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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. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
CobiT
security governanace
confidentiality
2. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
CobiT
CISO
COSO
3. Midterm goals
port scanner
due care
tactical
network mapping
4. CSO
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
network mapping
corporate security officer
security officer
5. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
OVAL
chief information security officer
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
FRAP
6. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
operational
risk anlysis
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
ISO/IEC 27001
7. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
CISO
strategic
ISO/IEC 27002
risk analysis
8. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27799
blueprints
OVAL
9. NIST risk management methodology
data owner
SP 800-30
exposure
network mapping
10. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
exposure factor
availability
FRAP
security program
11. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
ISO 17799
exposure factor
security program
12. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
john the ripper
ITIL
physical
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
13. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
port scanner
single loss expectancy
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27002
14. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
risk
annualized rate of occurrence
privilege
15. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
performance baseline
network mapping
COSO
annualized rate of occurrence
16. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
planning horizon
OVAL
security program
ISO 17799
17. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
annualized loss expectancy
planning horizon
risk mitigation
CobiT
18. Potential danger to information or systems
COSO
exposure
threat
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
19. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
firewall
risk analysis
risk
20. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
ISO/IEC 27799
risk analysis
delayed
risk catagories
21. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
technical
security officer
vulnerability
22. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
risk
ISO/IEC 27002
ISO 17799
firewall
23. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
ISO/IEC 27799
network mapping
annualized rate of occurrence
CobiT
24. 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
ISO 17799
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
fault tree analysis
25. 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
FMEA
annualized rate of occurrence
CobiT
26. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
technical
penetration
ISO/IEC 27001
elcomsoft
27. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
CISO
corporate security officer
28. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
risk analysis
threat
integrity
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
29. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
performance monitor
annualized rate of occurrence
network mapping
protocol analyzer
30. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
COSO
network mapping
firewall
vulnerability
31. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
CISO
ISO/IEC 27001
CobiT
firewall
32. OCTAVE
data owner
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
IRM
33. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
AS/NZS 4360
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
CobiT
annualized rate of occurrence
34. Corporate governance at the strategic level
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
COSO
risk
CISO
35. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
penetration
port scanner
threat
blueprints
36. Responsible for information classification and protection
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
vulnerability
data owner
protocol analyzer
37. COSO
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
Information Security Management
blueprints
fault tree analysis
38. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
ISO 17799
vulnerability
firewall
annualized loss expectancy
39. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
risk analysis
ISO/IEC 27001
annualized rate of occurrence
vulnerability
40. 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
performance monitor
availability
fault tree analysis
L0phtCrack
41. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
CobiT
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
ISO 17799
security officer
42. CISO
privilege
chief information security officer
penetration
OVAL
43. FMEA
john the ripper
ISO 17799
Information Security Management
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
44. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
qualitative
network mapping
security governanace
risk mitigation
45. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
risk
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
ISO 17799
ISO/IEC 27005
46. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
integrity
network mapping
vulnerability scanner
technical
47. 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)
risk analysis
protocol analyzer
administrative
port scanner
48. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
CobiT
mappers
usage
operational
49. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
operational
security program
administrative
ITIL
50. CobiT
security program
escalation
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
ISO/IEC 27004