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






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






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






4. FRAP






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






6. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






7. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






8. FMEA






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. CISO






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






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






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






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






19. OCTAVE






20. CobiT






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






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






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






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






25. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






34. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. IT governance at the operational level






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






44. Derived from the COSO framework






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






46. 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






47. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






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