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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. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
escalation
risk
qualitative
ISO 17799
2. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
vulnerability
CISO
ITIL
security officer
3. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
exposure factor
risk catagories
blueprints
CobiT
4. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
administrative
COSO
CobiT
COSO
5. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
ISO 17799
network mapping
availability
COSO
6. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
firewall
tactical
vulnerability
CobiT
7. OCTAVE
ISO/IEC 27004
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
OCTAVE
8. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
ISO/IEC 27005
exposure factor
Information risk management
ISO/IEC 27001
9. 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
privilege
security program
L0phtCrack
technical
10. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
BS7799
L0phtCrack
annualized loss expectancy
risk analysis
11. 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)
performance baseline
exposure factor
protocol analyzer
L0phtCrack
12. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
security program
qualitative
availability
risk anlysis
13. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
vulnerability
risk catagories
availability
planning horizon
14. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
risk analysis
FRAP
security officer
risk catagories
15. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
OCTAVE
integrity
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
due care
16. Derived from the COSO framework
ITIL
administrative
CobiT
firewall
17. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
data owner
technical
annualized rate of occurrence
vulnerability
18. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
risk analysis
risk analysis
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
administrative
19. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
annualized loss expectancy
FMEA
vulnerability scanner
blueprints
20. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
fault tree analysis
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
data owner
performance baseline
21. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
AS/NZS 4360
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
technical
administrative
22. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
escalation
firewall
CISO
security governanace
23. CISO
exposure
chief information security officer
SP 800-30
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
24. Information security managment measurements
countermeasure
ISO/IEC 27004
physical
fault tree analysis
25. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
BS7799
OVAL
mappers
vulnerability
26. IT governance at the operational level
administrative
operational
CobiT
risk catagories
27. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
risk
mappers
FRAP
AS/NZS 4360
28. Responsible for information classification and protection
CISO
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
data owner
29. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
security governanace
risk anlysis
vulnerability
operational
30. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
CobiT
performance monitor
single loss expectancy
threat
31. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
security officer
risk catagories
ISO 17799
annualized loss expectancy
32. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
vulnerability scanner
confidentiality
firewall
FMEA
33. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
ISO/IEC 27001
IRM
ISO 17799
34. Midterm goals
FRAP
risk catagories
tactical
ISO/IEC 27799
35. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
FMEA
operational
elcomsoft
exposure factor
36. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
FRAP
AS/NZS 4360
exposure factor
37. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
ISO/IEC 27002
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
planning horizon
confidentiality
38. CSO
planning horizon
port scanner
ITIL
corporate security officer
39. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
ISO/IEC 27005
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
risk analysis
CISO
40. Corporate governance at the strategic level
CobiT
FMEA
COSO
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
41. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
privilege
Information risk management
FRAP
escalation
42. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
data owner
privilege
FRAP
physical
43. COSO
ISO/IEC 27001
firewall
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
availability
44. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
operational
risk analysis
CobiT
vulnerability
45. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
network mapping
vulnerability scanner
CobiT
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
46. ISM Standard
countermeasure
FMEA
ITIL
Information Security Management
47. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
L0phtCrack
network mapping
FRAP
48. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
performance baseline
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
risk
COSO
49. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
security governanace
BS7799
vulnerability
availability
50. IRM
Information risk management
BS7799
ISO/IEC 27004
FRAP