Which mitigation approach is commonly applied at the operating system level to address speculative execution vulnerabilities?

Flushing the branch target buffer on privilege transitions

What is a common control to secure NFC transactions?

Relying solely on the short range for security

Using a secure element to store cryptographic keys

Disabling all NFC functionality

Using only unencrypted NFC communication

Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional

Domain 4Objective 1

Define the Security Architecture CSSLP Practice Questions (Page 24)

Part of the Secure Software Architecture and Design domain, which accounts for 15% of the CSSLP exam. ISC2 does not publish an official question count, but from its 180-minute exam (~70–120 total, ~11–18 in this domain), expect 2–3 from this objective — we provide 117 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

117questions here

24free pages

43concepts

15%of the exam

43 Concepts in This Objective

SABSA framework
Security chain of responsibility
Federated identity
Security controls identification
Security controls prioritization
Client-server architecture
Peer-to-peer (P2P) architecture
Message queuing architecture
N-tier architecture
Service-oriented architecture (SOA)
Enterprise service bus (ESB)
Web services security
Microservices security
Client-side exploits and threats
Remote code execution risks
Constant connectivity implications
IoT security fundamentals
Wireless security
Location-based services security
RFID security
NFC security
Sensor networks security
Mesh network security
Secure boot
Secure memory
Secure update
SaaS security
PaaS security
IaaS security
Implicit data collection privacy
Side-channel mitigation
Speculative execution mitigation
Secure element
Firmware security
Driver security
AI security
Virtual reality security
Augmented reality security
Facility-related IoT security
Automotive IoT security
Robotics security
Medical device security
Software-defined production processes

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Define the Security Architecture CSSLP Practice Questions (Page 24)

Questions 116–117

Which mitigation approach is commonly applied at the operating system level to address speculative execution vulnerabilities?

What is a common control to secure NFC transactions?

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