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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






3. COSO






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






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






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. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






8. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage






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






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






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






12. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






15. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






16. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






19. OCTAVE






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






21. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






23. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






26. ISM Standard






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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)






34. Information security managment measurements






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






36. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






39. IRM






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






41. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files






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






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