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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






5. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






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






10. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures






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






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






13. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






14. Mitigates a potential risk






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






16. OCTAVE






17. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






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






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






22. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






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






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






27. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






28. CobiT






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






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






31. CISO






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






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






34. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






37. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis






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






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






40. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






43. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






47. Information security managment measurements






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






49. CSO






50. FRAP