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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. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
CobiT
risk
FMEA
security program
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
strategic
SP 800-30
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
L0phtCrack
3. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
Information risk management
network mapping
administrative
fault tree analysis
4. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
annualized rate of occurrence
countermeasure
AS/NZS 4360
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
5. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
ITIL
risk mitigation
ISO 17799
annualized rate of occurrence
6. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
administrative
delayed
security program
FMEA
7. CISO
chief information security officer
performance baseline
ISO/IEC 27799
security officer
8. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
Information Security Management
risk mitigation
COSO
operational
9. CSO
confidentiality
corporate security officer
security program
OCTAVE
10. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
FMEA
CISO
vulnerability scanner
escalation
11. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
ITIL
exposure
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
confidentiality
12. COSO
CobiT
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27005
13. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
planning horizon
confidentiality
14. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
blueprints
ISO 17799
ISO 17799
risk analysis
15. Responsible for information classification and protection
john the ripper
data owner
Information risk management
performance baseline
16. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
FRAP
fault tree analysis
privilege
CISO
17. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
annualized rate of occurrence
CobiT
due care
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
18. FRAP
qualitative
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
physical
CobiT
19. OCTAVE
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
annualized loss expectancy
protocol analyzer
ISO/IEC 27001
20. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
strategic
qualitative
integrity
security program
21. Mitigates a potential risk
threat
FMEA
annualized loss expectancy
countermeasure
22. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
annualized loss expectancy
AS/NZS 4360
firewall
OCTAVE
23. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
qualitative
annualized rate of occurrence
SP 800-30
OCTAVE
24. Derived from the COSO framework
ISO/IEC 27001
CobiT
network mapping
countermeasure
25. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
blueprints
CISO
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
26. IRM
physical
Information risk management
delayed
risk anlysis
27. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
security governanace
delayed
usage
corporate security officer
28. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
security governanace
CISO
ISO/IEC 27799
ISO/IEC 27001
29. NIST risk management methodology
threat
technical
L0phtCrack
SP 800-30
30. 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)
integrity
vulnerability
FMEA
protocol analyzer
31. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
ISO 17799
security program
blueprints
security officer
32. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
ISO/IEC 27002
physical
security governanace
33. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
risk analysis
ISO 17799
physical
ISO/IEC 27004
34. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
security program
Information risk management
performance baseline
COSO
35. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
john the ripper
chief information security officer
escalation
risk analysis
36. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
corporate security officer
fault tree analysis
penetration
blueprints
37. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
data owner
OCTAVE
risk anlysis
delayed
38. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
annualized rate of occurrence
security governanace
CobiT
strategic
39. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
countermeasure
security program
vulnerability
OCTAVE
40. CobiT
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
planning horizon
FRAP
delayed
41. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
OVAL
ISO 17799
blueprints
privilege
42. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
john the ripper
countermeasure
penetration
availability
43. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
OCTAVE
risk catagories
ISO 17799
44. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
corporate security officer
COSO
ISO/IEC 27001
confidentiality
45. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
network mapping
availability
security program
corporate security officer
46. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
exposure
escalation
vulnerability
elcomsoft
47. Corporate governance at the strategic level
BS7799
vulnerability scanner
CobiT
COSO
48. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27002
administrative
ISO/IEC 27005
49. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
COSO
IRM
ISO/IEC 27799
ITIL
50. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
chief information security officer
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
vulnerability
FRAP