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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






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






4. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






8. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






9. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






11. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis






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






13. Responsible for information classification and protection






14. CSO






15. CobiT






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






17. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






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






21. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






24. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. FMEA






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






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






40. Midterm goals






41. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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