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1. Cisco Security Products: HIPS
ALE = Monetary value to justify expense of security solutions AV = total cost of an asset EF = % representing percentage of loss that an asset experiences ARO = How many times per year a threat occurs
Consists of a collection of security solutions to identify - prevent and adapt to emerging threats.
Host-based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) - Example Cisco Security Agent
An attempt to secure hardware - software - and various media while investigating anomalous network behavior.

2. What are the 3 phases of disaster recovery?
1. Separate duties (dual operator - two-man control) 2. Rotate duties (allows peer review) 3. System failure preparation (Trusted recovery) 4. Multiple personnel oversee configuration changes to anticipate issues
1. Emergency Response 2. Recovery 3. Return to Normal Operations
Integrated - Collaborative - Adaptive
1. Information preservation 2. Media sanitation 3. Hardware and software disposal

3. SDLC: Implementation
1. Formalized risk assessment 2. Security functional requirements 3. Security assurance/legal requirements 4. Cost considerations 5. Security planning (security controls in use) 6. Design and development of security controls 7. Basic testing
Application that provides AAA funtionality
1. Information preservation 2. Media sanitation 3. Hardware and software disposal
1. Inspection of security system 2. System integration 3. Security certification 4. Security accreditation

4. What is the difference between a Qualitative analysis and a Quantitative Analysis
Qualitative mathematically models the probability and severity of a risk while Quantitative uses a scenario model (better for big deployments)
Application that provides IPS services on a host.
Integrated - Collaborative - Adaptive

5. What is MARS?
1. Information preservation 2. Media sanitation 3. Hardware and software disposal
Integrated - Collaborative - Adaptive
1. Categorize severity of a security breach 2. Preliminary (high-level) risk assessment
Monitors security devices and applications: Uses event correlation to collect events from multiple devices - reducing the number of false positives - Identified appropriate mitigation strategies - Uses Cisco NetFlow technology to more readily identif

6. What are the 5 phases of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)?
Consists of a collection of security solutions to identify - prevent and adapt to emerging threats.
1. Hot site: completely redundant site 2. Warm site: similar - but outdated equipment 3. Cold site: network needs to be built from scratch
Cisco 5500 Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) offers a wide variety of security solutions such as firewall - IPS - VPN - anti-spyware - antivirus - and anti-phishing.
1. Initiation 2. Acquisition and development 3. Implementation 4. Operations and maintenance 5. Disposition

7. What is the ALE and how is it calculated?
Application that provides AAA funtionality
ALE = Monetary value to justify expense of security solutions AV = total cost of an asset EF = % representing percentage of loss that an asset experiences ARO = How many times per year a threat occurs
1. Separate duties (dual operator - two-man control) 2. Rotate duties (allows peer review) 3. System failure preparation (Trusted recovery) 4. Multiple personnel oversee configuration changes to anticipate issues
1. Inspection of security system 2. System integration 3. Security certification 4. Security accreditation

8. What is 'Operations Security?'
1. Emergency Response 2. Recovery 3. Return to Normal Operations
An attempt to secure hardware - software - and various media while investigating anomalous network behavior.
Many Cisco IOS routers can be configured with Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) - virtual private network (VPN) and firewall features.
An application used to configure security features on a variety of IOS-based routers - ASA 5500 - PIX 500 - IPS 4200 - Catalyst 6500 through a graphical interface. Also provides a centralized policy and inter-operates with Cisco ACS.

9. What are the characteristics of the Cisco Self-Defending Network?
ALE = Monetary value to justify expense of security solutions AV = total cost of an asset EF = % representing percentage of loss that an asset experiences ARO = How many times per year a threat occurs
Module that goes in a Catalyst 6500 or similar to provide firewall services between VLANs.
1. Non-disaster: Brief interruption 2. Disaster: Interruption 1-7 days 3. Catastrophe: Move to alternative site - all resources destroyed.
Integrated - Collaborative - Adaptive

10. SDLC Initiation Phase
Many Cisco IOS routers can be configured with Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) - virtual private network (VPN) and firewall features.
1. Categorize severity of a security breach 2. Preliminary (high-level) risk assessment
1. Separate duties (dual operator - two-man control) 2. Rotate duties (allows peer review) 3. System failure preparation (Trusted recovery) 4. Multiple personnel oversee configuration changes to anticipate issues
1. Emergency Response 2. Recovery 3. Return to Normal Operations

