SY0-701 · Security Program Management and Oversight

Types and purposes of audits and assessments

Objective 5.5 · Explain types and purposes of audits and assessments.

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Internal audit

Uses organizational personnel to evaluate controls and compliance.

External audit

Uses an independent outside party to evaluate requirements.

Known-environment test

Gives testers extensive system details before an assessment.

Unknown-environment test

Gives testers little or no internal system information.

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Use a fictional organization. Name the risk, choose the narrowest useful control, and state what evidence would prove the control worked.

  1. State the expected result before changing or testing anything.
  2. Name the observation, command, log, or report that would confirm it.
  3. Explain why the closest alternative does not fit the same requirement.
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Official Security+ certification and objectives overviewCompTIA ↗Official Security+ SY0-701 V7 exam objectivesCompTIA ↗