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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat






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






3. ISM Standard






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






5. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






6. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost






7. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Responsible for information classification and protection






19. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






22. FRAP






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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)






29. COSO






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






31. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






35. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






42. Information security managment measurements






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






44. IRM






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






46. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






49. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






50. OCTAVE