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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. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
risk anlysis
port scanner
security program
2. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
ITIL
port scanner
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
Information Security Management
3. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
security program
L0phtCrack
strategic
CobiT
4. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
vulnerability
chief information security officer
Information Security Management
FRAP
5. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
ISO 17799
chief information security officer
protocol analyzer
john the ripper
6. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
ITIL
firewall
elcomsoft
vulnerability
7. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
elcomsoft
ISO/IEC 27002
ISO/IEC 27799
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
8. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
technical
CISO
risk analysis
usage
9. COSO
security governanace
privilege
performance baseline
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
10. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
due care
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27799
integrity
11. 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 analysis
chief information security officer
OVAL
12. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
strategic
ISO/IEC 27799
chief information security officer
CobiT
13. 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 analysis
vulnerability
security program
risk anlysis
14. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
ISO/IEC 27005
OCTAVE
chief information security officer
john the ripper
15. Mitigates a potential risk
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
confidentiality
COSO
countermeasure
16. OCTAVE
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
availability
data owner
17. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
risk catagories
integrity
AS/NZS 4360
escalation
18. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
blueprints
ISO/IEC 27004
elcomsoft
CobiT
19. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
annualized loss expectancy
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
vulnerability
port scanner
20. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
planning horizon
COSO
CobiT
OVAL
21. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
CobiT
security officer
administrative
security governanace
22. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
availability
ISO/IEC 27005
BS7799
physical
23. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
OCTAVE
network mapping
BS7799
risk analysis
24. NIST risk management methodology
SP 800-30
vulnerability
single loss expectancy
elcomsoft
25. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
IRM
annualized loss expectancy
availability
BS7799
26. 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 program
threat
CISO
COSO
27. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
Information risk management
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
COSO
security governanace
28. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
annualized loss expectancy
risk
BS7799
confidentiality
29. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
vulnerability
CISO
qualitative
ISO 17799
30. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
mappers
single loss expectancy
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
security governanace
31. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
network mapping
corporate security officer
vulnerability
COSO
32. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
risk mitigation
performance monitor
risk
security governanace
33. Derived from the COSO framework
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
due care
CobiT
blueprints
34. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
operational
administrative
vulnerability
threat
35. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
qualitative
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
single loss expectancy
36. FMEA
security governanace
BS7799
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
annualized rate of occurrence
37. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
ISO/IEC 27799
Information Security Management
risk analysis
blueprints
38. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
delayed
exposure
annualized rate of occurrence
physical
39. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
OVAL
mappers
vulnerability
CobiT
40. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
risk
operational
threat
COSO
41. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
annualized rate of occurrence
elcomsoft
physical
CISO
42. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
exposure factor
annualized rate of occurrence
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
43. Responsible for information classification and protection
administrative
data owner
technical
escalation
44. ISM Standard
chief information security officer
L0phtCrack
Information Security Management
countermeasure
45. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
ISO/IEC 27002
risk
OCTAVE
CobiT
46. Potential danger to information or systems
security program
OVAL
threat
COSO
47. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
ISO/IEC 27005
vulnerability
countermeasure
confidentiality
48. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
CobiT
administrative
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
vulnerability scanner
49. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
COSO
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
security program
technical
50. Information security managment measurements
OVAL
network mapping
performance baseline
ISO/IEC 27004