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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. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
ISO/IEC 27005
OCTAVE
risk anlysis
exposure
2. FRAP
elcomsoft
ITIL
CobiT
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
3. Information security managment measurements
port scanner
ISO/IEC 27004
ISO/IEC 27002
chief information security officer
4. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
CISO
IRM
risk
network mapping
5. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
escalation
chief information security officer
CISO
FRAP
6. 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
confidentiality
ISO/IEC 27001
L0phtCrack
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
7. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
performance baseline
fault tree analysis
penetration
exposure factor
8. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
privilege
risk
ISO/IEC 27799
availability
9. 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
ITIL
ISO 17799
delayed
risk catagories
10. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
countermeasure
ITIL
COSO
OCTAVE
11. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
vulnerability
IRM
OVAL
security program
12. COSO
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
risk mitigation
single loss expectancy
ISO/IEC 27001
13. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
ITIL
administrative
confidentiality
firewall
14. ISM Standard
availability
FMEA
Information Security Management
CobiT
15. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
network mapping
risk
vulnerability
usage
16. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
risk analysis
vulnerability
security governanace
OVAL
17. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
elcomsoft
chief information security officer
Information Security Management
fault tree analysis
18. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
vulnerability
COSO
BS7799
escalation
19. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
risk analysis
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
annualized rate of occurrence
FMEA
20. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
vulnerability
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
annualized loss expectancy
escalation
21. FMEA
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
escalation
ISO 17799
performance baseline
22. 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
risk anlysis
chief information security officer
administrative
23. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
FRAP
risk mitigation
OCTAVE
ITIL
24. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
delayed
ISO/IEC 27001
CobiT
usage
25. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
blueprints
operational
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
ITIL
26. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
blueprints
administrative
Information risk management
performance baseline
27. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
integrity
exposure factor
OVAL
blueprints
28. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
OCTAVE
risk catagories
availability
technical
29. CobiT
ISO/IEC 27799
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
network mapping
port scanner
30. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
risk
corporate security officer
mappers
john the ripper
31. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
administrative
performance monitor
security program
COSO
32. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
protocol analyzer
risk analysis
risk catagories
administrative
33. 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)
blueprints
protocol analyzer
Information risk management
countermeasure
34. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
blueprints
BS7799
FMEA
technical
35. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
firewall
FMEA
tactical
threat
36. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
delayed
security program
L0phtCrack
exposure factor
37. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
confidentiality
threat
data owner
COSO
38. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
security officer
escalation
FRAP
Information Security Management
39. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
ISO 17799
privilege
port scanner
strategic
40. Midterm goals
tactical
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
IRM
CISO
41. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
CobiT
qualitative
vulnerability
firewall
42. OCTAVE
elcomsoft
privilege
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
43. Potential danger to information or systems
threat
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
technical
annualized rate of occurrence
44. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
delayed
CobiT
administrative
FMEA
45. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
risk catagories
risk anlysis
vulnerability
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
46. CISO
performance baseline
chief information security officer
privilege
mappers
47. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
chief information security officer
planning horizon
escalation
exposure
48. IT governance at the operational level
elcomsoft
CobiT
COSO
FRAP
49. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
CISO
ISO/IEC 27002
ISO/IEC 27004
risk
50. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
AS/NZS 4360
CISO
CobiT
countermeasure