Security+ SY0-801

Vulnerability Management and Monitoring

12 of 60 questions in the app

Vulnerability management

  1. What is a vulnerability scanner used for? Easy
  2. What is an authenticated vulnerability scan? Easy
  3. What does cloud security posture management (CSPM) monitor? Easy
  4. What does IPAM stand for, and how does it help with vulnerability management? Easy
  5. A scanner reports a flaw that does not exist on the system at all. What is this called? Easy
  6. What is the usual first way to fix a known software flaw? Easy
  7. Why is a system scanned again after patching? Easy
  8. What is a bug bounty program? Easy

Vulnerability management

  1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of an authenticated scan compared with an unauthenticated one? Medium
  2. Why does a source code review complement the vulnerability scan? Medium

Vulnerability management

  1. A scan finds the same flaw with CVSS 7.8 on 300 servers. It requires local access. 20 of these servers are terminal servers with many users. How do you prioritize? Hard
  2. A scanner reports a flaw in the OpenSSL package on a Linux server, but the distribution vendor applied the fix via a backport and the version number stayed the same. What is this, and what should be done? Hard

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