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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. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
john the ripper
ISO/IEC 27004
security governanace
tactical
2. 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)
planning horizon
protocol analyzer
AS/NZS 4360
tactical
3. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned
IRM
chief information security officer
escalation
privilege
4. Responsible for information classification and protection
risk
physical
data owner
COSO
5. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
annualized loss expectancy
mappers
planning horizon
6. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited
confidentiality
annualized rate of occurrence
risk analysis
vulnerability
7. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
security program
OVAL
single loss expectancy
performance monitor
8. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
COSO
ISO 17799
protocol analyzer
integrity
9. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
security governanace
fault tree analysis
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
exposure factor
10. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
CobiT
security officer
single loss expectancy
fault tree analysis
11. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk
technical
countermeasure
ITIL
risk mitigation
12. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
ISO/IEC 27002
AS/NZS 4360
protocol analyzer
ISO 17799
13. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
elcomsoft
ITIL
corporate security officer
ISO/IEC 27002
14. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
security officer
risk anlysis
Information Security Management
ISO/IEC 27001
15. 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
exposure
L0phtCrack
performance baseline
IRM
16. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
usage
john the ripper
vulnerability
risk catagories
17. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
IRM
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
OCTAVE
security program
18. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
ISO/IEC 27005
john the ripper
ISO 17799
OCTAVE
19. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
exposure
vulnerability scanner
OVAL
annualized rate of occurrence
20. FMEA
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
CobiT
AS/NZS 4360
risk mitigation
21. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
operational
AS/NZS 4360
strategic
COSO
22. IT governance at the operational level
qualitative
AS/NZS 4360
CobiT
escalation
23. FRAP
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
FRAP
FMEA
AS/NZS 4360
24. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
OCTAVE
CobiT
BS7799
Information Security Management
25. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes
port scanner
COSO
ISO 17799
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
26. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
technical
risk catagories
network mapping
escalation
27. ISM Standard
Information Security Management
risk
annualized loss expectancy
COSO
28. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
administrative
integrity
physical
29. COSO
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
L0phtCrack
IRM
tactical
30. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately
usage
corporate security officer
data owner
due care
31. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
BS7799
network mapping
ISO/IEC 27005
risk anlysis
32. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond
COSO
risk analysis
ISO 17799
OCTAVE
33. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
risk mitigation
due care
security program
OCTAVE
34. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
Information Security Management
risk analysis
L0phtCrack
annualized rate of occurrence
35. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
BS7799
vulnerability
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
operational
36. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
vulnerability
administrative
L0phtCrack
OCTAVE
37. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
privilege
risk analysis
annualized rate of occurrence
FMEA
38. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
exposure factor
BS7799
risk analysis
network mapping
39. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
ISO/IEC 27002
penetration
confidentiality
countermeasure
40. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
physical
security officer
risk catagories
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
41. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
qualitative
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
administrative
42. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
ITIL
performance baseline
technical
blueprints
43. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
network mapping
annualized rate of occurrence
IRM
single loss expectancy
44. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
strategic
escalation
ISO/IEC 27005
vulnerability
45. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
risk catagories
annualized rate of occurrence
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
risk analysis
46. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management
ISO/IEC 27005
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
BS7799
escalation
47. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)
countermeasure
network mapping
port scanner
ITIL
48. Mitigates a potential risk
technical
OVAL
countermeasure
threat
49. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
network mapping
ITIL
delayed
50. 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
CISO
FRAP
ISO 17799
security governanace