11. What is the Cisco Security Manager?
1. Non-disaster: Brief interruption 2. Disaster: Interruption 1-7 days 3. Catastrophe: Move to alternative site - all resources destroyed.
1. Relocating operations to another facility while the original facility is under repair 2. Using alternative forms of internal and external communication
An application used to configure security features on a variety of IOS-based routers - ASA 5500 - PIX 500 - IPS 4200 - Catalyst 6500 through a graphical interface. Also provides a centralized policy and inter-operates with Cisco ACS.
Risk Management: keeping damange to a minimum - Risk Avoidance: preventing risk from occuring

12. What are the 3 classifications of disruptions?
1. Non-disaster: Brief interruption 2. Disaster: Interruption 1-7 days 3. Catastrophe: Move to alternative site - all resources destroyed.
1. Separate duties (dual operator - two-man control) 2. Rotate duties (allows peer review) 3. System failure preparation (Trusted recovery) 4. Multiple personnel oversee configuration changes to anticipate issues
1. Hot site: completely redundant site 2. Warm site: similar - but outdated equipment 3. Cold site: network needs to be built from scratch
Consists of a collection of security solutions to identify - prevent and adapt to emerging threats.

13. What is the Cisco Self-Defending Network?
Cisco 5500 Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) offers a wide variety of security solutions such as firewall - IPS - VPN - anti-spyware - antivirus - and anti-phishing.
1. Initiation 2. Acquisition and development 3. Implementation 4. Operations and maintenance 5. Disposition
Application that provides AAA funtionality
Consists of a collection of security solutions to identify - prevent and adapt to emerging threats.

14. Cisco Security Products: Firewall Services Module (FWSM)
An attempt to secure hardware - software - and various media while investigating anomalous network behavior.
1. Configuration management and control 2. Continuous monitoring
1. Inspection of security system 2. System integration 3. Security certification 4. Security accreditation
Module that goes in a Catalyst 6500 or similar to provide firewall services between VLANs.

15. Cisco Security Products: PIX 500

1. Relocating operations to another facility while the original facility is under repair 2. Using alternative forms of internal and external communication
Application that provides AAA funtionality
Cisco PIX 500 series of security appliances offer firewall and VPN-termination features.

16. SDLC Acquisition and Development Phase
Analyze inline traffic for malicious activity. IPS can drop offending traffic - instruct appliances to block specific host - send alerts etc.
1. Formalized risk assessment 2. Security functional requirements 3. Security assurance/legal requirements 4. Cost considerations 5. Security planning (security controls in use) 6. Design and development of security controls 7. Basic testing
1. Information preservation 2. Media sanitation 3. Hardware and software disposal
1. Emergency Response 2. Recovery 3. Return to Normal Operations

17. What are the 3 types of backup sites?
1. Hot site: completely redundant site 2. Warm site: similar - but outdated equipment 3. Cold site: network needs to be built from scratch
1. Non-disaster: Brief interruption 2. Disaster: Interruption 1-7 days 3. Catastrophe: Move to alternative site - all resources destroyed.
1. Inspection of security system 2. System integration 3. Security certification 4. Security accreditation
1. Information preservation 2. Media sanitation 3. Hardware and software disposal

18. What are two types of risk mitigation
Many Cisco IOS routers can be configured with Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) - virtual private network (VPN) and firewall features.
Risk Management: keeping damange to a minimum - Risk Avoidance: preventing risk from occuring
Monitors security devices and applications: Uses event correlation to collect events from multiple devices - reducing the number of false positives - Identified appropriate mitigation strategies - Uses Cisco NetFlow technology to more readily identif
1. Non-disaster: Brief interruption 2. Disaster: Interruption 1-7 days 3. Catastrophe: Move to alternative site - all resources destroyed.

