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Actual exam question from ISC's CISSP-ISSAP
Question #: 21
Topic #: 1
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Maria works as a Network Security Officer for Gentech Inc. She wants to encrypt her network traffic. The specific requirement for the encryption algorithm is that it must be a symmetric key block cipher. Which of the following techniques will she use to fulfill this requirement?

  • A. IDEA
  • B. PGP
  • C. DES
  • D. AES
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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

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1ecb475
5 months, 3 weeks ago
the answer should be AES - "D"
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74gjd_37
1 year, 1 month ago
ACD is the correct answer
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Geddy1ng
1 year, 8 months ago
correct answers should be A,C,D as they all are symmetric block clippers, if need to be chosen one - D is the best answer.
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Geddy1ng
1 year, 11 months ago
Selected Answer: D
the answer should be AES - "D"
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Geddy1ng
1 year, 11 months ago
I am fully agree that answer should be "D"
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resortwri
1 year, 12 months ago
Selected Answer: D
AES is a symmetric block cypher and is stronger than DES.
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Banzaaai
2 years, 2 months ago
Selected Answer: C
C. DES only
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3 years, 1 month ago
AES is also symmetric key block cipher. Why it is not an answer?
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aosroyal
2 years, 7 months ago
AES stands for ASYMMETRIC encryption standard. what do you think?
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cbcretaceous27
2 years ago
What are you talking about? AES stands for Advanced Encryption Standard. DES was considered weak decades ago and it should not be used for anything. If the "right" answer is DES over AES without elaborating on why, then the question is trash.
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