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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. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






4. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






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






9. CISO






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






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






12. FRAP






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






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






15. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






18. IRM






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






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






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






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






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






24. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






25. CobiT






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






27. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






30. Midterm goals






31. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






32. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






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






46. ISM Standard






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






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






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






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