CASP + study UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
An organization is referencing NIST best practices for BCP creation while reviewing current
internal
organizational processes for mission-essential items.
Which of the following phases establishes the identification and prioritization of critical systems
and functions?
A. Review a recent gap analysis.
B. Perform a cost-benefit analysis.
C. Conduct a business impact analysis.
D. Develop an exposure factor matrix. - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Conduct a business
impact analysis.
An organization is preparing to migrate its production environment systems from an on-premises
environment
to a cloud service. The lead security architect is concerned that the organization's current
methods for
addressing risk may not be possible in the cloud environment.
Which of the following BEST describes the reason why traditional methods of addressing risk
may not be
possible in the cloud?
A. Migrating operations assumes the acceptance of all risk.
B. Cloud providers are unable to avoid risk.
C. Specific risks cannot be transferred to the cloud provider.
D. Risks to data in the cloud cannot be mitigated. - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Specific
risks cannot be transferred to the cloud provider.
A company created an external application for its customers. A security researcher now reports
that the
,application has a serious LDAP injection vulnerability that could be leveraged to bypass
authentication and
authorization.
Which of the following actions would BEST resolve the issue? (Choose two.)
A. Conduct input sanitization.
B. Deploy a SIEM.
C. Use containers.
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D. Patch the OS
E. Deploy a WAF.
F. Deploy a reverse proxy - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Conduct input sanitization.
E. Deploy a WAF.
In preparation for the holiday season, a company redesigned the system that manages retail sales
and moved
it to a cloud service provider. The new infrastructure did not meet the company's availability
requirements.
During a postmortem analysis, the following issues were highlighted:
1. International users reported latency when images on the web page were initially loading.
2. During times of report processing, users reported issues with inventory when attempting to
place orders.
3. Despite the fact that ten new API servers were added, the load across servers was heavy at
peak times.
Which of the following infrastructure design changes would be BEST for the organization to
implement to avoid
these issues in the future?
A. Serve static content via distributed CDNs, create a read replica of the central database and
pull reports
from there, and auto-scale API servers based on performance.
B. Increase the bandwidth for t - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Serve static content via
distributed CDNs, create a read replica of the central database and pull reports
,from there, and auto-scale API servers based on performance.
During a remodel, a company's computer equipment was moved to a secure storage room with
cameras
positioned on both sides of the door. The door is locked using a card reader issued by the
security team, and
only the security team and department managers have access to the room. The company wants to
be able to
identify any unauthorized individuals who enter the storage room by following an authorized
employee.
Which of the following processes would BEST satisfy this requirement?
A. Monitor camera footage corresponding to a valid access request.
B. Require both security and management to open the door.
C. Require department managers to review denied-access requests.
D. Issue new entry badges on a weekly basis. - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Monitor camera
footage corresponding to a valid access request.
A company is preparing to deploy a global service.
Which of the following must the company do to ensure GDPR compliance? (Choose two.)
A. Inform users regarding what data is stored.
B. Provide opt-in/out for marketing messages.
C. Provide data deletion capabilities.
D. Provide optional data encryption.
E. Grant data access to third parties.
F. Provide alternative authentication techniques. - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Inform users
regarding what data is stored.
B. Provide opt-in/out for marketing messages.
A SOC analyst is reviewing malicious activity on an external, exposed web server. During the
investigation, the
, analyst determines specific traffic is not being logged, and there is no visibility from the WAF
for the web
application.
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?
A. The user agent client is not compatible with the WAF.
B. A certificate on the WAF is expired.
C. HTTP traffic is not forwarding to HTTPS to decrypt.
D. Old, vulnerable cipher suites are still being used. - CORRECT ANSWER - A. The user
agent client is not compatible with the WAF.
A security analyst is reviewing the following output:
Which of the following would BEST mitigate this type of attack?
A. Installing a network firewall
B. Placing a WAF inline
C. Implementing an IDS
D. Deploying a honeypot - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Placing a WAF inline
Which of the following terms refers to the delivery of encryption keys to a CASB or a third-party
entity?
A. Key sharing
B. Key distribution
C. Key recovery
D. Key escrow - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Key distribution
An organization is implementing a new identity and access management architecture with the
following
objectives:
Supporting MFA against on-premises infrastructure
Improving the user experience by integrating with SaaS applications
Questions and CORRECT Answers
An organization is referencing NIST best practices for BCP creation while reviewing current
internal
organizational processes for mission-essential items.
