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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental






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






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






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






5. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






6. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






10. CSO






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






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






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






14. Potential danger to information or systems






15. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






16. FRAP






17. CISO






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






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






20. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






21. OCTAVE






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






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






24. IRM






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






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






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






28. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks






29. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






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






33. FMEA






34. 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






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






36. CobiT






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






38. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






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






50. NIST risk management methodology