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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






3. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






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






8. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






9. Information security managment measurements






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






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






12. 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






13. FMEA






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






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






16. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






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






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






22. COSO






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






24. CISO






25. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






27. FRAP






28. CobiT






29. IRM






30. NIST risk management methodology






31. Midterm goals






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






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






34. OCTAVE






35. 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)






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






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






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






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






40. IT governance at the operational level






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






42. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






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






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






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






48. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






50. Strategic - tactical and operational planning