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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. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






4. COSO






5. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






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






10. OCTAVE






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






12. Potential danger to information or systems






13. IT governance at the operational level






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






15. Derived from the COSO framework






16. NIST risk management methodology






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






18. Mitigates a potential risk






19. CSO






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






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






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






23. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






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






28. CISO






29. 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)






30. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






49. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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