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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. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
exposure
security program
risk catagories
risk anlysis
2. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
risk mitigation
ISO/IEC 27799
ISO/IEC 27004
performance baseline
3. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
countermeasure
corporate security officer
OVAL
4. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
network mapping
CISO
risk
blueprints
5. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
elcomsoft
usage
port scanner
risk anlysis
6. FRAP
elcomsoft
FMEA
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
COSO
7. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
risk catagories
AS/NZS 4360
ITIL
vulnerability
8. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
planning horizon
COSO
operational
corporate security officer
9. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
CobiT
corporate security officer
security governanace
operational
10. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
confidentiality
security program
BS7799
security governanace
11. Midterm goals
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
tactical
strategic
administrative
12. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
Information Security Management
ISO 17799
penetration
ISO/IEC 27799
13. Mitigates a potential risk
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
data owner
CobiT
countermeasure
14. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
risk analysis
CobiT
performance baseline
physical
15. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
risk mitigation
performance monitor
ISO/IEC 27005
john the ripper
16. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
COSO
CobiT
vulnerability
network mapping
17. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
integrity
strategic
privilege
CISO
18. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
OVAL
annualized loss expectancy
BS7799
security governanace
19. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
ISO 17799
administrative
AS/NZS 4360
CobiT
20. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
exposure
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27799
network mapping
21. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
network mapping
FMEA
OCTAVE
risk analysis
22. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
CobiT
security program
threat
risk analysis
23. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
strategic
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
FMEA
security officer
24. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
escalation
performance baseline
FRAP
FMEA
25. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
CobiT
technical
OVAL
CobiT
26. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
penetration
ISO/IEC 27002
chief information security officer
strategic
27. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
confidentiality
port scanner
COSO
ISO 17799
28. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
L0phtCrack
risk anlysis
usage
29. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
network mapping
CobiT
annualized rate of occurrence
CISO
30. 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)
john the ripper
network mapping
ISO/IEC 27005
protocol analyzer
31. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
ISO/IEC 27002
BS7799
availability
mappers
32. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
single loss expectancy
protocol analyzer
annualized rate of occurrence
tactical
33. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
ISO 17799
john the ripper
ISO 17799
blueprints
34. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
ISO/IEC 27005
data owner
security program
vulnerability
35. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
CISO
qualitative
integrity
risk anlysis
36. Corporate governance at the strategic level
countermeasure
availability
COSO
ISO 17799
37. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach
due care
operational
privilege
Information risk management
38. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
fault tree analysis
FMEA
planning horizon
39. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
vulnerability scanner
CobiT
corporate security officer
administrative
40. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
IRM
firewall
escalation
elcomsoft
41. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
OVAL
IRM
risk mitigation
FMEA
42. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
physical
network mapping
port scanner
SP 800-30
43. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
ISO/IEC 27001
privilege
john the ripper
COSO
44. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
ISO/IEC 27002
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
annualized rate of occurrence
security governanace
45. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
risk analysis
Information risk management
risk analysis
privilege
46. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
availability
network mapping
strategic
exposure factor
47. 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
qualitative
risk
security program
48. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
COSO
exposure
data owner
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
49. CSO
corporate security officer
port scanner
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
CISO
50. CISO
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
threat
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
chief information security officer