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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. CobiT






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






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






4. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






12. OCTAVE






13. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited






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






15. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






29. IT governance at the operational level






30. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






33. IRM






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






35. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






37. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






39. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






43. Mitigates a potential risk






44. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






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






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






49. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






50. 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