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






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






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






4. Mitigates a potential risk






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






6. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






7. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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)






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






15. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






18. CobiT






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






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






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






22. COSO






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






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






25. ISM Standard






26. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






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






40. FRAP






41. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






44. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






45. IRM






46. CSO






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






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






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






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