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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt
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1. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
exposure factor
chief information security officer
risk anlysis
vulnerability
2. Derived from the COSO framework
tactical
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27799
performance monitor
3. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
availability
john the ripper
performance monitor
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
4. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
john the ripper
vulnerability
L0phtCrack
COSO
5. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
exposure
exposure factor
countermeasure
security officer
6. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
IRM
security governanace
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
COSO
7. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
privilege
technical
protocol analyzer
planning horizon
8. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
OCTAVE
ISO/IEC 27005
Information risk management
ISO 17799
9. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
port scanner
risk
FMEA
ISO/IEC 27001
10. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
administrative
availability
vulnerability
risk anlysis
11. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
availability
vulnerability
performance monitor
COSO
12. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
tactical
FRAP
CISO
risk
13. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
security officer
ISO 17799
penetration
performance baseline
14. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
security program
security officer
strategic
CobiT
15. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
physical
qualitative
network mapping
vulnerability
16. NIST risk management methodology
OCTAVE
SP 800-30
fault tree analysis
COSO
17. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
mappers
ISO/IEC 27005
penetration
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
18. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
physical
risk analysis
operational
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
19. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
exposure factor
physical
security program
availability
20. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
SP 800-30
CISO
COSO
Information risk management
21. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
security program
FMEA
port scanner
performance monitor
22. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
vulnerability
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
vulnerability scanner
availability
23. Mitigates a potential risk
firewall
countermeasure
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
CobiT
24. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
security governanace
L0phtCrack
administrative
25. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
COSO
usage
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
FMEA
26. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
risk
planning horizon
exposure
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
27. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
protocol analyzer
ISO/IEC 27004
administrative
physical
28. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
risk analysis
risk mitigation
technical
escalation
29. Potential danger to information or systems
ISO 17799
threat
network mapping
risk analysis
30. Information security managment measurements
performance baseline
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27004
31. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
CISO
operational
vulnerability
corporate security officer
32. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
data owner
physical
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
COSO
33. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
single loss expectancy
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
data owner
risk
34. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
exposure factor
IRM
tactical
OVAL
35. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
network mapping
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27005
OCTAVE
36. FRAP
data owner
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
annualized loss expectancy
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
37. IT governance at the operational level
risk
FMEA
CobiT
corporate security officer
38. COSO
FMEA
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
firewall
blueprints
39. OCTAVE
penetration
john the ripper
BS7799
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
40. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
risk analysis
blueprints
due care
41. ISM Standard
security program
exposure factor
Information Security Management
Information risk management
42. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
L0phtCrack
privilege
confidentiality
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
43. Corporate governance at the strategic level
COSO
availability
CobiT
risk
44. Responsible for information classification and protection
firewall
data owner
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
vulnerability
45. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
privilege
OVAL
IRM
elcomsoft
46. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
tactical
exposure factor
vulnerability
firewall
47. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
FRAP
risk
performance baseline
ISO 17799
48. 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
L0phtCrack
usage
mappers
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
49. IRM
Information risk management
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
BS7799
blueprints
50. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
IRM
administrative
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
CISO