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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. OCTAVE






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






3. FMEA






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






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






6. Midterm goals






7. CISO






8. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






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






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






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






14. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






18. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






22. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






30. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






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






36. FRAP






37. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals






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






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






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






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






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






43. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






44. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






47. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






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