Security Administration GSEC Passing Score

GIAC Security Essentials Questions and Answers

Question 5

What is the main problem with relying solely on firewalls to protect your company's sensitive data?

Their value is limited unless a full-featured Intrusion Detection System is used.

Their value is limited because they cannot be changed once they are configured.

Their value is limited because operating systems are now automatically patched.

Their value is limited because they can be bypassed by technical and non-technical means.

Question 6

What is a recommended defense against SQL injection, OS injection, and buffer overflows?

Put in an application layer

Validate user input

Use a secure protocol like HTTPS

Use stored procedures

Question 7

Which of the following is a potential WPA3 security issue?

Backward compatibility

Disassociate frame DoS

Traffic decryption with PSK

Short key lengths

Question 8

Which Defense-in-Depth principle starts with an awareness of the value of each section of information within an organization?

Information centric defense

Uniform information protection

General information protection

Perimeter layering