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






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






3. COSO






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






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






6. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






7. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






9. CSO






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






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






12. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






14. 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






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






16. Midterm goals






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






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






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






20. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






21. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






22. FMEA






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






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






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






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






27. FRAP






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






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






30. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






34. Information security managment measurements






35. ISM Standard






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






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






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






39. IRM






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






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






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






43. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






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






48. NIST risk management methodology






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






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