Systems Security Certified Practitioner
Domain 5Objective 3
5.3 - Understand and Implement Secure Protocols SSCP Practice Questions (Page 2)
Part of the Cryptography domain, which accounts for 9% of the SSCP exam. ISC2 does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~5–7 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 28 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
28questions here
6free pages
8concepts
9%of the exam
Questions 6–10
- 6
Which secure file transfer method uses TLS/SSL to secure the standard FTP protocol?
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Which core service provided by secure protocols ensures that data has not been altered during transmission?
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What is the primary purpose of certificate validation in HTTPS?
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A user is accessing a website and the browser shows a warning that the certificate is expired. The user needs to complete a transaction. What should the user do?
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A security analyst is reviewing the TLS configuration of a web server and finds that it supports TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3, but also allows the use of the NULL cipher suite. What is the most appropriate action?
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