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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt
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1. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
ISO/IEC 27002
risk anlysis
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
CobiT
2. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
L0phtCrack
exposure factor
penetration
risk analysis
3. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
CobiT
usage
security governanace
exposure factor
4. IT governance at the operational level
CobiT
BS7799
annualized loss expectancy
qualitative
5. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
exposure
vulnerability scanner
physical
strategic
6. ISM Standard
administrative
Information Security Management
availability
FMEA
7. NIST risk management methodology
privilege
SP 800-30
COSO
vulnerability
8. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
due care
security governanace
risk analysis
COSO
9. CSO
annualized rate of occurrence
corporate security officer
ISO 17799
escalation
10. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
network mapping
privilege
risk mitigation
exposure factor
11. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
risk catagories
qualitative
performance monitor
exposure factor
12. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
port scanner
risk catagories
physical
technical
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)
privilege
threat
protocol analyzer
elcomsoft
14. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
fault tree analysis
penetration
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
ISO/IEC 27799
15. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
risk
FRAP
port scanner
operational
16. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
security program
chief information security officer
vulnerability
ISO 17799
17. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
mappers
confidentiality
penetration
exposure
18. Mitigates a potential risk
countermeasure
integrity
threat
delayed
19. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
Information Security Management
mappers
ISO 17799
risk catagories
20. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
risk anlysis
security officer
risk
tactical
21. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
vulnerability
AS/NZS 4360
port scanner
performance baseline
22. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
CISO
ISO/IEC 27005
vulnerability
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
23. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
operational
fault tree analysis
OVAL
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
24. CISO
planning horizon
ISO/IEC 27799
chief information security officer
confidentiality
25. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
risk
exposure
blueprints
physical
26. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
escalation
AS/NZS 4360
risk
27. IRM
ISO 17799
Information risk management
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
CobiT
28. Derived from the COSO framework
exposure factor
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27005
planning horizon
29. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
port scanner
security program
planning horizon
Information risk management
30. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
risk analysis
confidentiality
single loss expectancy
operational
31. FRAP
countermeasure
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
Information risk management
32. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
protocol analyzer
risk catagories
security officer
network mapping
33. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
elcomsoft
exposure
administrative
ITIL
34. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
AS/NZS 4360
vulnerability
technical
FMEA
35. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
technical
ISO/IEC 27001
qualitative
36. 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
ISO/IEC 27002
tactical
SP 800-30
37. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
chief information security officer
physical
CobiT
38. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
OCTAVE
risk catagories
administrative
ISO/IEC 27001
39. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
CobiT
technical
vulnerability
vulnerability
40. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
firewall
IRM
FMEA
FRAP
41. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
operational
annualized loss expectancy
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
FRAP
42. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
performance baseline
protocol analyzer
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
43. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
OCTAVE
COSO
CISO
ITIL
44. 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
vulnerability
risk anlysis
ISO 17799
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
45. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
annualized rate of occurrence
CobiT
FRAP
risk
46. COSO
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
security officer
escalation
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
47. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
FMEA
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
risk mitigation
security governanace
48. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
qualitative
performance baseline
strategic
AS/NZS 4360
49. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
strategic
usage
FRAP
availability
50. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
operational
escalation
exposure factor
ITIL