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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. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
delayed
ITIL
risk
ISO/IEC 27005
2. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
usage
risk
single loss expectancy
FMEA
3. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
CobiT
Information Security Management
FRAP
4. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
risk catagories
corporate security officer
COSO
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
5. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
FRAP
security program
qualitative
exposure factor
6. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
CobiT
ISO 17799
physical
ISO 17799
7. NIST risk management methodology
protocol analyzer
SP 800-30
delayed
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
8. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
privilege
CobiT
AS/NZS 4360
CobiT
9. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
availability
mappers
performance monitor
vulnerability
10. IRM
Information risk management
ISO/IEC 27799
single loss expectancy
CISO
11. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
Information Security Management
ISO 17799
chief information security officer
ISO/IEC 27001
12. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
elcomsoft
vulnerability scanner
CISO
FMEA
13. 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)
ISO/IEC 27002
protocol analyzer
fault tree analysis
administrative
14. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
ISO/IEC 27005
L0phtCrack
CISO
qualitative
15. 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
port scanner
SP 800-30
16. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
exposure factor
due care
vulnerability scanner
fault tree analysis
17. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
ISO 17799
countermeasure
CobiT
security program
18. 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
mappers
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
CobiT
L0phtCrack
19. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
confidentiality
integrity
network mapping
CobiT
20. FRAP
L0phtCrack
risk catagories
OVAL
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
21. Derived from the COSO framework
FMEA
administrative
CobiT
strategic
22. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
performance monitor
planning horizon
confidentiality
usage
23. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
corporate security officer
operational
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
countermeasure
24. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
administrative
due care
COSO
25. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
ISO 17799
integrity
FRAP
escalation
26. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
integrity
security program
vulnerability scanner
john the ripper
27. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
security program
technical
penetration
Information risk management
28. Information security managment measurements
ISO/IEC 27004
operational
risk
OVAL
29. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
CobiT
tactical
strategic
annualized rate of occurrence
30. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
threat
FMEA
OCTAVE
ISO 17799
31. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
ISO 17799
security governanace
OVAL
strategic
32. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
CobiT
corporate security officer
performance monitor
OVAL
33. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
ISO/IEC 27005
OVAL
IRM
34. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
protocol analyzer
single loss expectancy
IRM
35. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
confidentiality
chief information security officer
performance monitor
exposure
36. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
annualized loss expectancy
risk mitigation
Information Security Management
port scanner
37. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
planning horizon
confidentiality
performance monitor
vulnerability
38. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
chief information security officer
AS/NZS 4360
BS7799
single loss expectancy
39. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
risk analysis
ISO/IEC 27005
risk
FRAP
40. Midterm goals
exposure
CISO
ISO/IEC 27002
tactical
41. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
administrative
ISO 17799
risk
ISO/IEC 27004
42. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
elcomsoft
BS7799
security program
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
43. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
vulnerability
privilege
planning horizon
ISO 17799
44. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
performance monitor
countermeasure
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27004
45. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
risk
security program
OVAL
exposure
46. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
vulnerability
CobiT
single loss expectancy
protocol analyzer
47. FMEA
operational
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
COSO
CobiT
48. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
vulnerability scanner
qualitative
fault tree analysis
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
49. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
COSO
security program
due care
performance monitor
50. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
integrity
privilege
blueprints
tactical