FISS Chapter 7

Fran is conducting a security test of a new application. She does not have any access to the source code or other details of the application she is testing. What type of test is Fran conducting?

Black-box test

What information should an auditor share with the client during an exit interview?

Details on major issues

Curtis is conducting an audit of an identity management system. Which question is NOT likely to be in the scope of his audit?

Does the firewall properly block unsolicited network connection attempts?

A SOC 1 report primarily focuses on security.

False

What is a set of concepts and policies for managing IT infrastructure, development and operations?

IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

Which security testing activity uses tools that scan for services running on systems?

Network mapping

Christopher is designing a security policy for his organization. He would like to use an approach that allows a reasonable list of activities but does not allow other activities. Which permission level is he planning to use?

Prudent

Emily is the information security director for a large company that handles sensitive personal information. She is hiring an auditor to conduct an assessment demonstrating that her firm is satisfying requirements regarding customer private data. What type of assessment should she request?

SOC 3

Gina is preparing to monitor network activity using packet sniffing. Which technology is most likely to interfere with this effort if used on the network?

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

Isaac is responsible for performing log reviews for his organization in an attempt to identify security issues. He has a massive amount of data to review. What type of tool would best assist him with this work?

Security information and event management (SIEM)

What type of security monitoring tool would be most likely to identify an unauthorized change to a computer system?

System integrity monitoring

Regarding an intrusion detection system (IDS), stateful matching looks for specific sequences appearing across several packets in a traffic stream rather than just in individual packets.

True

During the secure phase of a security review, you review and measure all controls to capture actions and changes on the system.

False

The four main types of logs that you need to keep to support security auditing include event, access, user and security.

False

Which intrusion detection system strategy relies upon pattern matching?

Signature detection