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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. Midterm goals






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






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






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






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






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






7. CobiT






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






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






10. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






13. Derived from the COSO framework






14. OCTAVE






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






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






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






18. Security policy - map business objectives to security - Security infrastructure - security officer - reviews - Assest classification/control - inventory - Personnel security - screening - training - roles - Physical security - Communication/operation






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






20. CISO






21. IRM






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






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






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






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






26. CSO






27. ISM Standard






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






29. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






31. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






32. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






47. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






50. 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)