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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. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. IRM






17. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________






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






19. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






21. CISO






22. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






24. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security






25. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






26. ISM Standard






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. OCTAVE






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






37. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






39. CSO






40. Derived from the COSO framework






41. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






43. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






45. NIST risk management methodology






46. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






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






50. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis