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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. COSO
annualized loss expectancy
confidentiality
vulnerability
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
2. 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 27004
ISO/IEC 27001
CobiT
john the ripper
3. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
annualized loss expectancy
security program
strategic
risk
4. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
ISO/IEC 27004
administrative
availability
privilege
5. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
corporate security officer
administrative
security program
CobiT
6. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
countermeasure
ISO/IEC 27002
COSO
vulnerability
7. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
ITIL
ISO 17799
OCTAVE
8. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
ISO/IEC 27799
vulnerability
CISO
fault tree analysis
9. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
blueprints
administrative
CobiT
L0phtCrack
10. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
CISO
availability
single loss expectancy
risk mitigation
11. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
due care
CobiT
operational
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
12. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
annualized loss expectancy
performance baseline
risk catagories
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
13. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
CobiT
delayed
risk analysis
administrative
14. IRM
vulnerability scanner
Information risk management
chief information security officer
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
15. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
Information Security Management
technical
fault tree analysis
ISO/IEC 27004
16. 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
data owner
SP 800-30
ISO/IEC 27799
L0phtCrack
17. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
FMEA
ISO/IEC 27002
mappers
IRM
18. FRAP
risk anlysis
planning horizon
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
technical
19. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
countermeasure
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
vulnerability
security officer
20. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
blueprints
protocol analyzer
threat
ISO/IEC 27799
21. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
COSO
CISO
risk
Information risk management
22. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
administrative
mappers
physical
port scanner
23. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
corporate security officer
COSO
security program
administrative
24. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
FMEA
john the ripper
security governanace
ISO 17799
25. NIST risk management methodology
operational
SP 800-30
exposure
countermeasure
26. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
FRAP
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
CISO
ISO/IEC 27001
27. Mitigates a potential risk
ITIL
countermeasure
availability
BS7799
28. OCTAVE
exposure factor
ISO/IEC 27004
ISO 17799
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
29. Information security managment measurements
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27004
OVAL
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
30. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
CobiT
SP 800-30
CobiT
network mapping
31. Responsible for information classification and protection
risk
fault tree analysis
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
data owner
32. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
annualized loss expectancy
penetration
risk analysis
AS/NZS 4360
33. 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
ISO 17799
single loss expectancy
network mapping
due care
34. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
Information Security Management
port scanner
ISO/IEC 27002
performance baseline
35. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
elcomsoft
AS/NZS 4360
ISO/IEC 27002
planning horizon
36. CSO
corporate security officer
vulnerability
CobiT
security governanace
37. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
SP 800-30
elcomsoft
network mapping
risk catagories
38. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
delayed
OCTAVE
risk mitigation
39. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
usage
fault tree analysis
firewall
performance baseline
40. 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)
ITIL
ISO/IEC 27005
protocol analyzer
administrative
41. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
risk analysis
vulnerability
physical
fault tree analysis
42. Derived from the COSO framework
COSO
mappers
CobiT
risk analysis
43. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
CISO
planning horizon
confidentiality
44. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
administrative
mappers
Information Security Management
countermeasure
45. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
performance monitor
ISO/IEC 27004
ISO/IEC 27799
security program
46. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
CobiT
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
port scanner
ISO/IEC 27001
47. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
availability
48. Corporate governance at the strategic level
performance baseline
administrative
COSO
countermeasure
49. Midterm goals
fault tree analysis
tactical
risk catagories
john the ripper
50. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
annualized loss expectancy
OCTAVE
CISO
exposure factor