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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. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
administrative
CobiT
single loss expectancy
FMEA
2. CISO
administrative
chief information security officer
SP 800-30
strategic
3. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
administrative
CobiT
elcomsoft
risk anlysis
4. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
ITIL
vulnerability scanner
network mapping
strategic
5. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
ISO/IEC 27004
ISO/IEC 27002
delayed
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
6. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
risk mitigation
strategic
exposure
privilege
7. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
elcomsoft
technical
john the ripper
planning horizon
8. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
OVAL
data owner
vulnerability
AS/NZS 4360
9. COSO
CobiT
annualized loss expectancy
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
vulnerability scanner
10. FRAP
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
administrative
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
11. 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
administrative
risk
ISO 17799
security program
12. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
vulnerability
FRAP
mappers
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
13. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
risk mitigation
performance monitor
risk
vulnerability
14. 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
CISO
tactical
usage
15. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
CobiT
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
network mapping
COSO
16. ISM Standard
Information Security Management
risk
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
annualized rate of occurrence
17. FMEA
security officer
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
SP 800-30
network mapping
18. Midterm goals
CobiT
tactical
risk
john the ripper
19. Information security managment measurements
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
IRM
ISO/IEC 27004
risk
20. Mitigates a potential risk
risk anlysis
elcomsoft
countermeasure
L0phtCrack
21. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
network mapping
Information Security Management
usage
vulnerability scanner
22. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
risk catagories
ISO 17799
performance baseline
FRAP
23. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
AS/NZS 4360
delayed
risk analysis
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
24. Derived from the COSO framework
CobiT
FMEA
FRAP
FMEA
25. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
risk
ISO/IEC 27002
penetration
vulnerability
26. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
Information Security Management
vulnerability
qualitative
delayed
27. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
vulnerability
CobiT
ISO 17799
privilege
28. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
mappers
BS7799
CobiT
exposure factor
29. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
ITIL
SP 800-30
FMEA
ISO/IEC 27004
30. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
risk analysis
blueprints
usage
escalation
31. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
ISO/IEC 27002
COSO
administrative
network mapping
32. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
ISO/IEC 27799
escalation
john the ripper
Information risk management
33. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
threat
CISO
CobiT
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
34. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
administrative
vulnerability
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
CISO
35. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
security governanace
blueprints
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
OCTAVE
36. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
qualitative
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
strategic
CISO
37. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
confidentiality
risk mitigation
FMEA
usage
38. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
data owner
corporate security officer
network mapping
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
39. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
risk analysis
blueprints
L0phtCrack
CobiT
40. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
tactical
penetration
COSO
41. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
security program
physical
FMEA
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
42. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
BS7799
availability
corporate security officer
ISO/IEC 27002
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 27799
COSO
FRAP
risk analysis
44. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
ISO/IEC 27002
AS/NZS 4360
IRM
annualized rate of occurrence
45. 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
vulnerability
risk analysis
network mapping
46. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
ISO/IEC 27002
security program
physical
CobiT
47. Potential danger to information or systems
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
threat
integrity
CobiT
48. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
delayed
risk analysis
CobiT
annualized loss expectancy
49. Responsible for information classification and protection
due care
operational
data owner
fault tree analysis
50. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
security officer
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
risk mitigation
port scanner