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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






4. CISO






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






6. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Potential danger to information or systems






14. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






18. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






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






22. IRM






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






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






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






26. CSO






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






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






29. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned






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






31. OCTAVE






32. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






36. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






39. NIST risk management methodology






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. Derived from the COSO framework






42. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






45. COSO






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






47. IT governance at the operational level






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






49. Responsible for information classification and protection






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







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