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






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. COSO






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






12. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






15. IT governance at the operational level






16. FMEA






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






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






19. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






22. CSO






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






24. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






27. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard






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






29. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






30. FRAP






31. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






32. 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






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






34. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration






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






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






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






38. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






39. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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. Derived from the COSO framework






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






44. CISO






45. A tool that monitors network traffic - shows data and protocols in use - also known as a packet sniffer (i.e wireshark - TCPDump - Microsoft Network Monitor - Carnivore)






46. Responsible for information classification and protection






47. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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