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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. IT governance at the operational level






2. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management






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






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






5. CISO






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






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






8. IRM






9. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






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






14. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






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






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






20. ISM Standard






21. 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






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






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






24. FRAP






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






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






27. FMEA






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






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






30. Midterm goals






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






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






33. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






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






37. COSO






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






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






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






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