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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. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
CISO
tactical
performance baseline
vulnerability
2. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
risk anlysis
performance monitor
fault tree analysis
risk catagories
3. NIST risk management methodology
risk analysis
SP 800-30
fault tree analysis
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
4. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
penetration
ISO 17799
port scanner
risk analysis
5. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
integrity
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
vulnerability
blueprints
6. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
COSO
vulnerability
CobiT
security program
7. IRM
COSO
Information risk management
OVAL
administrative
8. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
ISO/IEC 27004
performance monitor
FMEA
administrative
9. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
SP 800-30
CobiT
Information Security Management
ISO/IEC 27005
10. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
vulnerability scanner
CobiT
COSO
john the ripper
11. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
COSO
network mapping
FMEA
ISO/IEC 27799
12. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
firewall
privilege
FMEA
single loss expectancy
13. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
CISO
ISO 17799
elcomsoft
ISO/IEC 27799
14. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
vulnerability
exposure
security governanace
annualized rate of occurrence
15. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
risk
FRAP
risk mitigation
16. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
ISO 17799
single loss expectancy
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
17. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
COSO
elcomsoft
BS7799
data owner
18. Derived from the COSO framework
CobiT
AS/NZS 4360
tactical
SP 800-30
19. Responsible for information classification and protection
single loss expectancy
risk analysis
fault tree analysis
data owner
20. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
administrative
planning horizon
escalation
firewall
21. COSO
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
administrative
fault tree analysis
vulnerability
22. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
risk analysis
escalation
risk anlysis
risk analysis
23. 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
CobiT
ISO 17799
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
vulnerability
24. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
risk
vulnerability
ISO 17799
risk analysis
25. Potential danger to information or systems
risk mitigation
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
annualized rate of occurrence
threat
26. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
john the ripper
penetration
availability
ITIL
27. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
vulnerability
availability
Information Security Management
risk analysis
28. OCTAVE
exposure
escalation
data owner
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
29. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
integrity
qualitative
risk anlysis
risk
30. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
ISO/IEC 27005
OCTAVE
network mapping
AS/NZS 4360
31. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach
ISO 17799
confidentiality
Information risk management
due care
32. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
technical
network mapping
threat
BS7799
33. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
risk catagories
CobiT
network mapping
protocol analyzer
34. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
risk mitigation
AS/NZS 4360
escalation
risk analysis
35. IT governance at the operational level
risk analysis
CobiT
john the ripper
exposure
36. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
OVAL
countermeasure
CobiT
AS/NZS 4360
37. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
administrative
delayed
risk analysis
threat
38. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
ISO/IEC 27001
data owner
corporate security officer
risk
39. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
ISO/IEC 27799
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
qualitative
risk analysis
40. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
penetration
fault tree analysis
operational
CISO
41. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
planning horizon
firewall
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
security program
42. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
vulnerability
performance monitor
delayed
ISO/IEC 27001
43. CISO
chief information security officer
exposure
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
administrative
44. CSO
corporate security officer
ISO/IEC 27002
Information Security Management
CISO
45. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
privilege
COSO
Information Security Management
OVAL
46. ISM Standard
tactical
vulnerability
vulnerability
Information Security Management
47. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
COSO
escalation
risk mitigation
physical
48. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
security governanace
annualized loss expectancy
IRM
OCTAVE
49. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
security governanace
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
COSO
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
50. Information security managment measurements
ISO/IEC 27004
OVAL
firewall
protocol analyzer