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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. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
vulnerability
operational
strategic
elcomsoft
2. COSO
due care
network mapping
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
3. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
corporate security officer
john the ripper
exposure factor
ISO/IEC 27002
4. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
OVAL
annualized loss expectancy
performance monitor
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
5. Information security managment measurements
ISO/IEC 27004
ISO/IEC 27005
due care
strategic
6. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
technical
ISO 17799
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
usage
7. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
OCTAVE
security program
ISO 17799
8. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
ISO/IEC 27005
security program
SP 800-30
port scanner
9. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
ISO/IEC 27002
annualized rate of occurrence
security program
ITIL
10. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
network mapping
network mapping
mappers
performance monitor
11. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
single loss expectancy
privilege
ISO/IEC 27001
protocol analyzer
12. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
technical
security governanace
confidentiality
planning horizon
13. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
technical
usage
blueprints
ISO/IEC 27004
14. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
ITIL
risk anlysis
CobiT
security program
15. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
risk anlysis
delayed
elcomsoft
FMEA
16. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
technical
IRM
vulnerability
L0phtCrack
17. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
risk analysis
physical
vulnerability scanner
ISO/IEC 27004
18. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
corporate security officer
CobiT
CISO
strategic
19. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
annualized loss expectancy
security program
delayed
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
20. Midterm goals
tactical
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
vulnerability
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
21. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
L0phtCrack
strategic
elcomsoft
COSO
22. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
SP 800-30
ISO/IEC 27005
CobiT
network mapping
23. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
escalation
tactical
COSO
security program
24. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
vulnerability
OVAL
ITIL
risk analysis
25. 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
single loss expectancy
SP 800-30
availability
26. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
chief information security officer
physical
exposure
CISO
27. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
COSO
Information risk management
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
ISO/IEC 27799
28. IRM
ISO/IEC 27005
FMEA
Information risk management
annualized rate of occurrence
29. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
ISO/IEC 27799
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
chief information security officer
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
30. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
ISO/IEC 27004
penetration
integrity
chief information security officer
31. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
annualized rate of occurrence
ISO/IEC 27004
AS/NZS 4360
risk analysis
32. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
vulnerability
firewall
Information risk management
33. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
exposure
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
risk mitigation
AS/NZS 4360
34. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
qualitative
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
risk
risk catagories
35. Derived from the COSO framework
security program
CobiT
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
risk analysis
36. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
vulnerability
IRM
fault tree analysis
mappers
37. Potential danger to information or systems
confidentiality
FMEA
threat
vulnerability
38. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
availability
strategic
AS/NZS 4360
FRAP
39. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
Information Security Management
confidentiality
blueprints
Information risk management
40. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach
blueprints
ISO/IEC 27799
ITIL
due care
41. Corporate governance at the strategic level
COSO
ISO 17799
FMEA
ISO/IEC 27001
42. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
physical
qualitative
port scanner
annualized loss expectancy
43. IT governance at the operational level
performance baseline
vulnerability
exposure
CobiT
44. CSO
vulnerability scanner
FRAP
corporate security officer
COSO
45. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
ISO 17799
countermeasure
FRAP
strategic
46. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
risk
exposure factor
risk analysis
BS7799
47. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
annualized rate of occurrence
ISO/IEC 27799
network mapping
risk catagories
48. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
administrative
ISO/IEC 27004
vulnerability
ISO 17799
49. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
FMEA
risk catagories
annualized loss expectancy
IRM
50. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
john the ripper
tactical
planning horizon
security program