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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. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
technical
protocol analyzer
ITIL
privilege
2. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
network mapping
integrity
vulnerability
security program
3. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
risk anlysis
availability
ISO/IEC 27001
john the ripper
4. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
security program
L0phtCrack
john the ripper
FRAP
5. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
annualized loss expectancy
tactical
risk
COSO
6. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
risk anlysis
port scanner
annualized rate of occurrence
protocol analyzer
7. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
security governanace
performance baseline
CobiT
escalation
8. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
security program
network mapping
ISO 17799
CobiT
9. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
firewall
fault tree analysis
annualized loss expectancy
strategic
10. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
elcomsoft
FMEA
administrative
risk mitigation
11. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
annualized rate of occurrence
fault tree analysis
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
data owner
12. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
COSO
elcomsoft
FMEA
COSO
13. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
exposure factor
COSO
ISO/IEC 27799
administrative
14. 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
vulnerability
ISO 17799
operational
L0phtCrack
15. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
usage
port scanner
availability
countermeasure
16. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
exposure
CobiT
privilege
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
17. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
ISO/IEC 27005
BS7799
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
L0phtCrack
18. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
ISO/IEC 27799
usage
OCTAVE
due care
19. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
Information risk management
firewall
vulnerability scanner
ISO 17799
20. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
risk anlysis
security program
COSO
risk mitigation
21. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
corporate security officer
ISO 17799
blueprints
IRM
22. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
ISO/IEC 27002
tactical
risk analysis
qualitative
23. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
usage
ISO/IEC 27799
mappers
performance monitor
24. Midterm goals
security officer
escalation
tactical
FMEA
25. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
CobiT
risk
administrative
vulnerability
26. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
CobiT
vulnerability
security program
operational
27. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
FMEA
risk analysis
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
strategic
28. 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
risk anlysis
CobiT
risk mitigation
29. Corporate governance at the strategic level
COSO
exposure
data owner
ISO/IEC 27799
30. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
AS/NZS 4360
single loss expectancy
administrative
annualized rate of occurrence
31. Potential danger to information or systems
mappers
integrity
ISO 17799
threat
32. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
exposure
technical
delayed
risk
33. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
Information risk management
vulnerability scanner
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
FRAP
34. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
AS/NZS 4360
OVAL
COSO
risk analysis
35. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
FRAP
mappers
physical
IRM
36. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
performance monitor
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
COSO
ITIL
37. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
confidentiality
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
ITIL
availability
38. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
ISO/IEC 27001
risk analysis
L0phtCrack
risk
39. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
usage
ITIL
IRM
risk catagories
40. ISM Standard
blueprints
Information Security Management
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
risk analysis
41. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
security program
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
ITIL
42. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
physical
ITIL
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
corporate security officer
43. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
countermeasure
data owner
penetration
COSO
44. Derived from the COSO framework
CobiT
BS7799
privilege
COSO
45. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
security officer
firewall
risk
performance monitor
46. CISO
john the ripper
Information Security Management
chief information security officer
security governanace
47. Responsible for information classification and protection
data owner
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
mappers
risk anlysis
48. Mitigates a potential risk
ISO 17799
countermeasure
performance baseline
vulnerability
49. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
administrative
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
network mapping
annualized loss expectancy
50. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
ISO/IEC 27005
BS7799
ITIL
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations