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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. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






2. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






3. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






6. COSO






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






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






9. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






12. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






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






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






18. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers






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






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






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






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






23. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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






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






28. FMEA






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






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






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






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






33. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






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






37. Derived from the COSO framework






38. Mitigates a potential risk






39. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






40. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






41. 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






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






43. NIST risk management methodology






44. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






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. IRM






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