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






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






3. IRM






4. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






7. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






9. 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






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






11. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






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






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






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






17. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






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






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






23. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






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






28. COSO






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






30. NIST risk management methodology






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






32. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






34. Midterm goals






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






36. CobiT






37. ISM Standard






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






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






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






41. 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






42. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






45. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






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






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