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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. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
CISO
risk analysis
AS/NZS 4360
2. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
network mapping
risk analysis
vulnerability
security program
3. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
CISO
john the ripper
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
ISO/IEC 27004
4. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
corporate security officer
qualitative
physical
performance monitor
5. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
data owner
risk analysis
planning horizon
CobiT
6. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
firewall
risk analysis
blueprints
7. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
integrity
COSO
vulnerability
vulnerability scanner
8. IT governance at the operational level
vulnerability
network mapping
security program
CobiT
9. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
risk catagories
risk
security program
fault tree analysis
10. IRM
CobiT
single loss expectancy
Information risk management
operational
11. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
technical
risk catagories
exposure
operational
12. CSO
CobiT
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
risk mitigation
corporate security officer
13. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
CobiT
delayed
administrative
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
14. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
ISO/IEC 27001
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
COSO
integrity
15. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
port scanner
risk anlysis
risk
FMEA
16. 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
john the ripper
risk anlysis
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
17. 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)
L0phtCrack
protocol analyzer
AS/NZS 4360
administrative
18. Potential danger to information or systems
ISO/IEC 27002
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
ISO 17799
threat
19. Derived from the COSO framework
risk catagories
vulnerability
CobiT
delayed
20. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
corporate security officer
Information risk management
ISO/IEC 27005
COSO
21. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
COSO
Information Security Management
OVAL
network mapping
22. Midterm goals
availability
security program
security officer
tactical
23. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
IRM
penetration
network mapping
Information risk management
24. NIST risk management methodology
network mapping
threat
FMEA
SP 800-30
25. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
planning horizon
delayed
risk analysis
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
26. ISM Standard
risk analysis
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
privilege
Information Security Management
27. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
risk
technical
administrative
annualized loss expectancy
28. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
exposure
OCTAVE
penetration
administrative
29. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
security program
privilege
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27005
30. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
FMEA
IRM
risk analysis
corporate security officer
31. 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
tactical
annualized loss expectancy
CISO
32. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
risk analysis
risk anlysis
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
ISO/IEC 27001
33. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
john the ripper
blueprints
technical
34. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
vulnerability
OVAL
usage
performance baseline
35. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
CISO
ISO/IEC 27004
port scanner
availability
36. OCTAVE
risk analysis
ISO/IEC 27002
corporate security officer
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
37. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
fault tree analysis
risk
chief information security officer
firewall
38. FMEA
OCTAVE
elcomsoft
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
39. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
delayed
vulnerability
IRM
firewall
40. Information security managment measurements
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
ISO/IEC 27005
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
ISO/IEC 27004
41. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
COSO
network mapping
Information risk management
ISO 17799
42. FRAP
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
CobiT
operational
vulnerability
43. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
risk analysis
FMEA
exposure factor
risk
44. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
risk catagories
administrative
Information Security Management
strategic
45. CISO
chief information security officer
ISO/IEC 27002
penetration
risk
46. COSO
risk catagories
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
vulnerability scanner
risk mitigation
47. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
mappers
single loss expectancy
security governanace
port scanner
48. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
elcomsoft
security program
operational
COSO
49. 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
port scanner
risk
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
L0phtCrack
50. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
corporate security officer
SP 800-30
threat
qualitative