New Release GSNA Audit GSNA Questions

Storage and retention policies will determine how long you keep records (such as records of customers Web activity), how you will store them, and how you will dispose of them. This will allow you to know what records you should still have on hand should a legal request for such records come in. Answer: C is incorrect. User policies might determine what a customer has access to, but won't help you identify what they actually did access. Answer: A is incorrect. Group policies are usually pertinent to network administration, not the open and uncontrolled environment of an ISP. Answer: B is incorrect. Backup policies dictate how data is backed up and stored.

A Cisco router can have multiple connections to networks. These connections are known as interfaces for Cisco Routers. For naming each interface, Cisco generally uses the type of interface as part of the name. Following are some of the naming conventions of Cisco Router interfaces: An Ethernet interface that is fast always starts with an F. An interface connected to a serial connection always starts with an S. An interface connected to an Ethernet segment of the network always starts with an E. An interface connected to a Token Ring segment always starts with To.

Any unauthorized Wireless Access Point (WAP) is a serious security breach. Its configuration might be very unsecure. For example it might not use encryption or MAC filtering, thus allowing anyone in range to get on the network.

Corrective controls are used after a security breach. After security has been breached, corrective controls are intended to limit the extent of any damage caused by the incident, e.g. by recovering the organization to normal working status as efficiently as possible. Answer: D is incorrect. Before the event, preventive controls are intended to prevent an incident from occurring, e.g. by locking out unauthorized intruders. Answer: B is incorrect. During the event, detective controls are intended to identify and characterize an incident in progress, e.g. by sounding the intruder alarm and alerting the security guards or the police. Answer: A is incorrect. Safeguards are those controls that provide some amount of protection to an asset.