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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






2. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)






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






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






5. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






8. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






12. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






13. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






15. COSO






16. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






17. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






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






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






23. FRAP






24. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






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






29. CobiT






30. CISO






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






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






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






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






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






36. Midterm goals






37. Derived from the COSO framework






38. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






42. NIST risk management methodology






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






50. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled







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