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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Potential danger to information or systems






2. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)






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






4. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






5. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits






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






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






8. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate






9. NIST risk management methodology






10. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach






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






12. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt






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






14. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






16. CobiT






17. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server






18. CISO






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






20. Midterm goals






21. 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






22. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage






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






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






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






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






27. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






28. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk






29. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components






30. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs






31. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






33. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics






34. COSO






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






36. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files






37. Mitigates a potential risk






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






44. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers






45. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks






46. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external






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






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






49. FMEA






50. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers