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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. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
BS7799
CISO
risk analysis
vulnerability
2. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
single loss expectancy
vulnerability
vulnerability
planning horizon
3. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
blueprints
risk mitigation
corporate security officer
4. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
ISO/IEC 27005
CobiT
Information risk management
ISO/IEC 27002
5. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
performance baseline
CobiT
IRM
john the ripper
6. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
FMEA
risk analysis
single loss expectancy
network mapping
7. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
ISO/IEC 27001
operational
vulnerability
security program
8. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
vulnerability scanner
firewall
confidentiality
annualized rate of occurrence
9. 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
firewall
corporate security officer
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
10. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
risk
technical
escalation
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
11. Responsible for information classification and protection
escalation
data owner
network mapping
risk analysis
12. ISM Standard
CISO
Information Security Management
planning horizon
security governanace
13. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
blueprints
single loss expectancy
exposure
BS7799
14. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
protocol analyzer
CISO
CobiT
risk
15. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
AS/NZS 4360
mappers
elcomsoft
Information Security Management
16. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
ISO 17799
data owner
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
blueprints
17. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
threat
annualized loss expectancy
CobiT
network mapping
18. FMEA
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
network mapping
CISO
19. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
CobiT
risk
mappers
ISO/IEC 27799
20. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
privilege
port scanner
single loss expectancy
confidentiality
21. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
delayed
performance baseline
performance monitor
security officer
22. IRM
firewall
COSO
performance baseline
Information risk management
23. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
due care
performance baseline
threat
firewall
24. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
ISO/IEC 27001
risk anlysis
security program
vulnerability scanner
25. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
fault tree analysis
performance monitor
COSO
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
26. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
availability
risk analysis
delayed
fault tree analysis
27. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
mappers
ISO/IEC 27001
fault tree analysis
IRM
28. Midterm goals
elcomsoft
operational
countermeasure
tactical
29. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
availability
L0phtCrack
network mapping
OVAL
30. Derived from the COSO framework
CobiT
CISO
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
annualized rate of occurrence
31. NIST risk management methodology
annualized rate of occurrence
integrity
SP 800-30
protocol analyzer
32. 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
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
CobiT
firewall
33. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
performance monitor
security governanace
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
strategic
34. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
exposure
ISO/IEC 27002
IRM
corporate security officer
35. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
single loss expectancy
CobiT
AS/NZS 4360
physical
36. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
escalation
COSO
technical
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
37. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
security program
BS7799
CobiT
exposure factor
38. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach
CISO
due care
exposure factor
security program
39. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
vulnerability
firewall
integrity
performance monitor
40. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
CISO
AS/NZS 4360
ISO/IEC 27001
COSO
41. CISO
ITIL
chief information security officer
annualized rate of occurrence
single loss expectancy
42. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
risk
vulnerability
network mapping
SP 800-30
43. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
risk
countermeasure
corporate security officer
network mapping
44. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
delayed
single loss expectancy
protocol analyzer
countermeasure
45. Mitigates a potential risk
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
countermeasure
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
ISO/IEC 27799
46. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
ISO/IEC 27004
security program
CISO
security governanace
47. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
security officer
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
AS/NZS 4360
OVAL
48. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
fault tree analysis
vulnerability
vulnerability
technical
49. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
CobiT
security officer
network mapping
OCTAVE
50. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
performance monitor
administrative
risk
FMEA