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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






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






12. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






23. ISM Standard






24. IT governance at the operational level






25. FMEA






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






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






28. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






29. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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






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






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






35. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






38. FRAP






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






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






41. Midterm goals






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






43. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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)






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