correct Answer: A
Question #5
A security analyst is investigating a malware infection that occurred on a Windows system. The system was not connected to a network and had no wireless capability Company policy prohibits using portable media or mobile storage The security analyst is trying to determine which user caused the malware to get onto the system Which of the following registry keys would MOST likely have this information?
A. HKEY_USERS\\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
B. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
C. HKEY_USERS\\Software\Microsoft\Windows\explorer\MountPoints2
D. HKEY_USERS\\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Typed URLs
E. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\System\iusb3hub
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Correct Answer: A
Question #6
An analyst has been asked to provide feedback regarding the control required by a revised regulatory framework At this time, the analyst only needs to focus on the technical controls. Which of the following should the analyst provide an assessment of?
A. Tokenization of sensitive data
B. Establishment o' data classifications
C. Reporting on data retention and purging activities
D. Formal identification of data ownership
E. Execution of NDAs
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Correct Answer: A
Question #7
Which of the following BEST describes the process by which code is developed, tested, and deployed in small batches?
A. Agile
B. Waterfall
C. SDLC
D. Dynamic code analysis
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Correct Answer: B
Question #8
A security analyst discovers accounts in sensitive SaaS-based systems are not being removed in a timely manner when an employee leaves the organization To BEST resolve the issue, the organization should implement
A. federated authentication
B. role-based access control
C. manual account reviews
D. multifactor authentication
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Correct Answer: C
Question #9
An analyst is investigating an anomalous event reported by the SOC. After reviewing the system logs the analyst identifies an unexpected addition of a user with root-level privileges on the endpoint. Which of the following data sources will BEST help the analyst to determine whether this event constitutes an incident?
A. Patching logs
B. Threat feed
C. Backup logs
D. Change requests
E. Data classification matrix
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Correct Answer: D
Question #10
An information security analyst observes anomalous behavior on the SCADA devices in a power plant. This behavior results in the industrial generators overheating and destabilizing the power supply. Which of the following would BEST identify potential indicators of compromise?
A. Use Burp Suite to capture packets to the SCADA device's IP
B. Use tcpdump to capture packets from the SCADA device IP
C. Use Wireshark to capture packets between SCADA devices and the management system
D. Use Nmap to capture packets from the management system to the SCADA devices
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Correct Answer: C
Question #11
An analyst is participating in the solution analysis process for a cloud-hosted SIEM platform to centralize log monitoring and alerting capabilities in the SOC. Which of the following is the BEST approach for supply chain assessment when selecting a vendor?
A. Gather information from providers, including datacenter specifications and copies of audit reports
B. Identify SLA requirements for monitoring and logging
C. Consult with senior management for recommendations
D. Perform a proof of concept to identify possible solutions
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Correct Answer: A
Question #12
During an incident, a cybersecurity analyst found several entries in the web server logs that are related to an IP with a bad reputation . Which of the following would cause the analyst to further review the incident? A) B) C) D) E)
A. Option A
B. Option B
C. Option C
D. Option D
E. Option E
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Correct Answer: A
Question #13
A security analyst was alerted to a tile integrity monitoring event based on a change to the vhost-paymonts .c onf file The output of the diff command against the known-good backup reads as follows Which of the following MOST likely occurred?
A. The file was altered to accept payments without charging the cards
B. The file was altered to avoid logging credit card information
C. The file was altered to verify the card numbers are valid
D. The file was altered to harvest credit card numbers
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Correct Answer: A
Question #14
A user downloads software that contains malware onto a computer that eventually infects numerous other systems. Which of the following has the user become?
A. Hacklivist
B. Advanced persistent threat
C. Insider threat
D. Script kiddie
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Correct Answer: A
Question #15
Ransomware is identified on a company's network that affects both Windows and MAC hosts. The command and control channel for encryption for this variant uses TCP ports from 11000 to 65000. The channel goes to good1. Iholdbadkeys.com, which resolves to IP address 72.172.16.2. Which of the following is the MOST effective way to prevent any newly infected systems from actually encrypting the data on connected network drives while causing the least disruption to normal Internet traffic?
