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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. IT governance at the operational level






2. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






6. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






7. ISM Standard






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






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






10. Information security managment measurements






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






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






13. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






14. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






18. OCTAVE






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






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






21. CSO






22. Derived from the COSO framework






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






24. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






36. COSO






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






38. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






41. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






42. FMEA






43. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






46. IRM






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






48. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






49. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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