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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt
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1. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
technical
data owner
FMEA
Information risk management
2. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
security governanace
corporate security officer
ITIL
annualized rate of occurrence
3. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
security program
usage
ISO/IEC 27005
network mapping
4. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
risk analysis
FMEA
availability
chief information security officer
5. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
IRM
OCTAVE
performance baseline
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
6. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
CobiT
planning horizon
risk mitigation
data owner
7. Responsible for information classification and protection
data owner
protocol analyzer
OCTAVE
corporate security officer
8. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
risk anlysis
ISO 17799
risk analysis
firewall
9. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
operational
mappers
chief information security officer
security program
10. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
risk mitigation
delayed
exposure factor
elcomsoft
11. Mitigates a potential risk
fault tree analysis
physical
chief information security officer
countermeasure
12. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
risk mitigation
privilege
risk
ISO/IEC 27001
13. OCTAVE
annualized loss expectancy
technical
COSO
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
14. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
vulnerability
firewall
security officer
administrative
15. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
CISO
physical
penetration
risk catagories
16. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27001
CISO
BS7799
17. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
penetration
risk mitigation
ISO/IEC 27002
18. 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
ISO 17799
risk catagories
Information Security Management
tactical
19. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
risk
exposure
risk anlysis
vulnerability
20. IRM
BS7799
network mapping
ISO/IEC 27005
Information risk management
21. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
vulnerability scanner
ISO/IEC 27799
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
22. Corporate governance at the strategic level
COSO
ISO/IEC 27799
ISO/IEC 27005
ISO 17799
23. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
Information Security Management
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
CobiT
firewall
24. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
CobiT
OCTAVE
single loss expectancy
integrity
25. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
COSO
single loss expectancy
annualized rate of occurrence
ITIL
26. FMEA
planning horizon
ISO 17799
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
physical
27. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
integrity
port scanner
vulnerability
planning horizon
28. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
blueprints
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
privilege
operational
29. Derived from the COSO framework
confidentiality
CobiT
SP 800-30
vulnerability
30. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
john the ripper
COSO
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
ISO/IEC 27002
31. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
risk
qualitative
administrative
risk mitigation
32. ISM Standard
ISO/IEC 27002
countermeasure
Information Security Management
security program
33. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
administrative
exposure factor
confidentiality
ISO/IEC 27001
34. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
risk anlysis
risk analysis
OVAL
exposure
35. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
ISO/IEC 27799
technical
risk catagories
vulnerability
36. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
IRM
COSO
CobiT
annualized loss expectancy
37. 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)
protocol analyzer
Information Security Management
countermeasure
CISO
38. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
administrative
Information Security Management
delayed
ISO/IEC 27005
39. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
risk
risk catagories
FMEA
vulnerability
40. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
CobiT
ISO 17799
planning horizon
security program
41. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
administrative
ISO/IEC 27004
Information risk management
exposure
42. 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 17799
L0phtCrack
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
annualized rate of occurrence
43. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
risk mitigation
tactical
ISO 17799
administrative
44. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
physical
risk
risk analysis
escalation
45. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
IRM
confidentiality
threat
penetration
46. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
planning horizon
usage
COSO
BS7799
47. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
network mapping
security program
integrity
48. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
countermeasure
ISO 17799
operational
AS/NZS 4360
49. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
L0phtCrack
BS7799
FMEA
CISO
50. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
strategic
penetration
escalation
chief information security officer