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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. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
physical
risk analysis
L0phtCrack
2. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
CobiT
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
FMEA
COSO
3. Information security managment measurements
ISO/IEC 27004
security governanace
security program
FRAP
4. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
CISO
risk catagories
operational
qualitative
5. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
risk mitigation
FRAP
risk
annualized rate of occurrence
6. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
single loss expectancy
port scanner
risk catagories
exposure factor
7. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
countermeasure
elcomsoft
escalation
annualized rate of occurrence
8. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
vulnerability
COSO
ISO/IEC 27799
risk
9. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
ITIL
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
firewall
FMEA
10. Mitigates a potential risk
OCTAVE
CobiT
countermeasure
john the ripper
11. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
vulnerability
CobiT
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Information risk management
12. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27002
13. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard
BS7799
OCTAVE
ISO/IEC 27001
CobiT
14. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
IRM
CobiT
threat
ISO 17799
15. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
ISO/IEC 27002
due care
physical
penetration
16. CISO
network mapping
chief information security officer
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
17. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
administrative
CobiT
security officer
performance baseline
18. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
risk analysis
COSO
security program
ISO 17799
19. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
COSO
mappers
ISO/IEC 27001
CobiT
20. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
risk
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
security program
administrative
21. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
CobiT
IRM
COSO
annualized loss expectancy
22. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
technical
security program
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
ITIL
23. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
vulnerability scanner
network mapping
due care
FMEA
24. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
COSO
elcomsoft
data owner
mappers
25. CobiT
AS/NZS 4360
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
BS7799
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
26. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
CobiT
exposure factor
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
FRAP
27. IRM
performance monitor
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
Information risk management
ISO/IEC 27002
28. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
vulnerability
ITIL
ISO/IEC 27799
OVAL
29. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
vulnerability
firewall
CISO
network mapping
30. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
risk analysis
network mapping
ISO/IEC 27799
COSO
31. 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
Information Security Management
L0phtCrack
ISO/IEC 27001
planning horizon
32. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
delayed
ISO 17799
integrity
privilege
33. Derived from the COSO framework
ISO 17799
vulnerability
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27002
34. Potential danger to information or systems
security officer
availability
administrative
threat
35. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
escalation
ITIL
administrative
risk
36. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
FMEA
qualitative
usage
penetration
37. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
security governanace
ISO/IEC 27001
CobiT
planning horizon
38. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
risk mitigation
annualized loss expectancy
exposure factor
risk anlysis
39. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
vulnerability scanner
penetration
single loss expectancy
CobiT
40. ISM Standard
chief information security officer
Information Security Management
BS7799
due care
41. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
planning horizon
mappers
corporate security officer
fault tree analysis
42. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
SP 800-30
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
ISO/IEC 27002
OCTAVE
43. Security policy - map business objectives to security - Security infrastructure - security officer - reviews - Assest classification/control - inventory - Personnel security - screening - training - roles - Physical security - Communication/operation
integrity
ISO 17799
security officer
ISO/IEC 27004
44. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
confidentiality
operational
vulnerability
45. CSO
ISO 17799
corporate security officer
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
john the ripper
46. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
corporate security officer
firewall
ISO/IEC 27002
security program
47. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
exposure
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Information Security Management
ISO 17799
48. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
availability
escalation
annualized rate of occurrence
confidentiality
49. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
chief information security officer
blueprints
CobiT
risk anlysis
50. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
penetration
strategic
vulnerability
OCTAVE