CAS-004 sample questions

Question 1

An organization is preparing to migrate its production environment systems from an on-premises environment to a cloud service. The lead security architect is concerned that the organization's current methods for addressing risk may not be possible in the cloud environment.Which of the following BEST describes the reason why traditional methods of addressing risk may not be possible in the cloud?

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Specific risks cannot be transferred to the cloud provider.

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Cloud providers are unable to avoid risk.

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Risks to data in the cloud cannot be mitigated.

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Migrating operations assumes the acceptance of all risk.

Question 2

A company created an external application for its customers. A security researcher now reports that the application has a serious LDAP injection vulnerability that could be leveraged to bypass authentication and authorization.Which of the following actions would BEST resolve the issue? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Conduct input sanitization.

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Deploy a WA

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Deploy a reverse proxy

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Patch the OS

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Deploy a SIEM.

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Use containers.

Question 3

In preparation for the holiday season, a company redesigned the system that manages retail sales and moved it to a cloud service provider. The new infrastructure did not meet the company's availability requirements. During a postmortem analysis, the following issues were highlighted:1. International users reported latency when images on the web page were initially loading.2. During times of report processing, users reported issues with inventory when attempting to place orders.3. Despite the fact that ten new API servers were added, the load across servers was heavy at peak times.Which of the following infrastructure design changes would be BEST for the organization to implement to avoid these issues in the future?

Accepted Answer

Serve static content via distributed CDNs, create a read replica of the central database and pull reports from there, and auto-scale API servers based on performance.

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Serve static-content object storage across different regions, increase the instance size on the managed relational database, and distribute the ten API servers across multiple regions.

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Serve images from an object storage bucket with infrequent read times, replicate the database across different regions, and dynamically create API servers based on load.

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Increase the bandwidth for the server that delivers images, use a CDN, change the database to a non-relational database, and split the ten API servers across two load balancers.

Question 4

During a remodel, a company's computer equipment was moved to a secure storage room with cameras positioned on both sides of the door. The door is locked using a card reader issued by the security team, and only the security team and department managers have access to the room. The company wants to be able to identify any unauthorized individuals who enter the storage room by following an authorized employee. Which of the following processes would BEST satisfy this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Monitor camera footage corresponding to a valid access request.

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Issue new entry badges on a weekly basis.

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Require both security and management to open the door.

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Require department managers to review denied-access requests.

Question 5

A company is preparing to deploy a global service.Which of the following must the company do to ensure GDPR compliance? (Choose two.)

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Inform users regarding what data is stored.

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Provide data deletion capabilities.

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Provide optional data encryption.

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Provide opt-in/out for marketing messages.

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Provide alternative authentication techniques.

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Grant data access to third parties.

Question 6

A SOC analyst is reviewing malicious activity on an external, exposed web server. During the investigation, the analyst determines specific traffic is not being logged, and there is no visibility from the WAF for the web application.Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

Accepted Answer

HTTP traffic is not forwarding to HTTPS to decrypt.

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The user agent client is not compatible with the WA

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Old, vulnerable cipher suites are still being used.

Free CAS-004 sample questions

A company created an external application for its customers. A security researcher now reports that the application has a serious LDAP injection vulnerability that could be leveraged to bypass authentication and authorization.Which of the following actions would BEST resolve the issue? (Choose two.)

A company is preparing to deploy a global service.Which of the following must the company do to ensure GDPR compliance? (Choose two.)

A SOC analyst is reviewing malicious activity on an external, exposed web server. During the investigation, the analyst determines specific traffic is not being logged, and there is no visibility from the WAF for the web application.Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

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