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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. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
FMEA
risk anlysis
CobiT
privilege
2. COSO
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
risk catagories
risk
CobiT
3. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
elcomsoft
due care
penetration
FMEA
4. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
corporate security officer
mappers
performance baseline
blueprints
5. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
annualized rate of occurrence
vulnerability
ITIL
performance monitor
6. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
Information risk management
ISO/IEC 27799
elcomsoft
availability
7. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
ISO 17799
vulnerability
risk mitigation
ISO/IEC 27799
8. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
privilege
CISO
administrative
risk analysis
9. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
network mapping
protocol analyzer
IRM
elcomsoft
10. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
risk mitigation
chief information security officer
performance baseline
exposure
11. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
port scanner
availability
risk anlysis
L0phtCrack
12. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
vulnerability
annualized loss expectancy
administrative
13. FRAP
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
administrative
chief information security officer
ITIL
14. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
risk
AS/NZS 4360
due care
15. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
Information Security Management
CobiT
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27799
16. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
vulnerability scanner
IRM
risk analysis
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
17. Derived from the COSO framework
CobiT
risk analysis
strategic
exposure factor
18. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
ISO 17799
penetration
escalation
elcomsoft
19. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
ISO/IEC 27001
network mapping
exposure factor
ISO 17799
20. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
OCTAVE
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
CobiT
mappers
21. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
FRAP
countermeasure
port scanner
ISO 17799
22. Responsible for information classification and protection
data owner
privilege
COSO
technical
23. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
vulnerability
network mapping
corporate security officer
delayed
24. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
firewall
chief information security officer
administrative
technical
25. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
OCTAVE
elcomsoft
administrative
Information Security Management
26. Information security managment measurements
ISO/IEC 27004
ISO 17799
performance baseline
mappers
27. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
planning horizon
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
confidentiality
IRM
28. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
firewall
confidentiality
network mapping
strategic
29. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
BS7799
security officer
performance monitor
ISO/IEC 27004
30. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
fault tree analysis
network mapping
john the ripper
31. 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
escalation
ISO 17799
network mapping
IRM
32. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
strategic
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
risk
threat
33. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
tactical
CobiT
strategic
performance monitor
34. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
escalation
strategic
Information risk management
COSO
35. 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
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
risk
L0phtCrack
firewall
36. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
fault tree analysis
mappers
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
annualized rate of occurrence
37. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
integrity
protocol analyzer
vulnerability
firewall
38. CSO
threat
network mapping
fault tree analysis
corporate security officer
39. Potential danger to information or systems
qualitative
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
countermeasure
threat
40. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
vulnerability
qualitative
annualized rate of occurrence
CISO
41. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
OCTAVE
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
CobiT
technical
42. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
COSO
privilege
annualized loss expectancy
ISO 17799
43. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
security governanace
usage
CobiT
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
44. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
penetration
ISO/IEC 27001
CISO
L0phtCrack
45. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
security officer
CobiT
privilege
IRM
46. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
annualized rate of occurrence
risk
FMEA
technical
47. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
blueprints
ISO/IEC 27002
planning horizon
ISO/IEC 27001
48. CISO
chief information security officer
due care
risk catagories
protocol analyzer
49. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
qualitative
L0phtCrack
firewall
data owner
50. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
network mapping
risk analysis
administrative
ISO/IEC 27002