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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






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






4. Corporate governance at the strategic level






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






13. FMEA






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






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






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






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






18. CobiT






19. Potential danger to information or systems






20. CISO






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






22. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. FRAP






32. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






35. CSO






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






37. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. IRM






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






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






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






49. 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)






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