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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






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






4. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Mitigates a potential risk






14. Derived from the COSO framework






15. CobiT






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






17. FMEA






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






27. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






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






31. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






33. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






35. NIST risk management methodology






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






37. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






40. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






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






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






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






47. Information security managment measurements






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






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






50. FRAP