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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






3. Corporate governance at the strategic level






4. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






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






9. COSO






10. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis






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






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






13. FMEA






14. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






17. IRM






18. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






19. IT governance at the operational level






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






21. 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






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






23. FRAP






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






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






26. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






27. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






29. CobiT






30. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






31. ISM Standard






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






44. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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