ISACA Studying CyberSecurity
Fundamentals
Three common controls used to protect availablity.
a) redundancy, backups and access control
b. Encryption, file permissions and access controls.
c. Access controls, logging and digital signatures.
d. Hashes, logging and backups. - ANS - A. Redundancy, backups and access control
Governance has several goals including:
a. providing strategic direction
b. ensuring that objectives are achieved
c. verifying that organizational resources are being used appropriately
d. directing and monitoring security activities.
e.Ascertaining whether risk is being managed properly - ANS - a. provisioning strategic direction.
b. ensuring that objective are achieved
c. verifying that organizational resources are being used appropriately
e. Ascertaining whether risk is being managed properly.
Choose 3. According to the NIST framework which of the following are considered key functions
necessary for the protection of digital assets?
a. Encrypt b. Protect c. Investigate d. Recover e. Identify - ANS - B. Protect
D.recover
E. Identify
Which of the following is the best definition for cybersecurity?
a. The process by which an organization manages cybersecurity risk to an acceptable level
b. The protection of information from unauthorized access or disclosure
,c. The protection of paper documents, digital and intellectual property, and verbal or visual
communications d. Protecting information assets by addressing threats to information that is processed,
stored or transported by interworked information systems - ANS - d. Protecting information assets by
addressing threats to information that is processed, stored or transported by internetworked information
systems.
Which of the following cybersecurity roles is charged with the duty of managing incidents and
remediation?
a. Board of directors
b. Executive committee
c. Cybersecurity management
d. Cybersecurity practitioner - ANS - c. Cybersecurity managment
The core duty of cybersecurity is to identify, respond and manage ________ to an organization's digital
assets. - ANS - Risk
A ________ is anything capable of acting against an asset in a manner that can cause harm. - ANS -
Threat
A _______ is something of value worth protecting. - ANS - Asset
A _________ is a weakness in the design, implementation, operation or internal controls in a process
that could be exploited to violate the system security - ANS - vulnerability
the path or route used to gain access to the target asset is known as a ______ - ANS - attack vector
In an attack, the container that delivers the exploit to the target is called? - ANS - Payload
______ communicates required and prohibited activities and behaviors - ANS - Policies
, _____ is a class of malware that hides the existence of other malware by modifying the underlying
operating system - ANS - Rootkit
_______ provides details on how to comply with policies and standards. - ANS - Procedures
______ contain step-by-step instructions to carry out procedures - ANS - Guidelines
________ also called malicious code, is software designed to gain access to targeted computer systems.
steal info or disrupt computer operations. - ANS - Malware
_________ are used to interpret policies in specific situations - ANS - Standards
____ are solutions to software programming and coding errors - ANS - Patches
_______ includes many components such as directory services, authentication and authorization
services, and user management capabilities such as provisioning and deprovisioning - ANS - Identity
Management
Select all that apply. The Internet perimeter should:
a. Detect and block traffic from infected internal end points.
b. Eliminate threats such as email spam, viruses and worms.
c. Format, encrypt and compress data.
d. Control user traffic bound toward the Internet.
e. Monitor and detect network ports for rogue activity. - ANS - A. detect and block traffic from infected
internal end points.
b. eliminate threats such as email spam, viruses and worms.
d. control user traffic bound towards the Internet,
e. monitor and detect network ports for rogue activity.
Fundamentals
Three common controls used to protect availablity.
a) redundancy, backups and access control
b. Encryption, file permissions and access controls.
c. Access controls, logging and digital signatures.
d. Hashes, logging and backups. - ANS - A. Redundancy, backups and access control
Governance has several goals including:
a. providing strategic direction
b. ensuring that objectives are achieved
c. verifying that organizational resources are being used appropriately
d. directing and monitoring security activities.
e.Ascertaining whether risk is being managed properly - ANS - a. provisioning strategic direction.
b. ensuring that objective are achieved
c. verifying that organizational resources are being used appropriately
e. Ascertaining whether risk is being managed properly.
Choose 3. According to the NIST framework which of the following are considered key functions
necessary for the protection of digital assets?
a. Encrypt b. Protect c. Investigate d. Recover e. Identify - ANS - B. Protect
D.recover
E. Identify
Which of the following is the best definition for cybersecurity?
a. The process by which an organization manages cybersecurity risk to an acceptable level
b. The protection of information from unauthorized access or disclosure
,c. The protection of paper documents, digital and intellectual property, and verbal or visual
communications d. Protecting information assets by addressing threats to information that is processed,
stored or transported by interworked information systems - ANS - d. Protecting information assets by
addressing threats to information that is processed, stored or transported by internetworked information
systems.
Which of the following cybersecurity roles is charged with the duty of managing incidents and
remediation?
a. Board of directors
b. Executive committee
c. Cybersecurity management
d. Cybersecurity practitioner - ANS - c. Cybersecurity managment
The core duty of cybersecurity is to identify, respond and manage ________ to an organization's digital
assets. - ANS - Risk
A ________ is anything capable of acting against an asset in a manner that can cause harm. - ANS -
Threat
A _______ is something of value worth protecting. - ANS - Asset
A _________ is a weakness in the design, implementation, operation or internal controls in a process
that could be exploited to violate the system security - ANS - vulnerability
the path or route used to gain access to the target asset is known as a ______ - ANS - attack vector
In an attack, the container that delivers the exploit to the target is called? - ANS - Payload
______ communicates required and prohibited activities and behaviors - ANS - Policies
, _____ is a class of malware that hides the existence of other malware by modifying the underlying
operating system - ANS - Rootkit
_______ provides details on how to comply with policies and standards. - ANS - Procedures
______ contain step-by-step instructions to carry out procedures - ANS - Guidelines
________ also called malicious code, is software designed to gain access to targeted computer systems.
steal info or disrupt computer operations. - ANS - Malware
_________ are used to interpret policies in specific situations - ANS - Standards
____ are solutions to software programming and coding errors - ANS - Patches
_______ includes many components such as directory services, authentication and authorization
services, and user management capabilities such as provisioning and deprovisioning - ANS - Identity
Management
Select all that apply. The Internet perimeter should:
a. Detect and block traffic from infected internal end points.
b. Eliminate threats such as email spam, viruses and worms.
c. Format, encrypt and compress data.
d. Control user traffic bound toward the Internet.
e. Monitor and detect network ports for rogue activity. - ANS - A. detect and block traffic from infected
internal end points.
b. eliminate threats such as email spam, viruses and worms.
d. control user traffic bound towards the Internet,
e. monitor and detect network ports for rogue activity.
