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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
FMEA
security governanace
due care
exposure
2. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
IRM
planning horizon
protocol analyzer
ITIL
3. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
ISO 17799
network mapping
performance baseline
mappers
4. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
security officer
risk mitigation
Information Security Management
network mapping
5. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
escalation
risk
exposure factor
CISO
6. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
vulnerability
security officer
port scanner
performance baseline
7. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
FRAP
risk analysis
ISO 17799
strategic
8. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
FRAP
strategic
ISO/IEC 27799
fault tree analysis
9. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
due care
vulnerability
performance baseline
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
10. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
vulnerability
BS7799
strategic
performance monitor
11. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
COSO
countermeasure
network mapping
technical
12. Corporate governance at the strategic level
network mapping
administrative
COSO
OCTAVE
13. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
performance monitor
Information risk management
AS/NZS 4360
physical
14. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
ISO/IEC 27005
CISO
operational
COSO
15. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
security officer
CISO
BS7799
IRM
16. FMEA
countermeasure
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
risk
risk analysis
17. 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
COSO
usage
L0phtCrack
risk analysis
18. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
vulnerability
CobiT
exposure
fault tree analysis
19. OCTAVE
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
countermeasure
ISO/IEC 27002
john the ripper
20. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
corporate security officer
Information Security Management
firewall
performance monitor
21. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
risk catagories
ISO/IEC 27005
risk analysis
L0phtCrack
22. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
availability
technical
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
COSO
23. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
CISO
risk
privilege
24. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
planning horizon
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
physical
qualitative
25. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
network mapping
john the ripper
mappers
vulnerability
26. Midterm goals
data owner
technical
IRM
tactical
27. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
administrative
FRAP
ISO/IEC 27005
confidentiality
28. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
chief information security officer
Information Security Management
security program
exposure factor
29. CSO
corporate security officer
data owner
IRM
security governanace
30. 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
exposure
ISO 17799
network mapping
confidentiality
31. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
risk catagories
physical
L0phtCrack
FMEA
32. CISO
Information Security Management
threat
COSO
chief information security officer
33. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach
due care
ITIL
AS/NZS 4360
performance baseline
34. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
firewall
exposure
CobiT
operational
35. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
vulnerability
administrative
annualized rate of occurrence
blueprints
36. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
exposure factor
security officer
risk
ITIL
37. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
network mapping
L0phtCrack
risk analysis
CobiT
38. 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)
IRM
due care
protocol analyzer
planning horizon
39. COSO
vulnerability
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
tactical
Information Security Management
40. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
mappers
technical
network mapping
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
41. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
performance baseline
escalation
firewall
42. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
performance monitor
risk analysis
confidentiality
network mapping
43. IT governance at the operational level
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
CobiT
risk catagories
OVAL
44. 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
annualized rate of occurrence
OCTAVE
ISO 17799
45. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
OCTAVE
risk
COSO
CISO
46. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
CobiT
availability
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
tactical
47. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
ISO/IEC 27001
COSO
performance baseline
risk mitigation
48. ISM Standard
ISO/IEC 27799
Information Security Management
corporate security officer
planning horizon
49. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
security officer
usage
john the ripper
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
50. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
FMEA
ISO/IEC 27002
single loss expectancy
corporate security officer