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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. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
integrity
ISO/IEC 27001
Information Security Management
ISO/IEC 27002
2. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
ITIL
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
john the ripper
OVAL
3. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
CobiT
strategic
performance baseline
ITIL
4. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
Information risk management
Information Security Management
performance monitor
risk analysis
5. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
exposure
COSO
qualitative
network mapping
6. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
penetration
risk
countermeasure
ISO/IEC 27004
7. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
BS7799
usage
single loss expectancy
CobiT
8. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
ISO/IEC 27002
ISO/IEC 27799
vulnerability
risk anlysis
9. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
COSO
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
penetration
administrative
10. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
john the ripper
IRM
vulnerability scanner
security officer
11. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
AS/NZS 4360
ISO 17799
vulnerability
risk analysis
12. ISM Standard
Information Security Management
ISO/IEC 27004
ISO 17799
port scanner
13. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
ISO/IEC 27002
vulnerability
operational
security program
14. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
planning horizon
elcomsoft
ISO/IEC 27002
CISO
15. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach
planning horizon
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
vulnerability
due care
16. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
vulnerability
port scanner
BS7799
OCTAVE
17. FMEA
administrative
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
CobiT
risk analysis
18. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
privilege
technical
protocol analyzer
FMEA
19. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
due care
exposure
COSO
ISO/IEC 27005
20. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
exposure factor
threat
ITIL
availability
21. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
network mapping
ISO/IEC 27799
BS7799
vulnerability
22. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
risk analysis
security governanace
network mapping
CISO
23. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
confidentiality
network mapping
countermeasure
security program
24. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
vulnerability
qualitative
availability
OCTAVE
25. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
elcomsoft
Information Security Management
risk analysis
ISO/IEC 27799
26. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
escalation
security program
tactical
ISO/IEC 27001
27. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
privilege
COSO
security program
risk mitigation
28. Mitigates a potential risk
due care
countermeasure
integrity
COSO
29. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
ISO/IEC 27002
risk catagories
risk analysis
Information risk management
30. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
physical
COSO
CobiT
annualized loss expectancy
31. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
ISO 17799
CISO
vulnerability
fault tree analysis
32. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
physical
ISO/IEC 27004
operational
privilege
33. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
security program
Information Security Management
security officer
penetration
34. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
port scanner
administrative
blueprints
annualized loss expectancy
35. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
BS7799
annualized loss expectancy
data owner
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
36. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
CobiT
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
qualitative
corporate security officer
37. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
ISO/IEC 27004
fault tree analysis
qualitative
risk anlysis
38. NIST risk management methodology
SP 800-30
vulnerability
ITIL
blueprints
39. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
ITIL
port scanner
ISO/IEC 27001
protocol analyzer
40. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
OCTAVE
mappers
FMEA
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
41. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
SP 800-30
security program
OVAL
42. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
OVAL
integrity
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27799
43. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
planning horizon
COSO
escalation
single loss expectancy
44. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
FMEA
CobiT
Information Security Management
exposure
45. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
L0phtCrack
technical
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27002
46. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
security program
risk
vulnerability
penetration
47. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
confidentiality
ISO/IEC 27002
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
risk
48. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
planning horizon
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
strategic
delayed
49. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
ISO/IEC 27001
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
planning horizon
CISO
50. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
ISO/IEC 27001
exposure
security program
vulnerability