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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. COSO






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






10. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat






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






12. IT governance at the operational level






13. Information security managment measurements






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






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






16. FMEA






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






18. ISM Standard






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






20. CISO






21. IRM






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






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






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






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






26. CobiT






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Potential danger to information or systems






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






34. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate






35. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






37. FRAP






38. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






40. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






42. CSO






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






44. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities






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






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






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






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






49. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






50. OCTAVE