This certification validates practical skills in system administration and infrastructure, including deployment, administration, troubleshooting, and resilience. It is intended for professionals operating dependable enterprise technology environments.
SIMULATION -
You are a penetration tester who is reviewing the system hardening guidelines for a company's distribution center. The company's hardening guidelines indicate the following:
✑ There must be one primary server or service per device.
✑ Only default ports should be used.
✑ Non-secure protocols should be disabled.
✑ The corporate Internet presence should be placed in a protected subnet.
INSTRUCTIONS -
Using the tools available, discover devices on the corporate network and the services that are running on these devices.
You must determine:
✑ The IP address of each device.
✑ The primary server or service of each device.
✑ The protocols that should be disabled based on the hardening guidelines.
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While conducting a network infrastructure review, a security analyst discovers a laptop that is plugged into a core switch and hidden behind a desk. The analyst sees the following on the laptop's screen:
[*] [NBT-NS] Poisoned answer sent to 192.169.23.115 for name FILE-SHARE-A (service: File Server)
[*] [LLMNR] Poisoned answer sent to 192.168.23.115 for name FILE-SHARE-A
[*] [LLMNR] Poisoned answer sent to 192.168.23.115 for name FILE-SHARE-A
[SMBv2] NTLMv2-SSP Client : 192.168.23.115
[SMBv2] NTLMv2-SSP Username : CORP\jsmith
[SMBv2] NTLMv2-SSP Hash : F5DBF769CFEA7...
[*] [NBT-NS] Poisoned answer sent to 192.169.23.24 for name FILE-SHARE-A (service: File Server)
[*] [LLMNR] Poisoned answer sent to 192.168.23.24 for name FILE-SHARE-A
[*] [LLMNR] Poisoned answer sent to 192.168.23.24 for name FILE-SHARE-A
[SMBv2] NTLMv2-SSP Client : 192.168.23.24
[SMBv2] NTLMv2-SSP Username : CORP\progers
[SMBv2] NTLMv2-SSP Hash : 6D093BE2FDD70A...
Which of the following is the BEST action for the security analyst to take?
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