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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Midterm goals






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






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






10. FRAP






11. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






15. CISO






16. Information security managment measurements






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






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






19. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






20. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






21. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






23. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






27. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






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






32. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






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






37. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






39. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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)






49. ISM Standard






50. Corporate governance at the strategic level