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






2. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






3. CSO






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






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






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






7. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)






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






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






10. Midterm goals






11. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. CobiT






19. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






21. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






24. IT governance at the operational level






25. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company






26. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






28. Corporate governance at the strategic level






29. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Derived from the COSO framework






39. Information security managment measurements






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






41. OCTAVE






42. CISO






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






44. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






46. ISM Standard






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






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






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






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