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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. FRAP






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






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






4. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






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






8. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






11. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






14. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






17. IRM






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






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






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






21. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






22. ISM Standard






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






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






25. OCTAVE






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






27. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






31. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






33. 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






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






35. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






37. IT governance at the operational level






38. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






41. Mitigates a potential risk






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






43. CISO






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. Corporate governance at the strategic level