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






2. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






3. Midterm goals






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






5. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






9. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






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






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






14. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. CobiT






24. FMEA






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






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






27. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






28. CSO






29. Information security managment measurements






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






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






32. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






33. ISM Standard






34. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






36. FRAP






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






38. CISO






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






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






41. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error






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






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






44. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






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






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






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






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