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






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






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






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






5. OCTAVE






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






7. CISO






8. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






9. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






11. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






13. Responsible for information classification and protection






14. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






17. COSO






18. ISM Standard






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






20. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






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






32. CSO






33. Midterm goals






34. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






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






40. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






41. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






43. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






45. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






49. IT governance at the operational level






50. IRM