Six tickets. Private keys leaked, certificates expired, rogue issuance, code-signing compromise, post-quantum questions. For each one, identify the correct triage and response.
Certificate expiration: Always automate. Never rely on manual renewal reminders.
Suspicious CT log entries: Revoke + CAA tightening + internal audit. This is what CT is for.
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Question 1
Ticket #P-4001 — Priority: Critical
Monitoring alerts that your company's server private key appeared on a paste site. Services affected: customer-facing HTTPS for app.company.com. What's the complete triage?
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Customer reports that one of your internal tools shows a certificate warning in the browser: 'this certificate has expired.' Service is still accessible but users see warnings. Development team says: 'no big deal, users can click through.' What's wrong with this attitude?
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Exam TipExpired certs = operational failure + security culture problem. Automate renewal. Never train users to ignore warnings.
Question 3
Ticket #P-4003 — Priority: Medium
Security team notices a certificate for internal-admin.company.com was issued by a public CA you don't normally use. You discover via Certificate Transparency logs that the cert was issued yesterday. No one on the team requested it. Triage?
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Exam TipUnauthorized cert in CT = possible rogue issuance. Revoke + CAA restriction + investigate. This is what CT is for.
Question 4
Ticket #P-4004 — Priority: Urgent
A developer committed an RSA private key to a public GitHub repository six hours ago. The key is used by the company's API-signing service. CI detected it 20 minutes ago but it's been publicly visible for ~6 hours. Triage?
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Exam TipPrivate key in public repo = permanently compromised. Rotate. Audit. Improve process. Assume it was scraped.
Question 5
Ticket #P-4005 — Priority: Critical
Code-signing certificate for a Windows application was stolen. The attacker has already signed a malicious binary with it and distributed it. Thousands of users received a 'legitimate' installer that was actually malware. Triage?
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