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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. ISM Standard
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
Information Security Management
due care
annualized rate of occurrence
2. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
risk
OVAL
performance baseline
operational
3. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27002
due care
ISO/IEC 27799
4. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost
due care
risk anlysis
planning horizon
risk catagories
5. COSO
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
technical
corporate security officer
FMEA
6. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)
ISO/IEC 27001
FMEA
fault tree analysis
single loss expectancy
7. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
annualized loss expectancy
protocol analyzer
COSO
OCTAVE
8. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs
risk
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
security governanace
CISO
9. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company
risk catagories
OCTAVE
ITIL
IRM
10. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
corporate security officer
data owner
risk
security program
11. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers
ITIL
port scanner
firewall
L0phtCrack
12. CISO
SP 800-30
chief information security officer
threat
fault tree analysis
13. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
CobiT
vulnerability
security governanace
data owner
14. Corporate governance at the strategic level
security governanace
CobiT
COSO
annualized loss expectancy
15. 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
operational
penetration
delayed
16. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
CobiT
risk anlysis
strategic
SP 800-30
17. Derived from the COSO framework
Information risk management
physical
CobiT
performance monitor
18. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks
exposure
ISO 17799
network mapping
AS/NZS 4360
19. NIST risk management methodology
blueprints
SP 800-30
delayed
penetration
20. Midterm goals
FMEA
risk
risk
tactical
21. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
planning horizon
ISO 17799
CobiT
OVAL
22. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external
CISO
COSO
CobiT
penetration
23. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
IRM
AS/NZS 4360
planning horizon
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
24. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
ISO 17799
security program
risk mitigation
25. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)
AS/NZS 4360
ISO/IEC 27001
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
OCTAVE
26. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics
integrity
data owner
CISO
risk analysis
27. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
ISO/IEC 27005
ISO 17799
data owner
integrity
28. 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
availability
BS7799
corporate security officer
29. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.
IRM
ISO/IEC 27002
Information risk management
blueprints
30. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27005
administrative
tactical
31. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
security governanace
countermeasure
vulnerability scanner
COSO
32. CobiT
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
vulnerability
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
confidentiality
33. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
SP 800-30
CobiT
annualized rate of occurrence
fault tree analysis
34. 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)
protocol analyzer
administrative
fault tree analysis
L0phtCrack
35. 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
ISO 17799
vulnerability
COSO
CobiT
36. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security
AS/NZS 4360
risk
administrative
physical
37. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________
administrative
performance monitor
FRAP
mappers
38. FMEA
integrity
performance baseline
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
Information Security Management
39. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
strategic
integrity
blueprints
data owner
40. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt
integrity
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
planning horizon
data owner
41. Information security managment measurements
ITIL
ISO/IEC 27004
fault tree analysis
single loss expectancy
42. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment
due care
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
vulnerability
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
43. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards
risk analysis
OCTAVE
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
vulnerability
44. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
strategic
risk analysis
SP 800-30
availability
45. Mitigates a potential risk
countermeasure
COSO
elcomsoft
delayed
46. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate
CobiT
FMEA
ISO 17799
annualized loss expectancy
47. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat
ISO 17799
penetration
exposure
administrative
48. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
risk analysis
mappers
CobiT
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
49. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
FRAP
protocol analyzer
50. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)
ITIL
FMEA
SP 800-30
annualized loss expectancy