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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
chief information security officer
ISO/IEC 27799
annualized loss expectancy
qualitative
2. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
ISO/IEC 27005
exposure
qualitative
risk analysis
3. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
delayed
annualized loss expectancy
exposure factor
FMEA
4. NIST risk management methodology
ISO/IEC 27799
usage
SP 800-30
ISO/IEC 27004
5. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
FMEA
vulnerability
L0phtCrack
network mapping
6. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
planning horizon
FMEA
vulnerability
security officer
7. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
chief information security officer
vulnerability scanner
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
elcomsoft
8. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
availability
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
protocol analyzer
countermeasure
9. OCTAVE
threat
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
confidentiality
chief information security officer
10. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
strategic
CobiT
corporate security officer
planning horizon
11. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
CISO
security governanace
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
vulnerability scanner
12. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
vulnerability
annualized rate of occurrence
annualized loss expectancy
corporate security officer
13. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
OCTAVE
administrative
CISO
FMEA
14. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
tactical
ITIL
SP 800-30
COSO
15. Security policy - map business objectives to security - Security infrastructure - security officer - reviews - Assest classification/control - inventory - Personnel security - screening - training - roles - Physical security - Communication/operation
ISO 17799
administrative
CobiT
confidentiality
16. IT governance at the operational level
privilege
fault tree analysis
CobiT
risk
17. FMEA
COSO
due care
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
FMEA
18. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
technical
threat
vulnerability
IRM
19. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
annualized rate of occurrence
security program
AS/NZS 4360
vulnerability scanner
20. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
AS/NZS 4360
threat
risk
21. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
CobiT
due care
COSO
integrity
22. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
risk analysis
due care
mappers
escalation
23. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
ISO 17799
risk mitigation
due care
network mapping
24. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
protocol analyzer
vulnerability
ITIL
strategic
25. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
operational
penetration
CISO
annualized rate of occurrence
26. FRAP
security officer
risk catagories
vulnerability
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
27. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
security officer
john the ripper
ISO 17799
security program
28. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
FRAP
firewall
integrity
CobiT
29. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
Information risk management
operational
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27004
30. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
delayed
tactical
risk analysis
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
31. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
strategic
mappers
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
fault tree analysis
32. COSO
risk analysis
mappers
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
33. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
vulnerability scanner
ISO/IEC 27001
performance monitor
FRAP
34. Corporate governance at the strategic level
Information Security Management
ISO/IEC 27001
firewall
COSO
35. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
IRM
security governanace
technical
fault tree analysis
36. ISM Standard
Information Security Management
L0phtCrack
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
delayed
37. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
john the ripper
FMEA
COSO
physical
38. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
network mapping
chief information security officer
CISO
threat
39. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
FRAP
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
planning horizon
CobiT
40. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
administrative
vulnerability
john the ripper
risk analysis
41. CSO
corporate security officer
risk catagories
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
BS7799
42. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
firewall
network mapping
performance monitor
SP 800-30
43. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
privilege
vulnerability
exposure
FMEA
44. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
threat
CISO
FRAP
confidentiality
45. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
COSO
strategic
ISO/IEC 27001
exposure factor
46. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
protocol analyzer
security program
single loss expectancy
port scanner
47. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
ISO/IEC 27002
Information risk management
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
vulnerability scanner
48. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
CobiT
FMEA
risk anlysis
CobiT
49. IRM
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
Information risk management
technical
annualized loss expectancy
50. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
ISO/IEC 27799
CobiT
ISO 17799
john the ripper