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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. ISM Standard






2. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






5. COSO






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






7. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






10. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






12. CISO






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






14. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






17. Derived from the COSO framework






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






19. NIST risk management methodology






20. Midterm goals






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






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






23. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. CobiT






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






34. 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)






35. 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






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






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






38. FMEA






39. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






41. Information security managment measurements






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






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






44. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






45. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






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






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