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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. CISO






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






15. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






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






20. COSO






21. Potential danger to information or systems






22. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






24. OCTAVE






25. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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






29. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






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






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






35. FRAP






36. 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






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






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






39. ISM Standard






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






41. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






45. Mitigates a potential risk






46. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






47. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






48. Midterm goals






49. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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