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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. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






5. Mitigates a potential risk






6. Potential danger to information or systems






7. FMEA






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






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






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






11. FRAP






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






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






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






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






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






17. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






20. ISM Standard






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






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






23. IRM






24. 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






25. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






29. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






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






45. Responsible for information classification and protection






46. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






48. CISO






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






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