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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 method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
usage
risk analysis
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
IRM
2. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
administrative
ISO/IEC 27005
IRM
network mapping
3. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
exposure factor
risk anlysis
blueprints
performance baseline
4. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach
COSO
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
due care
risk catagories
5. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
exposure
CobiT
security program
strategic
6. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
mappers
COSO
risk analysis
availability
7. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
risk mitigation
performance baseline
countermeasure
vulnerability scanner
8. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
planning horizon
security program
countermeasure
CISO
9. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
COSO
protocol analyzer
penetration
performance monitor
10. Derived from the COSO framework
ISO 17799
CobiT
FRAP
network mapping
11. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
qualitative
CobiT
CobiT
privilege
12. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
security program
firewall
due care
AS/NZS 4360
13. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
ISO/IEC 27005
administrative
FMEA
vulnerability
14. Responsible for information classification and protection
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
technical
risk analysis
data owner
15. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
IRM
network mapping
FRAP
AS/NZS 4360
16. 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
AS/NZS 4360
risk anlysis
17. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
security governanace
ISO 17799
delayed
COSO
18. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
administrative
port scanner
performance monitor
annualized loss expectancy
19. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
chief information security officer
integrity
ISO/IEC 27799
BS7799
20. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
penetration
usage
CobiT
ISO 17799
21. CSO
FRAP
mappers
corporate security officer
chief information security officer
22. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
COSO
network mapping
countermeasure
risk anlysis
23. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
escalation
single loss expectancy
port scanner
COSO
24. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
annualized rate of occurrence
john the ripper
SP 800-30
vulnerability
25. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
CISO
OVAL
administrative
escalation
26. CobiT
security governanace
ISO 17799
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
vulnerability scanner
27. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
risk
exposure
due care
network mapping
28. FMEA
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
security governanace
network mapping
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
29. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
single loss expectancy
privilege
ISO/IEC 27799
due care
30. Midterm goals
tactical
risk
technical
risk catagories
31. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
due care
port scanner
elcomsoft
ITIL
32. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
FMEA
ISO/IEC 27799
ISO/IEC 27004
OCTAVE
33. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
ISO 17799
administrative
integrity
security program
34. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
risk mitigation
vulnerability
data owner
qualitative
35. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
john the ripper
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
COSO
ISO/IEC 27005
36. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
annualized loss expectancy
integrity
corporate security officer
administrative
37. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
OVAL
confidentiality
risk analysis
risk analysis
38. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
blueprints
escalation
physical
delayed
39. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
BS7799
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
ISO/IEC 27004
administrative
40. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
OCTAVE
CobiT
FMEA
security officer
41. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
vulnerability scanner
SP 800-30
technical
countermeasure
42. FRAP
administrative
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
elcomsoft
FMEA
43. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
annualized loss expectancy
escalation
CobiT
usage
44. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
port scanner
exposure
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Information Security Management
45. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
firewall
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
vulnerability
qualitative
46. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
penetration
ITIL
single loss expectancy
security officer
47. ISM Standard
privilege
due care
COSO
Information Security Management
48. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
COSO
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
escalation
49. CISO
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
usage
chief information security officer
technical
50. 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
security program
OVAL
L0phtCrack
ISO/IEC 27799