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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. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
fault tree analysis
L0phtCrack
countermeasure
chief information security officer
2. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
CobiT
security officer
due care
security program
3. IT governance at the operational level
security program
risk analysis
network mapping
CobiT
4. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
CobiT
penetration
ISO 17799
operational
5. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
usage
protocol analyzer
vulnerability
FMEA
6. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
BS7799
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
vulnerability
risk analysis
7. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
availability
delayed
risk analysis
security program
8. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
CobiT
risk catagories
penetration
corporate security officer
9. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
fault tree analysis
SP 800-30
qualitative
usage
10. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
risk
vulnerability
annualized rate of occurrence
FMEA
11. Corporate governance at the strategic level
COSO
blueprints
CISO
BS7799
12. Mitigates a potential risk
countermeasure
confidentiality
fault tree analysis
qualitative
13. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
penetration
risk
BS7799
corporate security officer
14. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
technical
mappers
single loss expectancy
ISO/IEC 27002
15. FMEA
usage
L0phtCrack
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
risk anlysis
16. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
port scanner
john the ripper
qualitative
fault tree analysis
17. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
technical
port scanner
performance baseline
18. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
ISO/IEC 27002
administrative
OCTAVE
delayed
19. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
corporate security officer
annualized rate of occurrence
BS7799
ISO/IEC 27005
20. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
CISO
ISO/IEC 27799
CobiT
IRM
21. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
annualized loss expectancy
exposure
security program
vulnerability
22. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
vulnerability
escalation
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
countermeasure
23. 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
administrative
performance monitor
risk mitigation
24. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
operational
exposure factor
network mapping
ISO/IEC 27005
25. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
IRM
FMEA
CISO
vulnerability
26. 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
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
penetration
Information Security Management
27. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
risk
IRM
vulnerability
ISO 17799
28. COSO
usage
data owner
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
physical
29. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
risk analysis
security program
CobiT
exposure
30. Derived from the COSO framework
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
fault tree analysis
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
CobiT
31. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
OVAL
physical
security program
32. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27002
CobiT
risk mitigation
33. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
risk analysis
performance baseline
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
performance monitor
34. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
network mapping
risk mitigation
performance baseline
port scanner
35. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
security officer
corporate security officer
ISO/IEC 27001
network mapping
36. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
penetration
ISO/IEC 27004
risk mitigation
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
37. Potential danger to information or systems
data owner
firewall
threat
network mapping
38. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
security governanace
physical
confidentiality
fault tree analysis
39. 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
ISO 17799
OVAL
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
CISO
40. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
physical
annualized loss expectancy
administrative
performance monitor
41. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
escalation
OVAL
vulnerability
security program
42. Responsible for information classification and protection
OVAL
countermeasure
chief information security officer
data owner
43. OCTAVE
annualized rate of occurrence
due care
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
administrative
44. 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
risk
data owner
COSO
L0phtCrack
45. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
SP 800-30
risk mitigation
CobiT
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
46. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
administrative
COSO
risk analysis
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
47. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
FMEA
blueprints
due care
ISO/IEC 27002
48. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
annualized loss expectancy
ISO/IEC 27001
risk analysis
threat
49. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
annualized rate of occurrence
vulnerability scanner
penetration
security governanace
50. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
risk anlysis
vulnerability
performance baseline
security program