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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting






2. FRAP






3. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment






4. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental






5. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






6. Potential danger to information or systems






7. COSO






8. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks






9. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard






10. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations






11. Mitigates a potential risk






12. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)






13. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)






14. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration






15. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis






16. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost






17. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately






18. NIST risk management methodology






19. 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)






20. IT governance at the operational level






21. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs






22. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






23. Corporate governance at the strategic level






24. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion






25. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats






26. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control






27. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management






28. Information security managment measurements






29. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems






30. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements






31. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






32. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate






33. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond






34. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering






35. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)






36. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards






37. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






38. IRM






39. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes






40. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security






41. 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






42. Derived from the COSO framework






43. Midterm goals






44. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






45. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error






46. FMEA






47. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________






48. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company






49. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited






50. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)