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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. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






9. IT governance at the operational level






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






11. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






12. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components






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






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






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






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






17. NIST risk management methodology






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






19. FMEA






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






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






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






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






24. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






25. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






28. COSO






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






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






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






32. CISO






33. OCTAVE






34. FRAP






35. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






37. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






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






41. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






44. 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






45. ISM Standard






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






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






48. 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)






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






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