GIAC (SANS)

GIAC Continuous Monitoring Certification

GMON

The GIAC Continuous Monitoring (GMON) certification validates your ability to build, monitor, and adapt defenses for real-time visibility. It proves you can deter intrusions, detect anomalous activity, and implement network security monitoring, continuous monitoring, and continuous diagnostics and mitigation. This credential is for security architects, senior security engineers, SOC analysts, and technical managers who defend enterprise networks.

Practice Free Questions

7Domains

17Objectives

153Practice pages

739Free questions

GMON free practice questions

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Cyber Defense Principles

33 questions · 7 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–33

Security Architecture Overview

39 questions · 8 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–39

Threat Informed Defense

38 questions · 8 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–38

Network Security Monitoring Tools

55 questions · 11 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–55

NIDS/NIPS/NGFW

45 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45

Perimeter Protection Devices

34 questions · 7 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–34

Proxies & SIEM

41 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–41

HIDS/HIPS/Endpoint Firewalls

37 questions · 8 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–37

Device Monitoring

49 questions · 10 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–49

Software Inventories and Application Control

43 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–43

Configuration Monitoring

54 questions · 11 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–54

Discovery and Vulnerability Scanning

44 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–44

Patching & Secure Baseline Configurations

54 questions · 11 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–54

Account & Privilege Monitoring & Authentication

37 questions · 8 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–37

Attack Techniques

44 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–44

Exploit Methodology and Analysis

40 questions · 8 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40

Network Data Encryption

52 questions · 11 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–52

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GIAC Continuous Monitoring Certification

GMON free practice questions

Domain 1 · Security Monitoring Foundations15% of practice bank · 3 objectives · 110 questions15%

Domain 2 · Network Monitoring and Protection24% of practice bank · 4 objectives · 175 questions24%

Domain 3 · Endpoint and Host Monitoring17% of practice bank · 3 objectives · 129 questions17%

Domain 4 · Configuration and Vulnerability Management21% of practice bank · 3 objectives · 152 questions21%

Domain 5 · Identity and Access Monitoring5% of practice bank · 1 objectives · 37 questions5%

Domain 6 · Attack and Exploit Analysis11% of practice bank · 2 objectives · 84 questions11%

Domain 7 · Data Protection7% of practice bank · 1 objectives · 52 questions7%