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






2. OCTAVE






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. NIST risk management methodology






14. Midterm goals






15. CSO






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. CobiT






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






32. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






35. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






37. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






39. FMEA






40. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






42. FRAP






43. Information security managment measurements






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






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






46. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)






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






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






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






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