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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. FMEA






2. Midterm goals






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






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






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






6. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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






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






11. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






14. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






18. CobiT






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






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






21. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






23. NIST risk management methodology






24. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes






25. OCTAVE






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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. Derived from the COSO framework






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






38. IT governance at the operational level






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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. COSO






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






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






47. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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