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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. Information security managment measurements






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






3. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






4. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






6. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






7. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






9. Midterm goals






10. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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)






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






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






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






23. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






31. CobiT






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






33. COSO






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






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






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






37. FRAP






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






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






40. Potential danger to information or systems






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






42. IT governance at the operational level






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






44. Responsible for information classification and protection






45. CSO






46. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






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