A. Block all outbound traffic to web host good1 iholdbadkeys
B. Block all outbound TCP connections to IP host address 172
C. Block all outbound traffic on TCP ports 11000 to 65000 at the border gateway
D. Block all outbound traffic on TCP ports 11000 to 65000 to IP host address 172
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Correct Answer: A
Question #16
A company was recently awarded several large government contracts and wants to determine its current risk from one specific APT. Which of the following threat modeling methodologies would be the MOST appropriate to use during this analysis?
A. Attack vectors
B. Adversary capability
C. Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis
D. Kill chain
E. Total attack surface
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Correct Answer: C
Question #17
A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is concerned that a specific threat actor who is known to target the company's business type may be able to breach the network and remain inside of it for an extended period of time. Which of the following techniques should be performed to meet the CISO's goals?
A. Vulnerability scanning
B. Adversary emulation
C. Passive discovery
D. Bug bounty
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Correct Answer: CE
Question #18
After receiving reports latency, a security analyst performs an Nmap scan and observes the following output: Which of the following suggests the system that produced output was compromised?
A. Secure shell is operating of compromise on this system
B. There are no indicators of compromise on this system
C. MySQL services is identified on a standard PostgreSQL port
D. Standard HTP is open on the system and should be closed
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Correct Answer: A
Question #19
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?
A. InLoud:Cobain: Yes Grohl: No Novo: Yes Smear: Yes Channing: No
B. TSpirit:Cobain: Yes Grohl: Yes Novo: Yes Smear: No Channing: No
C. ENameless: Cobain: Yes Grohl: No Novo: Yes Smear: No Channing: No
D. PBleach: Cobain: Yes Grohl: No Novo: No Smear: No Channing: Yes
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Correct Answer: B
Question #20
A compliance officer of a large organization has reviewed the firm's vendor management program but has discovered there are no controls defined to evaluate third-party risk or hardware source authenticity. The compliance officer wants to gain some level of assurance on a recurring basis regarding the implementation of controls by third parties. Which of the following would BEST satisfy the objectives defined by the compliance officer? (Choose two.)
A. Executing vendor compliance assessments against the organization's security controls
B. Executing NDAs prior to sharing critical data with third parties
C. Soliciting third-party audit reports on an annual basis
D. Maintaining and reviewing the organizational risk assessment on a quarterly basis
E. Completing a business impact assessment for all critical service providers
F. Utilizing DLP capabilities at both the endpoint and perimeter levels
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Correct Answer: CE
Question #21
An analyst recommends that an EDR agent collect the source IP address, make a connection to the firewall, and create a policy to block the malicious source IP address across the entire network automatically. Which of the following is the best option to help the analyst implement this recommendation?
A. SOAR
B. SIEM
C. SLA
D. IoC
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Correct Answer: C
Question #22
A cybersecurity analyst needs to rearchitect the network using a firewall and a VPN server to achieve the highest level of security To BEST complete this task, the analyst should place the:
A. firewall behind the VPN server
B. VPN server parallel to the firewall
C. VPN server behind the firewall
D. VPN on the firewall
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Correct Answer: A
Question #23
A security analyst recently discovered two unauthorized hosts on the campus's wireless network segment from a man-m-the-middle attack .The security analyst also verified that privileges were not escalated, and the two devices did not gain access to other network devices Which of the following would BEST mitigate and improve the security posture of the wireless network for this type of attack?
A. Enable MAC filtering on the wireless router and suggest a stronger encryption for the wireless network,
B. Change the SSID, strengthen the passcode, and implement MAC filtering on the wireless router
C. Enable MAC filtering on the wireless router and create a whitelist that allows devices on the network
D. Conduct a wireless survey to determine if the wireless strength needs to be reduced
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Correct Answer: D

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