INTRODUCTION – Cybersecurity Rules and Programming Languages

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE: IMPORTANT CYBERSECURITY TOOLS

1. What tool is designed to capture and analyze data traffic within a network?

2. What type of tool uses dashboards to organize data into categories and allows analysts to identify potential security incidents as they happen?

3. What can cybersecurity professionals use logs for?

4. Fill in the blank: A _____   is a manual that provides details about operational actions.

5. Which of the following can be used to perform repetitive, time-consuming tasks and/or request information from a database? Select two answers.

PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY: DRAFT A PROFESSIONAL STATEMENT

1. Your professional statement includes strengths. 

2. Your professional statement includes values.

3. Your professional statement explains your interest in the cybersecurity profession.

4. Your professional statement explains how your strengths, values, and interest in the field of cybersecurity can meet the security goals of an organization.

5. Your professional statement is free from grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.

MODULE 4 CHALLENGE

1. Which of the following statements correctly describes logs? Select two answers.

2. Which of the following tasks can be performed using SIEM tools? Select three answers.

3. A cybersecurity analyst needs to collect data from multiple places to analyze filtered events and patterns. What type of tool should they use?

4. Fill in the blank: A security professional uses a _____ as a manual to guide operational activities.

5. As a security analyst, you are tasked with auditing your organization’s network to identify security related issues. How might a network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) help you perform this task?

6. What are some key benefits of programming languages? Select all that apply.

7. Fill in the blank: Linux relies on a(n) _____ as the primary user interface.

8. Fill in the blank: A database is a _____ of organized data stored in a computer system.

9. What are some key benefits of using Python to perform security tasks? Select all that apply.

10. A cybersecurity analyst is tasked with proactively searching for threats and performing incident analysis. What type of tool should they use?

11. Fill in the blank: A security team uses a _____ to help them document organizational processes from beginning to end.

12. As a security analyst, you are monitoring network traffic and detect a large number of failed login attempts. Which of the following tools would help you investigate this incident? Select two answers.

13. A security team wants to examine logs to understand what is occurring within their systems. Why might they choose Linux to perform this task? Select two answers.

14. What are some key benefits of using Python to perform security tasks? Select all that apply.

15. Fill in the blank: To request information from a _____, security professionals can use SQL.

16. As a security analyst, you are monitoring network traffic to ensure that SPII data is not being accessed by unauthorized users. What does this scenario describe?

17. What are some key benefits of programming languages? Select all that apply.

18. What term is used to describe publicly available systems, such as Linux?

19. Fill in the blank: Security professionals use _____ to help them manage a security incident before, during, and after it has occurred.

20. Fill in the blank: Instead of reviewing pages and pages of logs to determine if there are any new security threats, analysts can use _____ tools, which provide alerts for specific types of threats and risks.

21.  Fill in the blank: Security professionals can use _____ to interact with and request information from a database.

22. What do security professionals use to interact with and request information from a database?