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






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






3. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






6. Information security managment measurements






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






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






9. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






12. Potential danger to information or systems






13. FMEA






14. IRM






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






16. CSO






17. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






29. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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






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






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






35. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






38. 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)






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






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






41. CobiT






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






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






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






45. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






46. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






47. COSO






48. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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