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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. CSO






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






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






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






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






6. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






7. ISM Standard






8. FRAP






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






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






11. Potential danger to information or systems






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. CISO






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






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






25. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






29. IRM






30. Corporate governance at the strategic level






31. FMEA






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. COSO






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






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






42. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






44. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems






45. 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)






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






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






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






49. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






50. Derived from the COSO framework







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