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






2. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






3. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






5. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






14. CobiT






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. OCTAVE






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Mitigates a potential risk






25. FMEA






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






27. IT governance at the operational level






28. CSO






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






38. 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)






39. 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






40. Derived from the COSO framework






41. ISM Standard






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. FRAP






50. Security policy - map business objectives to security - Security infrastructure - security officer - reviews - Assest classification/control - inventory - Personnel security - screening - training - roles - Physical security - Communication/operation