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






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






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






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






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






6. CSO






7. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






10. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






12. 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






13. Mitigates a potential risk






14. CobiT






15. FRAP






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






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






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






19. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






21. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






29. IRM






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






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






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






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






34. IT governance at the operational level






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






36. ISM Standard






37. Information security managment measurements






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






39. NIST risk management methodology






40. COSO






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






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






43. Derived from the COSO framework






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. CISO






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