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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






2. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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. Midterm goals






6. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






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






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






11. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






18. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






22. Responsible for information classification and protection






23. NIST risk management methodology






24. FRAP






25. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






27. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






28. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






31. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






33. Derived from the COSO framework






34. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






35. CobiT






36. FMEA






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. COSO






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






46. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






49. CSO






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