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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
CobiT
port scanner
risk analysis
countermeasure
2. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
vulnerability
risk analysis
ISO/IEC 27005
mappers
3. Derived from the COSO framework
CobiT
CISO
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
SP 800-30
4. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
port scanner
strategic
OVAL
fault tree analysis
5. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
data owner
CobiT
strategic
availability
6. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
firewall
operational
COSO
physical
7. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
BS7799
escalation
FMEA
exposure
8. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
risk catagories
Information Security Management
FMEA
qualitative
9. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
vulnerability
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
CISO
Information Security Management
10. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
risk anlysis
risk
operational
technical
11. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
ISO/IEC 27005
CobiT
ITIL
delayed
12. Responsible for information classification and protection
security governanace
CobiT
data owner
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
13. Mitigates a potential risk
usage
risk anlysis
vulnerability scanner
countermeasure
14. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
usage
security program
15. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
network mapping
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
corporate security officer
elcomsoft
16. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
integrity
BS7799
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
exposure factor
17. Potential danger to information or systems
data owner
COSO
threat
CobiT
18. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
privilege
operational
AS/NZS 4360
penetration
19. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
OVAL
Information risk management
vulnerability
protocol analyzer
20. FRAP
operational
vulnerability
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
FMEA
21. IT governance at the operational level
CobiT
security program
blueprints
security program
22. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
OCTAVE
vulnerability scanner
technical
AS/NZS 4360
23. CSO
corporate security officer
risk anlysis
security program
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
24. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
confidentiality
integrity
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27004
25. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
physical
OCTAVE
threat
FMEA
26. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
technical
vulnerability
FRAP
Information risk management
27. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
network mapping
FMEA
ISO/IEC 27001
firewall
28. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
ISO 17799
planning horizon
CobiT
SP 800-30
29. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
risk mitigation
john the ripper
administrative
availability
30. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
ISO/IEC 27002
risk mitigation
administrative
ITIL
31. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
blueprints
exposure factor
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
port scanner
32. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
risk catagories
network mapping
risk mitigation
escalation
33. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
port scanner
network mapping
administrative
technical
34. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
security officer
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
BS7799
security governanace
35. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
security governanace
ISO/IEC 27001
exposure factor
36. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
administrative
qualitative
corporate security officer
annualized loss expectancy
37. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
confidentiality
escalation
security officer
technical
38. CISO
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
ISO/IEC 27799
chief information security officer
vulnerability
39. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
security officer
L0phtCrack
ISO 17799
OCTAVE
40. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
L0phtCrack
CobiT
due care
risk
41. An password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - rainbow tables - can test password strength and recover passwords - was originally free - but now a commercial product
L0phtCrack
availability
AS/NZS 4360
CobiT
42. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
operational
blueprints
network mapping
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
43. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
john the ripper
tactical
administrative
risk
44. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
FMEA
ISO/IEC 27004
performance baseline
45. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
administrative
network mapping
annualized loss expectancy
countermeasure
46. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
ISO/IEC 27005
risk analysis
risk mitigation
vulnerability
47. IRM
exposure factor
blueprints
countermeasure
Information risk management
48. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
network mapping
vulnerability scanner
COSO
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
49. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
CobiT
single loss expectancy
ISO/IEC 27002
chief information security officer
50. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
privilege
risk
single loss expectancy
network mapping