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






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






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






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






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






6. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






9. 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






10. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






11. CISO






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






13. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






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






17. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






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






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






22. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental






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






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






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






26. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






29. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






32. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






34. 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






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






36. IRM






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






38. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






40. IT governance at the operational level






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






42. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard






43. OCTAVE






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






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






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






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






48. ISM Standard






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






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