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






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






3. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






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






8. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






10. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






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






14. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






15. IT governance at the operational level






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






17. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






18. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






20. 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






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






22. CobiT






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components






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






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






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






33. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






35. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






36. A tool that monitors network traffic - shows data and protocols in use - also known as a packet sniffer (i.e wireshark - TCPDump - Microsoft Network Monitor - Carnivore)






37. Midterm goals






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






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






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






41. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






42. FRAP






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






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






45. IRM






46. COSO






47. OCTAVE






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






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






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