Network Security Questions
Practice questions for Network Security topic in CompTIA Network+. 15 questions covering this domain.
Which security concept ensures that users are granted only the permissions necessary to perform their job functions?
A company policy requires that IoT sensors on the factory floor be isolated from the corporate network to prevent lateral movement in case of compromi...
An attacker sends an unsolicited email impersonating a bank and asking users to click a link to update their credentials. What type of attack is this?
An attacker connects a rogue switch to a network and sends superior BPDUs to become the root bridge, allowing them to capture traffic. Which attack te...
Which protocol provides centralized authentication, authorization, and accounting for network access and is commonly used with VPNs and wireless netwo...
A security team deploys a decoy system that appears to be a legitimate production server to detect and analyze attacker activity. What is this system ...
An organization implements 802.1X authentication on all wired switch ports. A user plugs in a laptop and must authenticate before the switch grants ne...
A security analyst is reviewing firewall logs and sees a large volume of SYN packets from many different source IPs directed at a single server, with ...
Which type of firewall inspects traffic based on the state of network connections, tracking whether packets belong to an established, related, or new ...
A security analyst notices that an attacker has set up an open Wi-Fi hotspot with the same SSID as the corporate wireless network in the company parki...
What does the 'C' in the CIA triad represent in information security?
Which protocol provides single sign-on (SSO) capability by allowing an identity provider to assert authentication to a service provider using XML-base...
An attacker sends a series of ARP reply packets to a switch, associating the router's IP address with the attacker's MAC address. What type of attack ...
An organization wants to implement network access control that verifies the security posture of devices before granting network access. Which technolo...
An organization must comply with PCI DSS for cardholder data processing. A network architect is designing the network segmentation. Which segmentation...
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