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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external






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






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






4. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






8. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






9. OCTAVE






10. Potential danger to information or systems






11. ISM Standard






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






13. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach






14. CobiT






15. Derived from the COSO framework






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






17. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






18. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






21. CISO






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






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






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






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






27. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






43. Information security managment measurements






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






45. FRAP






46. 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






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






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






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






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