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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)
FMEA
operational
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
risk analysis
2. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
risk analysis
vulnerability
corporate security officer
3. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
planning horizon
risk analysis
COSO
risk
4. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
tactical
planning horizon
exposure factor
strategic
5. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
blueprints
risk mitigation
risk anlysis
FRAP
6. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
due care
CobiT
performance baseline
risk anlysis
7. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
threat
vulnerability
risk analysis
vulnerability scanner
8. COSO
chief information security officer
countermeasure
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
corporate security officer
9. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
performance monitor
risk mitigation
threat
confidentiality
10. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
mappers
COSO
john the ripper
CobiT
11. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
COSO
ISO 17799
L0phtCrack
FMEA
12. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
availability
qualitative
threat
13. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
single loss expectancy
ISO/IEC 27001
exposure
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
14. Responsible for information classification and protection
IRM
ISO/IEC 27799
data owner
exposure factor
15. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
fault tree analysis
L0phtCrack
single loss expectancy
16. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
data owner
risk
security program
FMEA
17. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
ISO/IEC 27005
administrative
COSO
protocol analyzer
18. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
firewall
performance baseline
CISO
john the ripper
19. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
performance baseline
AS/NZS 4360
performance monitor
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
20. Corporate governance at the strategic level
risk
COSO
L0phtCrack
penetration
21. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
L0phtCrack
penetration
administrative
delayed
22. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
fault tree analysis
privilege
vulnerability scanner
firewall
23. Potential danger to information or systems
firewall
CobiT
performance baseline
threat
24. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
security program
security program
CISO
escalation
25. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
CISO
FMEA
ISO 17799
chief information security officer
26. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
security officer
annualized loss expectancy
ISO 17799
blueprints
27. CISO
IRM
chief information security officer
threat
CobiT
28. 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
FMEA
tactical
firewall
29. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
OVAL
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
security governanace
CobiT
30. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
john the ripper
COSO
exposure factor
risk mitigation
31. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
administrative
ISO/IEC 27002
FRAP
BS7799
32. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
FMEA
planning horizon
CobiT
corporate security officer
33. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
risk catagories
privilege
annualized loss expectancy
exposure factor
34. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
risk analysis
privilege
FMEA
CobiT
35. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
risk mitigation
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
firewall
administrative
36. 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
due care
L0phtCrack
vulnerability
protocol analyzer
37. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
IRM
fault tree analysis
vulnerability
OCTAVE
38. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
exposure
ITIL
due care
firewall
39. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
network mapping
FMEA
security program
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
40. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
fault tree analysis
confidentiality
technical
Information risk management
41. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
exposure
tactical
operational
OVAL
42. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
privilege
qualitative
risk analysis
ISO/IEC 27002
43. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
chief information security officer
risk
ISO/IEC 27005
integrity
44. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
corporate security officer
AS/NZS 4360
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
security governanace
45. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
blueprints
security governanace
physical
privilege
46. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
vulnerability
penetration
data owner
security program
47. CSO
port scanner
single loss expectancy
data owner
corporate security officer
48. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
exposure
vulnerability
OVAL
ISO/IEC 27799
49. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
security governanace
BS7799
security program
corporate security officer
50. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
technical
IRM
CobiT
firewall