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






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






3. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






6. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






10. COSO






11. OCTAVE






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






13. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






15. CISO






16. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






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






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






22. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






24. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






25. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






28. FMEA






29. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. IRM






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






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






39. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






40. IT governance at the operational level






41. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






44. Derived from the COSO framework






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






46. CobiT






47. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






49. ISM Standard






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