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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






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






4. COSO






5. ISM Standard






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






21. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






23. CISO






24. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






26. IRM






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






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






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






30. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






33. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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)






46. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






49. Derived from the COSO framework






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