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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






3. Information security managment measurements






4. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners






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






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






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






8. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






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






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






13. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.






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






15. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach






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






17. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






20. CISO






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. IT governance at the operational level






27. ISM Standard






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






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






30. FMEA






31. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures






32. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






36. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned






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






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






39. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs






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






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






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






43. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






44. OCTAVE






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






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






47. CobiT






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






49. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






50. 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)