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






2. OCTAVE






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






4. CISO






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






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






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






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






9. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






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






13. CSO






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






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






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






17. Information security managment measurements






18. ISM Standard






19. Corporate governance at the strategic level






20. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






22. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






24. 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)






25. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






28. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






30. Midterm goals






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






32. CobiT






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






34. 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






35. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






44. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






46. FRAP






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






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






49. Mitigates a potential risk






50. Potential danger to information or systems