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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
fault tree analysis
qualitative
security governanace
ISO/IEC 27004
2. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
port scanner
ISO/IEC 27799
network mapping
risk catagories
3. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
risk analysis
CISO
IRM
fault tree analysis
4. FRAP
AS/NZS 4360
risk anlysis
CISO
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
5. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
chief information security officer
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
BS7799
ISO/IEC 27004
6. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
integrity
risk
protocol analyzer
risk
7. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
planning horizon
port scanner
single loss expectancy
qualitative
8. FMEA
CobiT
FRAP
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
integrity
9. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
confidentiality
due care
performance baseline
CISO
10. 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
FMEA
risk
L0phtCrack
blueprints
11. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
blueprints
risk analysis
CobiT
vulnerability
12. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
security governanace
Information risk management
ITIL
administrative
13. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
data owner
exposure
confidentiality
CISO
14. CISO
OVAL
chief information security officer
performance baseline
ISO/IEC 27004
15. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
privilege
planning horizon
risk
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
16. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
FMEA
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
SP 800-30
IRM
17. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
risk analysis
administrative
vulnerability
single loss expectancy
18. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
exposure
risk analysis
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
elcomsoft
19. OCTAVE
OVAL
mappers
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
corporate security officer
20. CobiT
availability
chief information security officer
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
data owner
21. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
network mapping
OVAL
john the ripper
blueprints
22. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
mappers
privilege
operational
corporate security officer
23. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
CobiT
OVAL
fault tree analysis
technical
24. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
administrative
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
FMEA
countermeasure
25. Corporate governance at the strategic level
COSO
mappers
ISO 17799
network mapping
26. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
protocol analyzer
SP 800-30
ITIL
security governanace
27. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
planning horizon
risk
COSO
port scanner
28. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
CISO
planning horizon
risk anlysis
security program
29. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
strategic
ISO 17799
vulnerability
due care
30. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
ISO 17799
penetration
port scanner
annualized rate of occurrence
31. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
ISO/IEC 27002
annualized rate of occurrence
physical
ISO/IEC 27001
32. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
ISO/IEC 27799
Information Security Management
BS7799
FMEA
33. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
penetration
protocol analyzer
vulnerability scanner
tactical
34. 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)
vulnerability
protocol analyzer
annualized loss expectancy
blueprints
35. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
availability
CISO
physical
data owner
36. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
OVAL
COSO
technical
37. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
security program
CobiT
risk anlysis
vulnerability
38. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach
due care
security program
protocol analyzer
OCTAVE
39. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
ISO/IEC 27004
L0phtCrack
ISO/IEC 27799
ISO/IEC 27005
40. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
Information Security Management
mappers
usage
41. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
performance monitor
L0phtCrack
COSO
firewall
42. IT governance at the operational level
OCTAVE
CobiT
physical
risk analysis
43. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
COSO
CobiT
fault tree analysis
security program
44. Derived from the COSO framework
performance monitor
CobiT
qualitative
due care
45. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
risk catagories
OCTAVE
ISO/IEC 27002
annualized rate of occurrence
46. 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
privilege
delayed
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
ISO 17799
47. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
exposure factor
performance monitor
annualized rate of occurrence
security officer
48. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
AS/NZS 4360
risk anlysis
ISO/IEC 27002
ISO 17799
49. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
OCTAVE
escalation
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
50. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
network mapping
port scanner
administrative
CobiT