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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. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
performance baseline
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
ISO/IEC 27005
ITIL
2. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
penetration
CobiT
ITIL
administrative
3. ISM Standard
integrity
confidentiality
Information Security Management
vulnerability
4. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
physical
FRAP
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
data owner
5. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
risk
vulnerability
L0phtCrack
annualized rate of occurrence
6. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
protocol analyzer
FMEA
technical
security governanace
7. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
availability
IRM
vulnerability
tactical
8. Mitigates a potential risk
protocol analyzer
ISO/IEC 27004
availability
countermeasure
9. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
john the ripper
network mapping
firewall
COSO
10. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
operational
technical
Information Security Management
availability
11. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
AS/NZS 4360
risk analysis
penetration
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
12. Responsible for information classification and protection
CobiT
data owner
administrative
annualized rate of occurrence
13. FRAP
risk catagories
vulnerability scanner
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
ISO/IEC 27002
14. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
physical
IRM
CISO
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
15. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
privilege
vulnerability scanner
penetration
risk
16. Corporate governance at the strategic level
FMEA
CobiT
vulnerability
COSO
17. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
availability
ITIL
IRM
OCTAVE
18. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
risk analysis
integrity
annualized loss expectancy
countermeasure
19. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
risk mitigation
mappers
physical
Information risk management
20. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
firewall
availability
FMEA
21. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
due care
CISO
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
IRM
22. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
usage
single loss expectancy
network mapping
23. Midterm goals
Information Security Management
protocol analyzer
risk anlysis
tactical
24. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
risk
ISO 17799
ISO/IEC 27005
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
25. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
IRM
ISO 17799
technical
delayed
26. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
threat
john the ripper
confidentiality
ISO/IEC 27799
27. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
security program
risk analysis
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
ISO/IEC 27799
28. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
delayed
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
countermeasure
CISO
29. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
fault tree analysis
ISO/IEC 27001
FMEA
firewall
30. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
IRM
exposure factor
fault tree analysis
31. CSO
tactical
CobiT
corporate security officer
ISO 17799
32. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
elcomsoft
risk analysis
availability
network mapping
33. FMEA
CobiT
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
data owner
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
34. 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 analysis
fault tree analysis
risk anlysis
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
35. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
security program
administrative
ISO/IEC 27799
36. OCTAVE
risk analysis
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
ISO/IEC 27001
CobiT
37. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
AS/NZS 4360
john the ripper
COSO
usage
38. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
tactical
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
CobiT
OCTAVE
39. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
security officer
risk analysis
security program
technical
40. 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)
annualized rate of occurrence
CISO
technical
protocol analyzer
41. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
ISO 17799
ITIL
fault tree analysis
vulnerability
42. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
administrative
single loss expectancy
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
L0phtCrack
43. Derived from the COSO framework
CobiT
IRM
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
risk analysis
44. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
L0phtCrack
annualized loss expectancy
risk catagories
protocol analyzer
45. COSO
IRM
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
security program
data owner
46. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
chief information security officer
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
ISO/IEC 27001
network mapping
47. NIST risk management methodology
SP 800-30
security officer
exposure factor
risk analysis
48. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
network mapping
administrative
security program
ISO/IEC 27001
49. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
exposure
risk
qualitative
Information Security Management
50. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
CobiT
fault tree analysis
integrity
escalation