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






2. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






4. CobiT






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






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






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






8. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






9. NIST risk management methodology






10. CISO






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






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






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






14. IT governance at the operational level






15. Corporate governance at the strategic level






16. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






32. OCTAVE






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






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






35. ISM Standard






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






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






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






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






40. FMEA






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






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






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






44. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






47. CSO






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






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






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