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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. Collection of controls an organization must have in place
OVAL
threat
security program
CobiT
2. OCTAVE
annualized loss expectancy
IRM
Operationally Critical Threat - Asset - and Vulnerability Evaluation
Information risk management
3. Strategic - tactical and operational planning
risk mitigation
risk
performance monitor
planning horizon
4. 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
SP 800-30
risk
ISO 17799
escalation
5. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting
blueprints
COSO
protocol analyzer
CISO
6. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis
FRAP
security program
ISO 17799
delayed
7. 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
risk analysis
FMEA
availability
8. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server
vulnerability
planning horizon
No events - Errors only - Errors and warnings - All events
usage
9. FRAP
exposure factor
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
CISO
COSO
10. IT governance at the operational level
CISO
vulnerability
CobiT
performance baseline
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
ISO/IEC 27001
COSO
countermeasure
12. CISO
vulnerability scanner
confidentiality
chief information security officer
administrative
13. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems
firewall
availability
OVAL
privilege
14. Derived from the COSO framework
CobiT
operational
physical
L0phtCrack
15. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process
CobiT
ISO/IEC 27005
network mapping
16. IRM
COSO
Information risk management
ISO 17799
OVAL
17. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering
FMEA
tactical
exposure factor
CobiT
18. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs
annualized rate of occurrence
ISO 17799
blueprints
CobiT
19. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)
security program
annualized rate of occurrence
ISO/IEC 27004
firewall
20. Midterm goals
security governanace
BS7799
network mapping
tactical
21. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled
qualitative
operational
SP 800-30
security officer
22. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion
ISO/IEC 27002
qualitative
ISO 17799
integrity
23. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities
annualized loss expectancy
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
operational
firewall
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
performance baseline
exposure
chief information security officer
COSO
25. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks
CISO
elcomsoft
countermeasure
ISO/IEC 27002
26. CSO
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
ISO/IEC 27005
corporate security officer
penetration
27. 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
BS7799
strategic
L0phtCrack
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
28. FMEA
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
CobiT
usage
protocol analyzer
29. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure
vulnerability
due care
confidentiality
AS/NZS 4360
30. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate
tactical
network mapping
protocol analyzer
confidentiality
31. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error
risk catagories
data owner
security program
Information risk management
32. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats
port scanner
firewall
fault tree analysis
BS7799
33. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files
security governanace
FMEA
john the ripper
ISO/IEC 27005
34. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers
integrity
corporate security officer
strategic
BS7799
35. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners
vulnerability
qualitative
security program
COSO
36. Provides a cost/benefit comparision
risk analysis
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
risk
delayed
37. SLE x ARO - (ALE)
vulnerability
performance baseline
network mapping
annualized loss expectancy
38. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration
physical
technical
tactical
vulnerability
39. Responsible for information classification and protection
FMEA
delayed
vulnerability
data owner
40. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals
confidentiality
ISO/IEC 27799
penetration
availability
41. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur
risk
mappers
COSO
annualized rate of occurrence
42. 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
CISO
risk
ISO/IEC 27005
43. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate
availability
security program
Failure Modes and Effect Analysis
FRAP
44. NIST risk management methodology
ISO/IEC 27799
escalation
security program
SP 800-30
45. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)
exposure factor
qualitative
FMEA
CobiT
46. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems
FMEA
ISO/IEC 27005
security program
integrity
47. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information
risk anlysis
ISO/IEC 27005
ISO/IEC 27799
confidentiality
48. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs
CobiT
network mapping
physical
OCTAVE
49. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental
network mapping
IRM
fault tree analysis
physical
50. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential
confidentiality
risk
AS/NZS 4360
network mapping