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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering






2. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






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






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






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






8. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






12. IRM






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






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






15. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






17. NIST risk management methodology






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






19. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






22. FMEA






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






24. CISO






25. IT governance at the operational level






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






27. 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)






28. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






29. COSO






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






39. CSO






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Midterm goals






50. CobiT