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






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






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






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






5. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






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






9. FRAP






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






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






12. Derived from the COSO framework






13. CISO






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






15. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






17. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






19. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






22. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






24. Midterm goals






25. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






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






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






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






31. CobiT






32. FMEA






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






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






35. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






39. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






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






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






45. NIST risk management methodology






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






47. OCTAVE






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






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






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