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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. CobiT






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. FRAP






11. IRM






12. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






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






17. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






20. ISM Standard






21. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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)






29. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






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






33. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






37. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






41. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






43. Responsible for information classification and protection






44. Midterm goals






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






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






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






48. Potential danger to information or systems






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






50. FMEA