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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






3. CobiT






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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)






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






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






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






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






19. IT governance at the operational level






20. COSO






21. 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






22. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






26. Midterm goals






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






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






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






30. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






31. ISM Standard






32. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






35. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Derived from the COSO framework






48. OCTAVE






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






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