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SANS – SEC530 (Defensible Security Architecture and
Engineering: Implementing Zero Trust for the Hybrid
Enterprise) (SANS SEC530) EXAM (LATEST 2026/2027)
|| MOST RECENT EXAM 2026|2027 ACTUAL
COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
Which of the following is described by Lockheed Martin as
a countermeasure action to the Kill Chain?
A) Disrupt
B) Prevent
C) React
D) Remove - Answer-A) Disrupt
What is an easy to implement and effective control an
organization can leverage to make pivoting more difficult
for an attacker?
A) WPA2
B) P2P patching
C) Private VLAN
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D) VPN - Answer-C) Private VLAN
Which type of private VLAN ports may only communicate
with promiscuous ports?
A) Isolated
B) Promiscuous
C) Network
D) Community - Answer-A) Isolated
Which of the following wireless standards supports up to
1300 Mbps?
A) 802.11b
B) 802.11ac
C) 802.11n
D) 802.11w - Answer-B) 802.11ac
In which phase of the security architecture design lifecycle
is threat modeling and attack surface analysis conducted?
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A) Scan
B) Discover and Assess
C) Plan
D) Design - Answer-C) Plan
Which of the following is the best practice to mitigate
against the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) information
leakage attack?
A) Disable the CDP unless expressly required.
B) No mitigations are needed since CDP is secure by
default.
C) Schedule the CDP patch regularly.
D) Enable the SECDP feature in the CDP to secure the
CDP. - Answer-A) Disable the CDP unless expressly
required.
Which of the following is a recommended USB keyboard
mitigation for sites requiring high security?
A) Disable USB ports in the system.
B) Restrict USB devices with approved PIDs and VIDs.
C) Block the USB devices physically.
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D) Restrict USB devices with approved user accounts. -
Answer-C) Block the USB devices physically.
Which of the following Cisco IOS commands is used to
shut the port down automatically when the maximum
number of MAC addresses is exceeded?
A) switchport port-security violation shutdown
B) switchport port-security limit rate source-mac-shutdown
C) switchport port-security violation auto-shutdown
D) switchport port-security mac-exceed-port-shutdown -
Answer-A) switchport port-security violation shutdown
What is a common failing associated with focusing only on
compliance-drive security?
A) Compliance-driven security tends to focus only on
hardening internal systems.
B) Compliance-driven security tends to focus only on
hardening the perimeter.
C) Compliance-driven security tends to be costly in terms
of solutions and resources.
SANS – SEC530 (Defensible Security Architecture and
Engineering: Implementing Zero Trust for the Hybrid
Enterprise) (SANS SEC530) EXAM (LATEST 2026/2027)
|| MOST RECENT EXAM 2026|2027 ACTUAL
COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
Which of the following is described by Lockheed Martin as
a countermeasure action to the Kill Chain?
A) Disrupt
B) Prevent
C) React
D) Remove - Answer-A) Disrupt
What is an easy to implement and effective control an
organization can leverage to make pivoting more difficult
for an attacker?
A) WPA2
B) P2P patching
C) Private VLAN
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D) VPN - Answer-C) Private VLAN
Which type of private VLAN ports may only communicate
with promiscuous ports?
A) Isolated
B) Promiscuous
C) Network
D) Community - Answer-A) Isolated
Which of the following wireless standards supports up to
1300 Mbps?
A) 802.11b
B) 802.11ac
C) 802.11n
D) 802.11w - Answer-B) 802.11ac
In which phase of the security architecture design lifecycle
is threat modeling and attack surface analysis conducted?
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A) Scan
B) Discover and Assess
C) Plan
D) Design - Answer-C) Plan
Which of the following is the best practice to mitigate
against the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) information
leakage attack?
A) Disable the CDP unless expressly required.
B) No mitigations are needed since CDP is secure by
default.
C) Schedule the CDP patch regularly.
D) Enable the SECDP feature in the CDP to secure the
CDP. - Answer-A) Disable the CDP unless expressly
required.
Which of the following is a recommended USB keyboard
mitigation for sites requiring high security?
A) Disable USB ports in the system.
B) Restrict USB devices with approved PIDs and VIDs.
C) Block the USB devices physically.
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D) Restrict USB devices with approved user accounts. -
Answer-C) Block the USB devices physically.
Which of the following Cisco IOS commands is used to
shut the port down automatically when the maximum
number of MAC addresses is exceeded?
A) switchport port-security violation shutdown
B) switchport port-security limit rate source-mac-shutdown
C) switchport port-security violation auto-shutdown
D) switchport port-security mac-exceed-port-shutdown -
Answer-A) switchport port-security violation shutdown
What is a common failing associated with focusing only on
compliance-drive security?
A) Compliance-driven security tends to focus only on
hardening internal systems.
B) Compliance-driven security tends to focus only on
hardening the perimeter.
C) Compliance-driven security tends to be costly in terms
of solutions and resources.
