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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






9. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






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






14. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






16. 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)






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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. CISO






23. ISM Standard






24. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach






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






26. Potential danger to information or systems






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






28. OCTAVE






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






30. FMEA






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






42. 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






43. CSO






44. COSO






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






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






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






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






49. CobiT






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