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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Derived from the COSO framework






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






14. FRAP






15. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






17. Responsible for information classification and protection






18. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs






19. COSO






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






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






22. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






23. NIST risk management methodology






24. FMEA






25. CSO






26. ISM Standard






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






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






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






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






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






32. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






35. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






37. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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