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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. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






4. CobiT






5. OCTAVE






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






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






8. ISM Standard






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






10. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






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






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






15. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






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






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






21. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. CISO






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






30. COSO






31. 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)






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






33. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






34. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






36. Potential danger to information or systems






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






38. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






41. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






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






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






47. Midterm goals






48. IRM






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






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