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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






3. IT governance at the operational level






4. COSO






5. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






7. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






8. CobiT






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






10. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. Midterm goals






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. OCTAVE






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






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






31. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






32. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






33. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server






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






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






36. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






39. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






42. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






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






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






48. FMEA






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






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







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