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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. Midterm goals






2. 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






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






4. COSO






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






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






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






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






9. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






10. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






17. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






19. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






22. ISM Standard






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. CISO






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






35. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






47. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






48. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks






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






50. CSO