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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. Midterm goals
Information risk management
protocol analyzer
annualized rate of occurrence
tactical
2. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
exposure
physical
COSO
firewall
3. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
FMEA
privilege
risk
vulnerability
4. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
FMEA
annualized rate of occurrence
usage
Information risk management
5. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
administrative
data owner
risk mitigation
Information Security Management
6. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
FMEA
IRM
ISO/IEC 27799
7. CobiT
CISO
qualitative
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
port scanner
8. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
blueprints
risk
COSO
network mapping
9. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
technical
operational
vulnerability
SP 800-30
10. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
risk
COSO
Information Security Management
delayed
11. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
FRAP
single loss expectancy
usage
due care
12. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
penetration
tactical
ISO/IEC 27005
vulnerability
13. Derived from the COSO framework
CobiT
delayed
L0phtCrack
mappers
14. OCTAVE
risk catagories
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
blueprints
single loss expectancy
15. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
qualitative
network mapping
protocol analyzer
physical
16. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
FRAP
threat
usage
ISO/IEC 27002
17. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
CobiT
security program
CISO
risk analysis
18. 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
Information risk management
exposure
delayed
19. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
ISO/IEC 27001
exposure factor
CobiT
vulnerability scanner
20. CISO
chief information security officer
CobiT
countermeasure
security officer
21. IRM
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
Information risk management
planning horizon
john the ripper
22. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
COSO
elcomsoft
port scanner
vulnerability scanner
23. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
CISO
mappers
physical
24. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
ISO 17799
elcomsoft
countermeasure
CISO
25. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
CobiT
exposure
firewall
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
26. CSO
ISO/IEC 27005
vulnerability
risk catagories
corporate security officer
27. ISM Standard
CISO
data owner
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
Information Security Management
28. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
performance monitor
COSO
blueprints
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
29. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
privilege
ISO/IEC 27002
protocol analyzer
annualized loss expectancy
30. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
protocol analyzer
FRAP
annualized rate of occurrence
elcomsoft
31. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
integrity
performance monitor
physical
COSO
32. Information security managment measurements
ISO/IEC 27001
escalation
ISO/IEC 27004
CobiT
33. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
administrative
availability
BS7799
privilege
34. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
corporate security officer
COSO
elcomsoft
CISO
35. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
ISO 17799
BS7799
vulnerability
security program
36. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
ISO/IEC 27004
penetration
SP 800-30
fault tree analysis
37. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
Information Security Management
risk anlysis
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
single loss expectancy
38. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
COSO
annualized rate of occurrence
penetration
blueprints
39. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
FMEA
blueprints
AS/NZS 4360
administrative
40. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
data owner
IRM
performance monitor
COSO
41. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
FRAP
blueprints
risk analysis
physical
42. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
vulnerability
CobiT
security governanace
administrative
43. Responsible for information classification and protection
risk
elcomsoft
data owner
vulnerability
44. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
AS/NZS 4360
administrative
COSO
confidentiality
45. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
technical
delayed
Information Security Management
CobiT
46. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
CobiT
data owner
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
network mapping
47. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
port scanner
vulnerability
security program
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
48. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
operational
security officer
technical
risk catagories
49. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
AS/NZS 4360
privilege
FMEA
administrative
50. A tool that monitors network traffic - shows data and protocols in use - also known as a packet sniffer (i.e wireshark - TCPDump - Microsoft Network Monitor - Carnivore)
protocol analyzer
risk anlysis
countermeasure
strategic