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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs






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






11. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






12. Midterm goals






13. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






15. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






17. Mitigates a potential risk






18. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






20. CobiT






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






22. 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






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






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






25. CSO






26. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






29. FMEA






30. ISM Standard






31. CISO






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






43. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






46. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






47. IT governance at the operational level






48. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






49. Derived from the COSO framework






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