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






2. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






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






7. CobiT






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






9. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard






10. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






12. FRAP






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






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






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






16. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






24. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






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






29. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






31. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






34. Mitigates a potential risk






35. IT governance at the operational level






36. 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)






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






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






39. Responsible for information classification and protection






40. 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






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






42. ISM Standard






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






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






45. COSO






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






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






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






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






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