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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. ISM Standard






2. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






3. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






13. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






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






24. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Potential danger to information or systems






32. CISO






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






34. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment






35. OCTAVE






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






37. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






38. Information security managment measurements






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






40. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






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






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






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






46. CSO






47. IT governance at the operational level






48. Derived from the COSO framework






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






50. 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)