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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. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
threat
SP 800-30
FMEA
ISO 17799
2. Midterm goals
risk
risk analysis
tactical
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
3. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
availability
qualitative
performance baseline
risk catagories
4. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
availability
port scanner
network mapping
elcomsoft
5. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
IRM
john the ripper
annualized rate of occurrence
annualized loss expectancy
6. 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
AS/NZS 4360
risk anlysis
qualitative
7. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
COSO
IRM
performance baseline
ISO/IEC 27005
8. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
single loss expectancy
SP 800-30
administrative
vulnerability scanner
9. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
security program
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
john the ripper
physical
10. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
FMEA
risk
CobiT
corporate security officer
11. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
performance monitor
privilege
protocol analyzer
countermeasure
12. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
technical
ISO/IEC 27002
FMEA
usage
13. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
administrative
port scanner
risk
risk catagories
14. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
threat
technical
network mapping
CobiT
15. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
operational
integrity
network mapping
COSO
16. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
corporate security officer
risk mitigation
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
penetration
17. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
CobiT
administrative
security program
ISO/IEC 27001
18. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
mappers
FMEA
technical
confidentiality
19. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
AS/NZS 4360
ISO 17799
IRM
FRAP
20. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
FRAP
protocol analyzer
IRM
ITIL
21. 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
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
ISO 17799
COSO
qualitative
22. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
planning horizon
administrative
blueprints
escalation
23. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
risk analysis
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
CobiT
administrative
24. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
vulnerability
annualized loss expectancy
threat
firewall
25. Responsible for information classification and protection
COSO
data owner
technical
delayed
26. CSO
ISO/IEC 27799
corporate security officer
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
ISO/IEC 27005
27. FMEA
security program
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
threat
28. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
FRAP
data owner
firewall
availability
29. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
CobiT
COSO
FMEA
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
30. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
risk
risk mitigation
COSO
physical
31. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
penetration
Information Security Management
OCTAVE
qualitative
32. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
risk analysis
ISO 17799
FMEA
OVAL
33. OCTAVE
vulnerability scanner
performance baseline
security program
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
34. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
operational
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
mappers
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
35. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
security governanace
COSO
ISO/IEC 27004
Information risk management
36. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
qualitative
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
risk analysis
CobiT
37. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
availability
network mapping
OCTAVE
IRM
38. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
vulnerability
strategic
penetration
OVAL
39. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
CISO
data owner
risk catagories
40. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
AS/NZS 4360
security governanace
availability
strategic
41. CISO
chief information security officer
single loss expectancy
security governanace
CobiT
42. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
exposure factor
CISO
security officer
john the ripper
43. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
due care
IRM
annualized loss expectancy
AS/NZS 4360
44. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
usage
CISO
fault tree analysis
administrative
45. Corporate governance at the strategic level
COSO
ISO 17799
security program
CISO
46. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
ISO/IEC 27002
BS7799
blueprints
chief information security officer
47. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
performance baseline
FRAP
BS7799
qualitative
48. Information security managment measurements
ISO/IEC 27004
operational
due care
ISO/IEC 27005
49. IT governance at the operational level
CobiT
FMEA
strategic
vulnerability
50. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
escalation
ISO/IEC 27004
Information Security Management
mappers