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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. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
risk
administrative
operational
annualized rate of occurrence
2. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
OVAL
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
john the ripper
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
3. Mitigates a potential risk
escalation
strategic
countermeasure
risk mitigation
4. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
privilege
risk anlysis
risk mitigation
elcomsoft
5. CobiT
COSO
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
usage
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
6. OCTAVE
corporate security officer
ISO/IEC 27799
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
ISO/IEC 27002
7. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
mappers
IRM
security officer
data owner
8. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
ISO 17799
usage
exposure
fault tree analysis
9. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
risk mitigation
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
network mapping
physical
10. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
performance monitor
data owner
administrative
security program
11. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
firewall
CISO
strategic
physical
12. CISO
vulnerability
chief information security officer
network mapping
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
13. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
OVAL
qualitative
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
security program
14. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
ISO/IEC 27799
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
vulnerability scanner
15. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
CobiT
john the ripper
port scanner
16. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
performance baseline
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
strategic
fault tree analysis
17. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
ISO 17799
annualized rate of occurrence
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
BS7799
18. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
risk
security program
firewall
planning horizon
19. 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
risk analysis
protocol analyzer
CISO
L0phtCrack
20. COSO
john the ripper
firewall
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
threat
21. FMEA
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
privilege
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
ISO/IEC 27002
22. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
due care
BS7799
risk anlysis
chief information security officer
23. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
elcomsoft
availability
chief information security officer
risk
24. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
qualitative
threat
countermeasure
vulnerability
25. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
countermeasure
strategic
corporate security officer
FRAP
26. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
CISO
risk analysis
technical
CobiT
27. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
FMEA
OCTAVE
COSO
strategic
28. IT governance at the operational level
SP 800-30
integrity
escalation
CobiT
29. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
privilege
exposure factor
CISO
penetration
30. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
ISO/IEC 27002
FRAP
threat
firewall
31. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
availability
FMEA
Information Security Management
IRM
32. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
CobiT
BS7799
mappers
ISO/IEC 27004
33. FRAP
CISO
CobiT
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
annualized rate of occurrence
34. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
SP 800-30
single loss expectancy
protocol analyzer
escalation
35. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
countermeasure
network mapping
ISO 17799
ISO/IEC 27001
36. CSO
corporate security officer
countermeasure
ISO 17799
exposure
37. Potential danger to information or systems
OCTAVE
technical
escalation
threat
38. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
IRM
availability
threat
annualized rate of occurrence
39. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
penetration
vulnerability scanner
risk analysis
network mapping
40. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
chief information security officer
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
elcomsoft
risk
41. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
delayed
firewall
administrative
network mapping
42. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
exposure factor
escalation
ITIL
vulnerability
43. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
confidentiality
threat
risk catagories
Information risk management
44. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
risk
elcomsoft
vulnerability
AS/NZS 4360
45. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
physical
single loss expectancy
CISO
SP 800-30
46. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
FMEA
COSO
network mapping
physical
47. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
security governanace
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
performance monitor
security program
48. ISM Standard
BS7799
physical
qualitative
Information Security Management
49. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
planning horizon
threat
annualized rate of occurrence
security program
50. NIST risk management methodology
SP 800-30
vulnerability scanner
IRM
usage