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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






2. COSO






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






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






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






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






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






8. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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






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






13. FRAP






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






15. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






17. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






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






22. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






26. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






38. CSO






39. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






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






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






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






45. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






47. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






48. CISO






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






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