Which of the following phases establishes the identification and prioritization of critical systems
and functions?
A. Review a recent gap analysis.
B. Perform a cost-benefit analysis.
C. Conduct a business impact analysis.
D. Develop an exposure factor matrix. - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Conduct a business
impact analysis.
An organization is preparing to migrate its production environment systems from an on-premises
environment
to a cloud service. The lead security architect is concerned that the organization's current
methods for
addressing risk may not be possible in the cloud environment.
Which of the following BEST describes the reason why traditional methods of addressing risk
may not be
possible in the cloud?
A. Migrating operations assumes the acceptance of all risk.
B. Cloud providers are unable to avoid risk.
C. Specific risks cannot be transferred to the cloud provider.
D. Risks to data in the cloud cannot be mitigated. - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Specific
risks cannot be transferred to the cloud provider.
A company created an external application for its customers. A security researcher now reports
that the
,application has a serious LDAP injection vulnerability that could be leveraged to bypass
authentication and
authorization.
Which of the following actions would BEST resolve the issue? (Choose two.)
A. Conduct input sanitization.
B. Deploy a SIEM.
C. Use containers.
D283ABFBEDB32CDCE3B3406B9C29DB2F
D. Patch the OS
E. Deploy a WAF.
F. Deploy a reverse proxy - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Conduct input sanitization.
E. Deploy a WAF.
In preparation for the holiday season, a company redesigned the system that manages retail sales
and moved
it to a cloud service provider. The new infrastructure did not meet the company's availability
requirements.
During a postmortem analysis, the following issues were highlighted:
1. International users reported latency when images on the web page were initially loading.
2. During times of report processing, users reported issues with inventory when attempting to
place orders.
3. Despite the fact that ten new API servers were added, the load across servers was heavy at
peak times.
Which of the following infrastructure design changes would be BEST for the organization to
implement to avoid
these issues in the future?
A. Serve static content via distributed CDNs, create a read replica of the central database and
pull reports
from there, and auto-scale API servers based on performance.
B. Increase the bandwidth for t - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Serve static content via
distributed CDNs, create a read replica of the central database and pull reports
,from there, and auto-scale API servers based on performance.
During a remodel, a company's computer equipment was moved to a secure storage room with
cameras
positioned on both sides of the door. The door is locked using a card reader issued by the
security team, and
only the security team and department managers have access to the room. The company wants to
be able to
identify any unauthorized individuals who enter the storage room by following an authorized
employee.
Which of the following processes would BEST satisfy this requirement?
A. Monitor camera footage corresponding to a valid access request.
B. Require both security and management to open the door.
C. Require department managers to review denied-access requests.
D. Issue new entry badges on a weekly basis. - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Monitor camera
footage corresponding to a valid access request.
A company is preparing to deploy a global service.
Which of the following must the company do to ensure GDPR compliance? (Choose two.)
A. Inform users regarding what data is stored.
B. Provide opt-in/out for marketing messages.
C. Provide data deletion capabilities.
D. Provide optional data encryption.
E. Grant data access to third parties.
F. Provide alternative authentication techniques. - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Inform users
regarding what data is stored.
B. Provide opt-in/out for marketing messages.
A SOC analyst is reviewing malicious activity on an external, exposed web server. During the
investigation, the
, analyst determines specific traffic is not being logged, and there is no visibility from the WAF
for the web
application.
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?
A. The user agent client is not compatible with the WAF.
B. A certificate on the WAF is expired.
C. HTTP traffic is not forwarding to HTTPS to decrypt.
D. Old, vulnerable cipher suites are still being used. - CORRECT ANSWER - A. The user
agent client is not compatible with the WAF.
A security analyst is reviewing the following output:
Which of the following would BEST mitigate this type of attack?
A. Installing a network firewall
B. Placing a WAF inline
C. Implementing an IDS
D. Deploying a honeypot - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Placing a WAF inline
Which of the following terms refers to the delivery of encryption keys to a CASB or a third-party
entity?
A. Key sharing
B. Key distribution
C. Key recovery
D. Key escrow - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Key distribution
An organization is implementing a new identity and access management architecture with the
following
objectives:
Supporting MFA against on-premises infrastructure
Improving the user experience by integrating with SaaS applications
