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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. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






3. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental






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






5. FMEA






6. OCTAVE






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






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






9. FRAP






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






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






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






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






14. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






16. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






20. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






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






25. Information security managment measurements






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






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






28. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)






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






30. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Derived from the COSO framework






38. ISM Standard






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






47. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






48. 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






49. Midterm goals






50. IT governance at the operational level