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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. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
performance monitor
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
COSO
2. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
vulnerability
OCTAVE
FMEA
ITIL
3. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
ISO/IEC 27001
integrity
due care
availability
4. 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)
COSO
penetration
ISO 17799
protocol analyzer
5. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
countermeasure
FMEA
COSO
exposure
6. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
CobiT
AS/NZS 4360
vulnerability
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
7. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits
john the ripper
escalation
FRAP
vulnerability scanner
8. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
vulnerability scanner
strategic
mappers
SP 800-30
9. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
strategic
tactical
planning horizon
FMEA
10. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
administrative
annualized loss expectancy
privilege
Information risk management
11. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
due care
security program
risk catagories
vulnerability
12. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
ITIL
vulnerability
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
data owner
13. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
FMEA
security program
security governanace
14. NIST risk management methodology
tactical
administrative
ITIL
SP 800-30
15. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
risk anlysis
risk
port scanner
CISO
16. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
corporate security officer
ISO/IEC 27799
performance baseline
BS7799
17. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
threat
firewall
integrity
exposure factor
18. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
blueprints
AS/NZS 4360
confidentiality
qualitative
19. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
risk
risk analysis
confidentiality
20. CobiT
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
escalation
vulnerability scanner
annualized loss expectancy
21. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
CISO
fault tree analysis
john the ripper
mappers
22. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
john the ripper
planning horizon
privilege
protocol analyzer
23. Midterm goals
performance monitor
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
vulnerability
tactical
24. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
vulnerability
risk mitigation
COSO
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
25. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
risk
port scanner
CISO
performance monitor
26. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
integrity
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
risk mitigation
port scanner
27. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
administrative
security program
data owner
elcomsoft
28. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
protocol analyzer
CISO
confidentiality
risk analysis
29. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
network mapping
OVAL
delayed
ISO/IEC 27799
30. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
usage
exposure factor
network mapping
CobiT
31. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
FRAP
annualized loss expectancy
john the ripper
32. Potential danger to information or systems
delayed
threat
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO 17799
33. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
CobiT
network mapping
ISO/IEC 27005
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
34. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
ISO/IEC 27005
delayed
ISO/IEC 27004
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
35. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
risk
risk catagories
operational
exposure
36. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
OCTAVE
privilege
vulnerability
AS/NZS 4360
37. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
security program
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
physical
countermeasure
38. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
penetration
mappers
ISO/IEC 27799
risk catagories
39. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
ISO/IEC 27799
performance monitor
CISO
ISO 17799
40. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
risk
administrative
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
41. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
performance baseline
administrative
risk
CobiT
42. Derived from the COSO framework
single loss expectancy
escalation
CobiT
ISO 17799
43. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
delayed
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
vulnerability
security program
44. FMEA
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
data owner
network mapping
45. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
FRAP
vulnerability scanner
security program
46. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
risk
security officer
L0phtCrack
risk analysis
47. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
ISO 17799
risk anlysis
annualized rate of occurrence
FMEA
48. Information security managment measurements
ISO/IEC 27004
due care
risk analysis
Information Security Management
49. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
mappers
FRAP
ISO/IEC 27001
risk
50. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
network mapping
ISO/IEC 27002
L0phtCrack
vulnerability