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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






2. Mitigates a potential risk






3. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






6. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






7. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities






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






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






10. Information security managment measurements






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






12. 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)






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






14. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






17. IRM






18. OCTAVE






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






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






30. Midterm goals






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






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






33. CISO






34. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






47. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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