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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. CISO






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. Midterm goals






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






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






11. CSO






12. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






13. NIST risk management methodology






14. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






17. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






35. CobiT






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






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






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






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






40. FMEA






41. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






42. ISM Standard






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






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






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






46. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






49. Information security managment measurements






50. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure