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ISC SSCP Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Incident Response and Recovery | 13% | - Business continuity and disaster recovery - Incident handling and response lifecycle |
| Topic 2: Systems and Application Security | 15% | - Secure system configuration and hardening - Application security principles |
| Topic 3: Network and Communications Security | 16% | - Network security architecture and protocols - Secure communications and segmentation |
| Topic 4: Security Concepts and Practices | 16% | - Change management and security awareness - Security controls and asset lifecycle - Ethics, security principles, and foundational concepts |
| Topic 5: Access Controls | 15% | - Access control models (RBAC, ABAC, DAC, MAC, rule-based) - Authentication and identity management |
| Topic 6: Risk Identification, Monitoring and Analysis | 15% | - Risk management concepts and frameworks - Threat intelligence and vulnerability analysis |
| Topic 7: Cryptography | 10% | - Public key infrastructure (PKI) concepts - Encryption methods and key management |
ISC System Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) Questions Buyers Commonly Ask
- Cryptography (10%)
- Incident Response and Recovery (13%)
- Access Controls (15%)
ISC System Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) Sample Questions:
An effective information security policy should not have which of the following characteristic?
- A. Be designed with a short- to mid-term focus
- B. Include separation of duties
- C. Be understandable and supported by all stakeholders
- D. Specify areas of responsibility and authority
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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You are running a packet sniffer on a network and see a packet containing a long string of "0x90
0x90 0x90 0x90...." in the middle of it traveling to an x86-based machine as a target.
This could be indicative of what activity being attempted?
- A. Over-subscription of the traffic on a backbone.
- B. A buffer overflow attack.
- C. A FIN scan.
- D. A source quench packet.
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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What protocol is used on the Local Area Network (LAN) to obtain an IP address from it's known MAC address?
- A. Reverse address resolution protocol (RARP)
- B. Network address translation (NAT)
- C. Data link layer
- D. Address resolution protocol (ARP)
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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Kerberos uses asymmetric encryption.(True / False)
- A. False
- B. True
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
Which of the following statements pertaining to IPSec is incorrect?
- A. IPSec protects against spoofing.
- B. IPSec can help in protecting networks from some of the IP network attacks.
- C. IPSec provides confidentiality and integrity to information transferred over IP networks through transport layer encryption and authentication.
- D. IPSec protects against man-in-the-middle attacks.
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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