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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. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
CobiT
CobiT
annualized loss expectancy
CobiT
2. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
firewall
vulnerability scanner
OCTAVE
escalation
3. 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)
AS/NZS 4360
protocol analyzer
FMEA
vulnerability
4. Corporate governance at the strategic level
port scanner
ISO/IEC 27004
FMEA
COSO
5. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
ISO/IEC 27002
usage
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
CobiT
6. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
physical
planning horizon
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
CobiT
7. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
FMEA
COSO
FRAP
elcomsoft
8. FRAP
vulnerability scanner
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
COSO
9. IT governance at the operational level
CobiT
risk mitigation
ITIL
data owner
10. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
risk
confidentiality
risk catagories
network mapping
11. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
COSO
qualitative
risk catagories
administrative
12. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
IRM
security governanace
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
blueprints
13. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
risk analysis
penetration
port scanner
vulnerability
14. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
operational
vulnerability
ISO/IEC 27001
COSO
15. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
ISO/IEC 27005
CobiT
exposure
privilege
16. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
IRM
performance baseline
risk
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
17. Derived from the COSO framework
CobiT
mappers
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
ITIL
18. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
single loss expectancy
countermeasure
Information risk management
risk catagories
19. CSO
performance monitor
vulnerability
mappers
corporate security officer
20. 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
strategic
protocol analyzer
john the ripper
ISO 17799
21. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations
ITIL
CISO
network mapping
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
22. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
vulnerability scanner
qualitative
network mapping
vulnerability
23. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
availability
due care
FMEA
COSO
24. COSO
risk catagories
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
OVAL
SP 800-30
25. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
ISO/IEC 27005
tactical
vulnerability
port scanner
26. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
network mapping
CISO
performance monitor
FMEA
27. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
protocol analyzer
single loss expectancy
risk anlysis
CISO
28. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
CISO
risk analysis
blueprints
29. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage
annualized rate of occurrence
fault tree analysis
CobiT
firewall
30. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements
risk analysis
performance baseline
security program
vulnerability
31. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
FMEA
security program
ISO/IEC 27799
operational
32. 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
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
L0phtCrack
CISO
exposure
33. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
risk analysis
CISO
ISO/IEC 27002
risk
34. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
delayed
BS7799
exposure
firewall
35. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
administrative
risk anlysis
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
penetration
36. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
usage
risk mitigation
delayed
COSO
37. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
FMEA
penetration
OCTAVE
38. FMEA
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
corporate security officer
risk catagories
39. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components
risk
performance monitor
availability
integrity
40. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
protocol analyzer
corporate security officer
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
COSO
41. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
blueprints
BS7799
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
delayed
42. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
port scanner
ISO 17799
integrity
network mapping
43. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
blueprints
john the ripper
performance monitor
security program
44. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
annualized loss expectancy
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
ISO 17799
security governanace
45. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
security officer
annualized loss expectancy
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
ISO/IEC 27004
46. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
vulnerability
technical
COSO
security officer
47. Midterm goals
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
tactical
mappers
L0phtCrack
48. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
mappers
COSO
data owner
ISO/IEC 27002
49. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
AS/NZS 4360
network mapping
usage
qualitative
50. ISM Standard
Information Security Management
FRAP
administrative
strategic