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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






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






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






6. IRM






7. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






10. ISM Standard






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






12. FMEA






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






14. Derived from the COSO framework






15. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






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






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






20. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals






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






22. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






25. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






35. OCTAVE






36. CSO






37. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






38. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






39. COSO






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






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






42. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






44. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks






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






46. CobiT






47. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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