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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
planning horizon
ISO/IEC 27799
corporate security officer
CISO
2. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
CISO
AS/NZS 4360
network mapping
ISO 17799
3. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
BS7799
SP 800-30
privilege
4. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
OVAL
ISO/IEC 27001
delayed
vulnerability scanner
5. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
threat
CISO
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
administrative
6. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
confidentiality
OCTAVE
COSO
risk
7. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
ISO/IEC 27799
CISO
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
integrity
8. FRAP
privilege
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
vulnerability
delayed
9. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
BS7799
CISO
ISO 17799
vulnerability
10. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
SP 800-30
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
escalation
blueprints
11. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
vulnerability
risk mitigation
administrative
CobiT
12. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
delayed
due care
strategic
risk analysis
13. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
chief information security officer
network mapping
blueprints
integrity
14. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
ISO 17799
ISO/IEC 27001
port scanner
risk catagories
15. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
CobiT
administrative
COSO
16. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
mappers
risk
vulnerability scanner
AS/NZS 4360
17. IT governance at the operational level
CobiT
vulnerability
delayed
mappers
18. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
vulnerability
vulnerability scanner
risk
firewall
19. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
john the ripper
privilege
technical
corporate security officer
20. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
ISO/IEC 27002
operational
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
21. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
delayed
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
ISO 17799
operational
22. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
FRAP
operational
FMEA
availability
23. NIST risk management methodology
Information Security Management
SP 800-30
fault tree analysis
performance baseline
24. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
OVAL
annualized rate of occurrence
security program
performance baseline
25. COSO
operational
ISO/IEC 27799
CISO
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
26. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
OVAL
single loss expectancy
john the ripper
ISO 17799
27. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
risk
performance monitor
CISO
vulnerability
28. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
risk anlysis
delayed
annualized rate of occurrence
security governanace
29. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
port scanner
elcomsoft
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27002
30. FMEA
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
chief information security officer
mappers
security officer
31. Potential danger to information or systems
privilege
OCTAVE
threat
annualized loss expectancy
32. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27005
performance monitor
delayed
33. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach
due care
planning horizon
risk
mappers
34. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
risk catagories
qualitative
administrative
strategic
35. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
IRM
due care
exposure factor
network mapping
36. IRM
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
Information risk management
performance monitor
risk anlysis
37. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
availability
fault tree analysis
vulnerability
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
38. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
CobiT
network mapping
strategic
ITIL
39. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
BS7799
escalation
blueprints
risk analysis
40. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
annualized rate of occurrence
security program
delayed
elcomsoft
41. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
escalation
risk analysis
CISO
vulnerability
42. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
CobiT
privilege
CobiT
risk anlysis
43. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
delayed
annualized loss expectancy
FRAP
vulnerability
44. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
administrative
CobiT
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
CISO
45. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
protocol analyzer
L0phtCrack
usage
firewall
46. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
risk analysis
exposure factor
fault tree analysis
FMEA
47. CISO
IRM
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
availability
chief information security officer
48. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
chief information security officer
ISO/IEC 27005
vulnerability scanner
operational
49. 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
Information Security Management
vulnerability
john the ripper
50. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
technical
escalation
exposure
risk