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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. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
ISO/IEC 27002
risk analysis
COSO
strategic
2. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
exposure
OVAL
countermeasure
technical
3. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
physical
blueprints
FMEA
CobiT
4. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
corporate security officer
annualized loss expectancy
vulnerability
5. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
security governanace
port scanner
operational
network mapping
6. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
data owner
firewall
blueprints
technical
7. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
risk mitigation
SP 800-30
elcomsoft
integrity
8. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
CISO
fault tree analysis
due care
ISO/IEC 27002
9. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
planning horizon
BS7799
countermeasure
CobiT
10. ISM Standard
OVAL
network mapping
FMEA
Information Security Management
11. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
COSO
CISO
FMEA
usage
12. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
data owner
exposure
elcomsoft
risk analysis
13. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
single loss expectancy
escalation
operational
ISO 17799
14. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
ISO/IEC 27799
administrative
delayed
vulnerability
15. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
corporate security officer
vulnerability
single loss expectancy
administrative
16. Mitigates a potential risk
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
COSO
countermeasure
administrative
17. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
elcomsoft
annualized loss expectancy
exposure
penetration
18. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
privilege
threat
chief information security officer
COSO
19. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
ISO/IEC 27799
security governanace
ISO 17799
administrative
20. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
operational
firewall
annualized loss expectancy
performance baseline
21. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
vulnerability scanner
ISO 17799
CobiT
Information risk management
22. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
qualitative
risk anlysis
single loss expectancy
elcomsoft
23. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
qualitative
ISO 17799
confidentiality
risk anlysis
24. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
risk analysis
strategic
risk mitigation
AS/NZS 4360
25. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
security program
performance baseline
L0phtCrack
ISO/IEC 27001
26. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
IRM
mappers
Information Security Management
operational
27. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
risk
IRM
data owner
firewall
28. Information security managment measurements
ISO/IEC 27005
ISO/IEC 27004
Information risk management
strategic
29. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
tactical
strategic
FMEA
FRAP
30. COSO
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
mappers
SP 800-30
usage
31. 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 anlysis
risk
penetration
confidentiality
32. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
port scanner
performance monitor
risk catagories
CobiT
33. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
vulnerability
CobiT
availability
CISO
34. IT governance at the operational level
CobiT
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
strategic
qualitative
35. Potential danger to information or systems
integrity
planning horizon
threat
risk catagories
36. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
COSO
single loss expectancy
qualitative
ISO/IEC 27005
37. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
protocol analyzer
OCTAVE
Information Security Management
CobiT
38. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
qualitative
AS/NZS 4360
elcomsoft
tactical
39. CSO
corporate security officer
FMEA
risk catagories
annualized loss expectancy
40. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
ISO/IEC 27005
risk
network mapping
FMEA
41. Derived from the COSO framework
CobiT
protocol analyzer
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
security program
42. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
protocol analyzer
risk catagories
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27001
43. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
physical
SP 800-30
elcomsoft
privilege
44. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
CobiT
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
annualized rate of occurrence
vulnerability
45. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
firewall
network mapping
FMEA
annualized rate of occurrence
46. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
CobiT
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
network mapping
CobiT
47. FRAP
confidentiality
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
availability
network mapping
48. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
BS7799
exposure
port scanner
threat
49. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
technical
network mapping
ITIL
john the ripper
50. 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
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
L0phtCrack
port scanner
john the ripper