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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






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






4. Mitigates a potential risk






5. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






6. COSO






7. NIST risk management methodology






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






9. IRM






10. Derived from the COSO framework






11. 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






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






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






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






15. OCTAVE






16. Potential danger to information or systems






17. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned






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






19. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






22. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






23. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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






27. Information security managment measurements






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






29. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






31. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






32. FRAP






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






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






35. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






36. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental






37. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






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






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






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






43. FMEA






44. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






45. CSO






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






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






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






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






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