19. Cisco Security Products: ASA 5500
Module that goes in a Catalyst 6500 or similar to provide firewall services between VLANs.
Host-based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) - Example Cisco Security Agent
Cisco 5500 Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) offers a wide variety of security solutions such as firewall - IPS - VPN - anti-spyware - antivirus - and anti-phishing.
1. Configuration management and control 2. Continuous monitoring

20. What are two primary goals of business continuity planning?
Monitors security devices and applications: Uses event correlation to collect events from multiple devices - reducing the number of false positives - Identified appropriate mitigation strategies - Uses Cisco NetFlow technology to more readily identif
Application that provides AAA funtionality
1. Relocating operations to another facility while the original facility is under repair 2. Using alternative forms of internal and external communication

21. SDLC: Operations and Maintenance Phase
Application that provides AAA funtionality
Many Cisco IOS routers can be configured with Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) - virtual private network (VPN) and firewall features.
An application used to configure security features on a variety of IOS-based routers - ASA 5500 - PIX 500 - IPS 4200 - Catalyst 6500 through a graphical interface. Also provides a centralized policy and inter-operates with Cisco ACS.
1. Configuration management and control 2. Continuous monitoring

22. Cisco Security Products: SDM
Security Device Manager provides GUI for configuring security features (e.g. IPS - IPSec site-site VPN - firewall features)
Risk Management: keeping damange to a minimum - Risk Avoidance: preventing risk from occuring
ALE = Monetary value to justify expense of security solutions AV = total cost of an asset EF = % representing percentage of loss that an asset experiences ARO = How many times per year a threat occurs
1. Categorize severity of a security breach 2. Preliminary (high-level) risk assessment

23. What are the 4 Operations Security Recommendations
1. Information preservation 2. Media sanitation 3. Hardware and software disposal

1. Separate duties (dual operator - two-man control) 2. Rotate duties (allows peer review) 3. System failure preparation (Trusted recovery) 4. Multiple personnel oversee configuration changes to anticipate issues
Many Cisco IOS routers can be configured with Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) - virtual private network (VPN) and firewall features.

24. Cisco Security Products: Cisco Security Agent (CSA)
1. Configuration management and control 2. Continuous monitoring
1. Non-disaster: Brief interruption 2. Disaster: Interruption 1-7 days 3. Catastrophe: Move to alternative site - all resources destroyed.
1. Inspection of security system 2. System integration 3. Security certification 4. Security accreditation
Application that provides IPS services on a host.

25. What are the components of a Security Policy?
An application used to configure security features on a variety of IOS-based routers - ASA 5500 - PIX 500 - IPS 4200 - Catalyst 6500 through a graphical interface. Also provides a centralized policy and inter-operates with Cisco ACS.
An attempt to secure hardware - software - and various media while investigating anomalous network behavior.
Host-based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) - Example Cisco Security Agent

26. What are the components (hierarchy) of the Cisco Self-Defending Network?
Cisco 5500 Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) offers a wide variety of security solutions such as firewall - IPS - VPN - anti-spyware - antivirus - and anti-phishing.

Cisco PIX 500 series of security appliances offer firewall and VPN-termination features.
Security Device Manager provides GUI for configuring security features (e.g. IPS - IPSec site-site VPN - firewall features)

27. Cisco Security Products: IOS Router
Analyze inline traffic for malicious activity. IPS can drop offending traffic - instruct appliances to block specific host - send alerts etc.
Monitors security devices and applications: Uses event correlation to collect events from multiple devices - reducing the number of false positives - Identified appropriate mitigation strategies - Uses Cisco NetFlow technology to more readily identif
ALE = Monetary value to justify expense of security solutions AV = total cost of an asset EF = % representing percentage of loss that an asset experiences ARO = How many times per year a threat occurs
Many Cisco IOS routers can be configured with Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) - virtual private network (VPN) and firewall features.

28. Cisco Security Products: 4200 Series IPS
Module that goes in a Catalyst 6500 or similar to provide firewall services between VLANs.
Analyze inline traffic for malicious activity. IPS can drop offending traffic - instruct appliances to block specific host - send alerts etc.

1. Initiation 2. Acquisition and development 3. Implementation 4. Operations and maintenance 5. Disposition

29. SDLC: Disposition
1. Information preservation 2. Media sanitation 3. Hardware and software disposal
Cisco PIX 500 series of security appliances offer firewall and VPN-termination features.

1. Non-disaster: Brief interruption 2. Disaster: Interruption 1-7 days 3. Catastrophe: Move to alternative site - all resources destroyed.

30. Cisco Security Products: Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS)
1. Initiation 2. Acquisition and development 3. Implementation 4. Operations and maintenance 5. Disposition
Analyze inline traffic for malicious activity. IPS can drop offending traffic - instruct appliances to block specific host - send alerts etc.
Application that provides AAA funtionality
Security Device Manager provides GUI for configuring security features (e.g. IPS - IPSec site-site VPN - firewall features)