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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. Mitigates a potential risk
single loss expectancy
risk analysis
qualitative
countermeasure
2. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
data owner
mappers
threat
physical
3. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
exposure
technical
security program
strategic
4. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
performance baseline
firewall
network mapping
risk anlysis
5. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
port scanner
ISO/IEC 27002
administrative
security program
6. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
L0phtCrack
annualized rate of occurrence
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
ISO 17799
7. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
technical
vulnerability
firewall
ISO/IEC 27001
8. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
FMEA
single loss expectancy
CobiT
physical
9. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
port scanner
security program
risk catagories
CobiT
10. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
risk mitigation
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
COSO
privilege
11. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
qualitative
technical
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
risk
12. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
performance monitor
IRM
CISO
network mapping
13. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
OCTAVE
ISO/IEC 27004
CobiT
port scanner
14. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
CobiT
risk mitigation
data owner
risk analysis
15. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
SP 800-30
risk analysis
blueprints
due care
16. IRM
administrative
performance monitor
countermeasure
Information risk management
17. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
OVAL
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
mappers
fault tree analysis
18. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
BS7799
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27002
exposure factor
19. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
integrity
strategic
john the ripper
FMEA
20. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
operational
performance baseline
FMEA
vulnerability
21. CISO
penetration
fault tree analysis
chief information security officer
Information Security Management
22. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
COSO
firewall
risk
network mapping
23. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
privilege
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
risk catagories
usage
24. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
AS/NZS 4360
risk
mappers
physical
25. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
OVAL
CobiT
confidentiality
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
26. ISM Standard
BS7799
CISO
Information Security Management
administrative
27. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
exposure
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27001
28. 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
risk catagories
risk mitigation
port scanner
29. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
vulnerability
OCTAVE
risk catagories
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
30. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
fault tree analysis
OVAL
COSO
FMEA
31. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
qualitative
physical
chief information security officer
32. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
risk anlysis
Information Security Management
due care
single loss expectancy
33. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
integrity
corporate security officer
performance monitor
risk catagories
34. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
CISO
COSO
annualized rate of occurrence
operational
35. OCTAVE
COSO
annualized loss expectancy
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
availability
36. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
privilege
physical
performance baseline
37. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
ISO/IEC 27799
performance baseline
usage
OCTAVE
38. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
ISO/IEC 27001
data owner
blueprints
delayed
39. CSO
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
FRAP
corporate security officer
exposure factor
40. Derived from the COSO framework
risk catagories
chief information security officer
CobiT
exposure factor
41. Responsible for information classification and protection
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
ISO 17799
data owner
protocol analyzer
42. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
fault tree analysis
technical
security governanace
risk
43. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
annualized loss expectancy
chief information security officer
risk analysis
44. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
ISO 17799
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
strategic
security officer
45. NIST risk management methodology
BS7799
usage
SP 800-30
OVAL
46. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
ISO/IEC 27005
risk
ISO/IEC 27004
escalation
47. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
CISO
FRAP
chief information security officer
exposure factor
48. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
risk analysis
IRM
performance monitor
vulnerability
49. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
FMEA
Information risk management
tactical
chief information security officer
50. 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
risk
FRAP
risk catagories