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






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






3. Responsible for information classification and protection






4. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






5. COSO






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






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






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






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






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






11. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






13. Mitigates a potential risk






14. Potential danger to information or systems






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






16. CISO






17. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






19. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






21. Information security managment measurements






22. 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)






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






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






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






26. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






29. 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






30. IRM






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






32. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






36. ISM Standard






37. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






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






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






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






43. CobiT






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. FMEA






46. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






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






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