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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. CISO
Information risk management
network mapping
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
chief information security officer
2. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
security officer
OVAL
privilege
risk analysis
3. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
CISO
threat
CISO
technical
4. Mitigates a potential risk
FMEA
countermeasure
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
AS/NZS 4360
5. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
vulnerability
firewall
port scanner
network mapping
6. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
operational
security program
annualized rate of occurrence
security governanace
7. ____________ 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
CobiT
risk catagories
8. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
Information risk management
COSO
OVAL
security officer
9. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
COSO
risk
single loss expectancy
qualitative
10. COSO
COSO
security officer
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
CISO
11. IRM
Information risk management
qualitative
ISO/IEC 27002
tactical
12. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
CobiT
protocol analyzer
confidentiality
operational
13. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
ISO 17799
mappers
corporate security officer
CobiT
14. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
escalation
availability
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
exposure
15. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
qualitative
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
security governanace
L0phtCrack
16. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
Information risk management
administrative
exposure
17. Potential danger to information or systems
network mapping
port scanner
threat
ISO/IEC 27001
18. 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)
chief information security officer
protocol analyzer
delayed
operational
19. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
availability
strategic
CISO
OVAL
20. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
vulnerability
AS/NZS 4360
due care
risk analysis
21. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
BS7799
SP 800-30
administrative
COSO
22. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
exposure factor
ISO 17799
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
23. CSO
corporate security officer
COSO
COSO
operational
24. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
vulnerability scanner
OCTAVE
security governanace
qualitative
25. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
integrity
exposure
risk mitigation
BS7799
26. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
vulnerability
due care
tactical
ISO/IEC 27001
27. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
mappers
FMEA
ISO/IEC 27004
SP 800-30
28. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
ISO/IEC 27799
IRM
annualized loss expectancy
threat
29. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27004
exposure factor
integrity
30. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
data owner
ISO 17799
administrative
CISO
31. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
OVAL
mappers
CobiT
administrative
32. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
integrity
AS/NZS 4360
performance monitor
L0phtCrack
33. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
risk
security program
vulnerability scanner
corporate security officer
34. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
planning horizon
performance baseline
risk
COSO
35. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
CISO
OVAL
single loss expectancy
36. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
FMEA
CISO
risk analysis
risk mitigation
37. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
port scanner
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
COSO
FRAP
38. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
integrity
ISO 17799
security governanace
COSO
39. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
privilege
escalation
elcomsoft
OVAL
40. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
FMEA
risk analysis
41. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
IRM
ISO/IEC 27002
CISO
COSO
42. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
protocol analyzer
privilege
strategic
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
43. Midterm goals
OCTAVE
tactical
ISO/IEC 27005
performance monitor
44. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
fault tree analysis
vulnerability
risk catagories
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
45. 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
performance baseline
Information risk management
security officer
46. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach
ISO/IEC 27799
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
due care
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
47. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
Information Security Management
administrative
physical
exposure factor
48. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
security program
ISO/IEC 27002
administrative
performance baseline
49. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
delayed
escalation
administrative
FMEA
50. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
escalation
strategic
COSO
security program