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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. Mitigates a potential risk






2. Responsible for information classification and protection






3. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






5. Potential danger to information or systems






6. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






9. FRAP






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






11. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






12. CSO






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






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






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






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






17. Midterm goals






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






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






20. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






22. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






24. CobiT






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






26. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






35. ISM Standard






36. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






38. 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)






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






40. FMEA






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






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






43. COSO






44. 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






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






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






47. IT governance at the operational level






48. IRM






49. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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