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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. Derived from the COSO framework
network mapping
CobiT
tactical
ISO 17799
2. 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
ITIL
FMEA
CISO
L0phtCrack
3. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
availability
planning horizon
risk
vulnerability scanner
4. CISO
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
privilege
chief information security officer
security governanace
5. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
ISO/IEC 27005
performance baseline
security program
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
6. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
corporate security officer
ISO/IEC 27799
risk analysis
network mapping
7. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
firewall
CobiT
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
performance baseline
8. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
annualized loss expectancy
Information Security Management
ISO/IEC 27002
mappers
9. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
performance baseline
risk analysis
ISO 17799
availability
10. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
OCTAVE
technical
single loss expectancy
due care
11. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
FRAP
risk catagories
OCTAVE
chief information security officer
12. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
countermeasure
technical
security governanace
blueprints
13. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
AS/NZS 4360
CobiT
OVAL
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
14. NIST risk management methodology
tactical
mappers
ITIL
SP 800-30
15. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
exposure factor
BS7799
risk
16. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
vulnerability scanner
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
confidentiality
john the ripper
17. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
fault tree analysis
performance monitor
risk
ISO/IEC 27001
18. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
delayed
exposure factor
performance monitor
vulnerability
19. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
network mapping
CobiT
vulnerability
vulnerability scanner
20. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
AS/NZS 4360
integrity
confidentiality
escalation
21. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
due care
BS7799
technical
administrative
22. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
risk analysis
ISO/IEC 27005
exposure
AS/NZS 4360
23. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
risk catagories
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
risk
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
24. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
CobiT
countermeasure
OCTAVE
privilege
25. FRAP
CobiT
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
chief information security officer
corporate security officer
26. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
ISO/IEC 27005
vulnerability
planning horizon
security program
27. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
performance baseline
blueprints
annualized rate of occurrence
vulnerability
28. IT governance at the operational level
CobiT
john the ripper
ISO/IEC 27799
blueprints
29. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
privilege
operational
performance baseline
ISO/IEC 27799
30. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
single loss expectancy
COSO
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
31. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
penetration
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
qualitative
single loss expectancy
32. Mitigates a potential risk
Information risk management
risk catagories
countermeasure
operational
33. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
L0phtCrack
administrative
network mapping
network mapping
34. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
ISO 17799
BS7799
vulnerability scanner
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
35. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
risk
security program
ISO/IEC 27005
annualized loss expectancy
36. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
OVAL
usage
vulnerability
AS/NZS 4360
37. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
qualitative
protocol analyzer
strategic
security program
38. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
qualitative
risk catagories
IRM
ISO/IEC 27799
39. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
L0phtCrack
usage
network mapping
data owner
40. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach
exposure factor
administrative
port scanner
due care
41. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
exposure factor
risk
exposure
security program
42. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
BS7799
ISO 17799
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
CISO
43. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
OCTAVE
vulnerability
protocol analyzer
escalation
44. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
FRAP
ISO/IEC 27002
BS7799
ITIL
45. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
single loss expectancy
ISO 17799
OCTAVE
CISO
46. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
CobiT
Information risk management
security program
ITIL
47. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
port scanner
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
risk catagories
ISO/IEC 27002
48. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
physical
penetration
network mapping
security program
49. Midterm goals
single loss expectancy
tactical
firewall
operational
50. Information security managment measurements
ISO/IEC 27004
network mapping
ISO 17799
administrative