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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. 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
penetration
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
CobiT
L0phtCrack
2. IT governance at the operational level
ISO/IEC 27001
john the ripper
CobiT
COSO
3. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
FMEA
risk
ISO/IEC 27001
performance baseline
4. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
elcomsoft
CobiT
risk
data owner
5. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
risk mitigation
chief information security officer
technical
risk analysis
6. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
physical
ISO 17799
single loss expectancy
qualitative
7. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
performance monitor
exposure factor
planning horizon
vulnerability
8. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
risk catagories
ISO/IEC 27002
strategic
CISO
9. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
OVAL
OCTAVE
chief information security officer
ISO 17799
10. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
network mapping
firewall
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
technical
11. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
CobiT
confidentiality
vulnerability scanner
due care
12. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
technical
administrative
annualized rate of occurrence
ISO/IEC 27799
13. Mitigates a potential risk
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
countermeasure
ISO/IEC 27799
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
14. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
elcomsoft
chief information security officer
FRAP
availability
15. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
fault tree analysis
chief information security officer
FMEA
protocol analyzer
16. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
physical
COSO
ISO/IEC 27004
IRM
17. Corporate governance at the strategic level
risk
COSO
protocol analyzer
network mapping
18. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
countermeasure
administrative
risk
exposure factor
19. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
usage
countermeasure
CISO
20. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
risk analysis
annualized rate of occurrence
annualized loss expectancy
21. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
OVAL
blueprints
ITIL
availability
22. 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)
exposure
protocol analyzer
CobiT
L0phtCrack
23. FRAP
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
availability
privilege
risk anlysis
24. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
corporate security officer
risk anlysis
firewall
ISO/IEC 27005
25. 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
vulnerability
countermeasure
vulnerability
ISO 17799
26. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
ISO/IEC 27799
L0phtCrack
IRM
27. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
exposure
corporate security officer
chief information security officer
IRM
28. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
COSO
L0phtCrack
risk catagories
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
29. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
qualitative
mappers
CISO
annualized loss expectancy
30. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
COSO
FMEA
BS7799
CISO
31. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
blueprints
escalation
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
CobiT
32. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
countermeasure
corporate security officer
tactical
risk anlysis
33. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
performance monitor
risk
risk mitigation
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
34. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
FRAP
AS/NZS 4360
exposure
integrity
35. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
chief information security officer
OVAL
usage
ISO/IEC 27001
36. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
data owner
vulnerability scanner
firewall
CobiT
37. CobiT
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
security officer
administrative
network mapping
38. IRM
due care
COSO
IRM
Information risk management
39. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
single loss expectancy
mappers
COSO
data owner
40. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
threat
risk analysis
firewall
ISO/IEC 27005
41. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
privilege
ISO/IEC 27799
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
ISO 17799
42. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach
due care
escalation
risk mitigation
CobiT
43. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
SP 800-30
availability
administrative
strategic
44. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
network mapping
CobiT
FMEA
risk
45. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
security program
L0phtCrack
risk analysis
escalation
46. CSO
technical
vulnerability
risk anlysis
corporate security officer
47. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
security officer
risk analysis
annualized loss expectancy
vulnerability
48. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
annualized loss expectancy
vulnerability
vulnerability scanner
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
49. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
countermeasure
planning horizon
Information risk management
50. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
CobiT
vulnerability
AS/NZS 4360
due care