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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. Information security managment measurements
risk mitigation
ISO/IEC 27005
single loss expectancy
ISO/IEC 27004
2. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
annualized rate of occurrence
tactical
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
security program
3. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
risk anlysis
OCTAVE
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
network mapping
4. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
FRAP
security program
exposure factor
COSO
5. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
data owner
FMEA
OVAL
physical
6. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
COSO
risk mitigation
physical
technical
7. IRM
Information risk management
risk analysis
due care
AS/NZS 4360
8. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
vulnerability
OCTAVE
performance baseline
usage
9. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
Information risk management
privilege
CISO
ITIL
10. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
Information risk management
exposure
annualized loss expectancy
IRM
11. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
risk analysis
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
exposure factor
ISO/IEC 27799
12. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
operational
tactical
network mapping
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
13. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
mappers
port scanner
tactical
risk
14. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
Information Security Management
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
vulnerability scanner
risk mitigation
15. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach
security officer
escalation
due care
CobiT
16. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
administrative
vulnerability
CISO
annualized loss expectancy
17. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
usage
confidentiality
security program
vulnerability
18. CobiT
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
exposure
ISO/IEC 27004
risk anlysis
19. FMEA
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
FMEA
CobiT
20. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
ISO/IEC 27799
SP 800-30
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
21. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
CobiT
exposure
risk anlysis
OVAL
22. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
vulnerability
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
chief information security officer
ISO/IEC 27004
23. Derived from the COSO framework
Information Security Management
chief information security officer
administrative
CobiT
24. CISO
administrative
elcomsoft
integrity
chief information security officer
25. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
operational
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
security governanace
escalation
26. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
delayed
ISO/IEC 27799
mappers
Information risk management
27. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
security governanace
ISO 17799
28. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
CobiT
COSO
exposure
confidentiality
29. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
BS7799
mappers
exposure
security officer
30. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
threat
CISO
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
FRAP
31. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
planning horizon
administrative
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
OCTAVE
32. Midterm goals
risk mitigation
tactical
protocol analyzer
ISO/IEC 27005
33. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
usage
IRM
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
FRAP
34. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
mappers
technical
chief information security officer
planning horizon
35. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
network mapping
annualized loss expectancy
exposure
vulnerability
36. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
risk
protocol analyzer
OVAL
performance monitor
37. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
elcomsoft
annualized loss expectancy
annualized rate of occurrence
vulnerability
38. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
ISO/IEC 27001
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
elcomsoft
ISO/IEC 27005
39. Responsible for information classification and protection
data owner
privilege
fault tree analysis
ISO 17799
40. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
CISO
CISO
exposure
risk catagories
41. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
COSO
risk anlysis
security program
network mapping
42. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
risk analysis
FRAP
COSO
Information risk management
43. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
ISO 17799
vulnerability
physical
security program
44. COSO
ISO 17799
CobiT
COSO
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
45. OCTAVE
chief information security officer
CobiT
vulnerability
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
46. IT governance at the operational level
CobiT
qualitative
risk catagories
port scanner
47. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
L0phtCrack
corporate security officer
firewall
mappers
48. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
port scanner
COSO
ITIL
CobiT
49. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
ISO 17799
escalation
strategic
CobiT
50. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
ISO 17799
risk
network mapping
security officer