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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. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
risk catagories
vulnerability
availability
delayed
2. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
firewall
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
confidentiality
risk analysis
3. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
usage
ISO/IEC 27002
ISO/IEC 27005
tactical
4. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
CobiT
strategic
blueprints
CISO
5. CobiT
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
performance baseline
network mapping
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
6. Mitigates a potential risk
chief information security officer
countermeasure
strategic
security governanace
7. Responsible for information classification and protection
ISO 17799
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
chief information security officer
data owner
8. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
firewall
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
CobiT
confidentiality
9. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
OCTAVE
risk
delayed
10. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
administrative
john the ripper
risk
risk analysis
11. FRAP
ISO 17799
integrity
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
network mapping
12. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
fault tree analysis
john the ripper
risk anlysis
risk analysis
13. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
mappers
CISO
security program
availability
14. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
escalation
physical
qualitative
OCTAVE
15. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
security officer
IRM
risk mitigation
integrity
16. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
vulnerability scanner
SP 800-30
FMEA
qualitative
17. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
performance baseline
L0phtCrack
confidentiality
firewall
18. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
exposure
administrative
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
CobiT
19. COSO
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
exposure
physical
annualized rate of occurrence
20. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
ISO/IEC 27001
COSO
countermeasure
technical
21. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
ISO/IEC 27005
security program
FMEA
privilege
22. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
confidentiality
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
risk analysis
annualized rate of occurrence
23. Information security managment measurements
ISO/IEC 27004
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
ISO 17799
SP 800-30
24. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
firewall
ISO 17799
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
OVAL
25. ISM Standard
Information Security Management
FMEA
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
FRAP
26. IT governance at the operational level
security governanace
performance baseline
blueprints
CobiT
27. 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
CISO
FRAP
L0phtCrack
privilege
28. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
security program
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
COSO
risk mitigation
29. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
ISO/IEC 27001
performance monitor
COSO
security officer
30. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
port scanner
Information Security Management
mappers
31. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach
risk anlysis
FMEA
risk mitigation
due care
32. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
ISO/IEC 27001
single loss expectancy
vulnerability
security program
33. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
OVAL
performance monitor
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
ISO 17799
34. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
firewall
single loss expectancy
AS/NZS 4360
CISO
35. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
tactical
risk mitigation
vulnerability scanner
operational
36. CISO
port scanner
chief information security officer
risk anlysis
annualized rate of occurrence
37. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
FMEA
due care
L0phtCrack
exposure factor
38. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
administrative
ISO/IEC 27001
fault tree analysis
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
39. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
CobiT
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
planning horizon
ISO/IEC 27799
40. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
due care
corporate security officer
vulnerability scanner
usage
41. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
annualized rate of occurrence
privilege
ISO/IEC 27005
vulnerability scanner
42. Midterm goals
risk catagories
administrative
ISO 17799
tactical
43. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
vulnerability
availability
delayed
COSO
44. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
technical
FMEA
annualized loss expectancy
ISO/IEC 27799
45. Potential danger to information or systems
CISO
mappers
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
threat
46. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
performance baseline
CISO
Information Security Management
risk anlysis
47. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
countermeasure
OVAL
vulnerability
exposure
48. FMEA
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
Information risk management
privilege
49. 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
risk anlysis
COSO
COSO
50. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
elcomsoft
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Information risk management
single loss expectancy