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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






2. FRAP






3. 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)






4. 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






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






6. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






7. COSO






8. ISM Standard






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






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






11. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






12. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






16. OCTAVE






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






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






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






20. Potential danger to information or systems






21. NIST risk management methodology






22. FMEA






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






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






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






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






27. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






30. Information security managment measurements






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






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






33. IRM






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






44. IT governance at the operational level






45. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






49. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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