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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






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






4. CobiT






5. FMEA






6. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






7. 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






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






9. NIST risk management methodology






10. COSO






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






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






13. CSO






14. Information security managment measurements






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






16. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






17. CISO






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






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






20. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






22. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






26. Mitigates a potential risk






27. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






28. ISM Standard






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






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






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






32. IRM






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






34. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






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






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






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






49. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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