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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. CSO






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






3. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






6. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






10. Midterm goals






11. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






12. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






14. Information security managment measurements






15. FMEA






16. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






17. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. CobiT






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. OCTAVE






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






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






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






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






40. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






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






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






46. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






49. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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