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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. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
single loss expectancy
IRM
planning horizon
escalation
2. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
vulnerability
CISO
exposure factor
exposure
3. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
performance monitor
port scanner
security program
IRM
4. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
penetration
performance monitor
COSO
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
5. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
vulnerability
ISO 17799
CobiT
john the ripper
6. ISM Standard
vulnerability
ISO 17799
Information Security Management
FMEA
7. FRAP
threat
data owner
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
single loss expectancy
8. CobiT
planning horizon
data owner
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
ISO 17799
9. Responsible for information classification and protection
countermeasure
data owner
administrative
network mapping
10. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
operational
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
risk analysis
security officer
11. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
due care
FMEA
COSO
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
12. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
CobiT
fault tree analysis
ISO/IEC 27005
firewall
13. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
penetration
availability
L0phtCrack
integrity
14. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
CobiT
risk analysis
integrity
vulnerability scanner
15. FMEA
network mapping
CISO
strategic
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
16. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
ISO/IEC 27001
single loss expectancy
blueprints
ITIL
17. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
Information Security Management
risk
security governanace
network mapping
18. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
ISO/IEC 27799
CobiT
john the ripper
security governanace
19. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
risk catagories
threat
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
risk analysis
20. NIST risk management methodology
strategic
ITIL
network mapping
SP 800-30
21. Derived from the COSO framework
tactical
risk catagories
elcomsoft
CobiT
22. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
COSO
ISO/IEC 27002
CobiT
CobiT
23. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
annualized loss expectancy
risk analysis
technical
administrative
24. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
mappers
escalation
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
25. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
data owner
risk analysis
risk
FMEA
26. IT governance at the operational level
risk analysis
CobiT
performance baseline
ISO/IEC 27004
27. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
COSO
BS7799
corporate security officer
performance baseline
28. Mitigates a potential risk
CISO
countermeasure
risk analysis
port scanner
29. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
network mapping
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
risk anlysis
ITIL
30. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
administrative
network mapping
planning horizon
FMEA
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
COSO
Information Security Management
COSO
risk anlysis
32. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
administrative
risk analysis
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
firewall
33. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
CobiT
SP 800-30
risk anlysis
confidentiality
34. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
single loss expectancy
IRM
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
FRAP
35. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
single loss expectancy
due care
administrative
annualized loss expectancy
36. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
administrative
exposure
exposure factor
37. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
OCTAVE
john the ripper
ISO 17799
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
38. Information security managment measurements
ISO/IEC 27004
due care
CobiT
CISO
39. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
annualized loss expectancy
penetration
OVAL
ISO/IEC 27005
40. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
performance baseline
OCTAVE
CobiT
single loss expectancy
41. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
annualized rate of occurrence
ISO/IEC 27005
chief information security officer
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
42. COSO
ISO/IEC 27799
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
risk mitigation
ISO/IEC 27004
43. Potential danger to information or systems
threat
technical
physical
availability
44. CSO
physical
availability
risk
corporate security officer
45. 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
mappers
FRAP
security program
L0phtCrack
46. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
risk analysis
risk catagories
COSO
Information risk management
47. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
OVAL
usage
CobiT
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
48. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
blueprints
IRM
CobiT
49. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
ISO/IEC 27004
risk analysis
security program
vulnerability scanner
50. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
network mapping
risk analysis
risk