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






2. CSO






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






10. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






20. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






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






25. OCTAVE






26. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






27. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






30. CISO






31. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






33. FMEA






34. Corporate governance at the strategic level






35. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






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






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






41. ISM Standard






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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)






48. IT governance at the operational level






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






50. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential