Are you a Security PreSales Ninja?

What’s the major difference between Symmetric and Asymmetric encryption?

If you are alerted by a DMZ IDS that an IIS buffer overflow attack was targeting your Apache web server, what should you do?

You have an older server with a password-protected BIOS configuration. What are two ways you can get past this problem without knowing the BIOS password? Choose the best two answers…

What shell command should you use on Linux to perform “root” privilege functions without knowing the “root” password?

What is the key difference between a Network Intrusion Prevention System (NIPS) vs Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS)?

Select the most effective method you would use to secure a WiFi network?

Select the best answer that describes a “false-negative” as it relates to information security.

If one attacker is trying to connect to a server with an excessive number of TCP packets, from a spoofed IP address, what is this attack commonly called?

Match the SIEM product to the appropriate vendors below. Select the tile from the top and drag to the blank space next to each vendor:

The acronym “SIEM” translates to which of the following?

What would you use to authenticate a Linux workstation on an Active Directory domain?

An anonymous person calls your telephone and says they are from your credit card company and asks you to tell them your credit card number and expiry as a verification that they are speaking to the right person. What method of attack are they attempting?

Scenario: your company top executive (CEO) alerts you that they have received an official looking email from the local law enforcement agency regarding a court subpoena directed at their full legal name and the email instructs them to click on a link and install special software to view the encrypted subpoena. Is this an attempted attack and, if so, what method of attack is this referred to?

Scenario: An employee at a financial services company has been suspected of fraud by law enforcement and you have been consulted to perform the Forensic extraction of data from the user’s PC. Arrange the following tiles in the correct order based on each item’s volatility. List the items from most volatile (top) to least volatile (bottom).

As a pre-sales engineer, the process of mastering your own solution before giving an effective product demonstration is referred to as the “Demo Pyramid”. During your “ramp-up” this process forms a series of layered stages, with each stage building upon the previous level. Sort the tiles below into the pyramid, in the order of beginner to mastery (lowest at the bottom, highest at the top):

Since Sales Engineers work closely with Sales Reps on a daily basis there is some basic sales terminology they must understand. Use the matrix below to sort the list of tiles and place them next the matching terms listed in the first column.

Within a large sales organization different teams provide valuable resources to complete the sale. Use the list of tiles below to best match the responsibilities of the various team members.

Scenario: you are the lead Sales Engineer assisting three sales reps in a 3:1 ratio. All of the reps come to you at the same time with what they consider to be top priority tasks listed below. Read the task requests from each of the reps in this question and then choose which possible options you would use to assist the reps from the multiple choices below (HINT: more than one answer):