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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. IRM
ISO/IEC 27004
risk anlysis
security program
Information risk management
2. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
strategic
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
operational
elcomsoft
3. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
annualized rate of occurrence
ISO/IEC 27001
CobiT
risk
4. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
qualitative
AS/NZS 4360
COSO
ISO 17799
5. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
elcomsoft
risk analysis
chief information security officer
privilege
6. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
vulnerability
performance baseline
john the ripper
administrative
7. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
CobiT
ISO 17799
administrative
SP 800-30
8. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
ITIL
exposure factor
corporate security officer
FMEA
9. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
IRM
annualized loss expectancy
OVAL
L0phtCrack
10. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
planning horizon
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
administrative
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
11. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
risk
delayed
ITIL
security program
12. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
availability
port scanner
risk
privilege
13. 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
ISO/IEC 27004
L0phtCrack
countermeasure
fault tree analysis
14. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
CISO
due care
CobiT
port scanner
15. COSO
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
data owner
risk analysis
network mapping
16. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
ISO/IEC 27005
CISO
single loss expectancy
vulnerability
17. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
countermeasure
escalation
due care
ISO/IEC 27004
18. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
firewall
technical
BS7799
L0phtCrack
19. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
FRAP
john the ripper
chief information security officer
port scanner
20. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
L0phtCrack
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
confidentiality
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
21. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
vulnerability
risk analysis
OCTAVE
security officer
22. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
escalation
CobiT
risk
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
23. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
risk analysis
usage
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
risk anlysis
24. CSO
strategic
elcomsoft
penetration
corporate security officer
25. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
network mapping
mappers
26. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
data owner
countermeasure
vulnerability
FRAP
27. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
network mapping
ISO/IEC 27005
operational
risk analysis
28. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
single loss expectancy
COSO
vulnerability
due care
29. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
vulnerability
penetration
risk
tactical
30. Corporate governance at the strategic level
COSO
escalation
technical
FMEA
31. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
AS/NZS 4360
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
elcomsoft
OVAL
32. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
protocol analyzer
FMEA
ISO/IEC 27001
strategic
33. Mitigates a potential risk
OCTAVE
escalation
network mapping
countermeasure
34. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
Information Security Management
delayed
port scanner
penetration
35. FMEA
qualitative
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
risk catagories
ISO/IEC 27002
36. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
administrative
OCTAVE
qualitative
37. CobiT
usage
technical
ISO/IEC 27799
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
38. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
countermeasure
security governanace
ISO/IEC 27001
security program
39. 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
vulnerability scanner
exposure
tactical
40. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
john the ripper
vulnerability scanner
41. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
qualitative
chief information security officer
technical
COSO
42. NIST risk management methodology
threat
SP 800-30
elcomsoft
risk catagories
43. Midterm goals
ISO/IEC 27799
ITIL
fault tree analysis
tactical
44. IT governance at the operational level
exposure factor
CobiT
annualized loss expectancy
escalation
45. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
vulnerability
security governanace
CobiT
tactical
46. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
FRAP
exposure
qualitative
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
47. OCTAVE
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
risk analysis
risk catagories
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
48. 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)
corporate security officer
COSO
security governanace
protocol analyzer
49. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
COSO
CISO
IRM
50. Potential danger to information or systems
chief information security officer
COSO
risk analysis
threat