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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. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
network mapping
protocol analyzer
annualized loss expectancy
ISO/IEC 27004
2. Responsible for information classification and protection
data owner
L0phtCrack
network mapping
risk analysis
3. Mitigates a potential risk
SP 800-30
countermeasure
ISO/IEC 27004
L0phtCrack
4. ISM Standard
ISO 17799
strategic
ISO/IEC 27799
Information Security Management
5. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
blueprints
administrative
Information Security Management
6. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
availability
Information risk management
L0phtCrack
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
7. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
FRAP
network mapping
exposure
annualized rate of occurrence
8. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
risk anlysis
annualized loss expectancy
exposure
risk
9. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
physical
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
port scanner
single loss expectancy
10. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
CobiT
FRAP
risk
ISO/IEC 27799
11. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
security officer
integrity
security governanace
vulnerability
12. CISO
chief information security officer
performance monitor
strategic
fault tree analysis
13. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
qualitative
threat
risk analysis
fault tree analysis
14. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
risk
CISO
ISO/IEC 27002
administrative
15. 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
COSO
L0phtCrack
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27002
16. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
countermeasure
vulnerability
performance monitor
AS/NZS 4360
17. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
CobiT
strategic
risk anlysis
COSO
18. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
risk
risk mitigation
performance baseline
privilege
19. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
CobiT
escalation
risk catagories
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
20. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
FMEA
security governanace
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
21. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
penetration
CobiT
risk analysis
security program
22. CobiT
john the ripper
FMEA
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
OVAL
23. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
annualized rate of occurrence
Information Security Management
risk anlysis
usage
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
vulnerability
vulnerability
OCTAVE
25. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
security program
ITIL
operational
26. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
mappers
CISO
john the ripper
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
27. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
COSO
network mapping
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
FMEA
28. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
L0phtCrack
FRAP
CISO
penetration
29. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
ISO 17799
mappers
exposure factor
FMEA
30. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
CobiT
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
AS/NZS 4360
threat
31. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
annualized loss expectancy
ISO/IEC 27005
port scanner
32. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
Information Security Management
fault tree analysis
integrity
risk
33. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
qualitative
ISO/IEC 27004
fault tree analysis
protocol analyzer
34. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
port scanner
FMEA
exposure factor
administrative
35. Potential danger to information or systems
threat
administrative
risk
network mapping
36. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
exposure
SP 800-30
confidentiality
ISO/IEC 27799
37. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
data owner
risk catagories
ISO 17799
single loss expectancy
38. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
technical
IRM
CISO
exposure
39. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
vulnerability
CISO
operational
COSO
40. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
FMEA
single loss expectancy
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
ISO/IEC 27002
41. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
planning horizon
COSO
annualized rate of occurrence
risk analysis
42. 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
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
blueprints
43. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
john the ripper
risk analysis
COSO
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
44. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
security officer
data owner
john the ripper
chief information security officer
45. FMEA
risk
ISO/IEC 27005
BS7799
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
46. CSO
usage
exposure factor
corporate security officer
ISO/IEC 27001
47. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
due care
usage
CISO
CobiT
48. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
vulnerability
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
security officer
49. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
due care
CISO
security program
integrity
50. Information security managment measurements
SP 800-30
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27004
port scanner