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






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






3. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






4. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






5. Corporate governance at the strategic level






6. FRAP






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






8. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






9. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






13. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






14. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






15. CSO






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






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






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






20. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers






21. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






22. CobiT






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






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






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






26. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Information security managment measurements






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






35. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






42. ISM Standard






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






44. FMEA






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






46. OCTAVE






47. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






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