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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






5. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






6. Midterm goals






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






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






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






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






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






12. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external






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






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






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






16. FMEA






17. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






19. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






20. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






23. IRM






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






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






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






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






28. NIST risk management methodology






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






30. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






32. 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)






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






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






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






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






37. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Potential danger to information or systems






45. CSO






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






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






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






49. ISM Standard






50. Strategic - tactical and operational planning







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