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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






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






4. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






6. IT governance at the operational level






7. Responsible for information classification and protection






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. CSO






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






17. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






20. IRM






21. COSO






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






23. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






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






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






28. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






31. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






37. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






43. FRAP






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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