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






2. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. IRM






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






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






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






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






16. Information security managment measurements






17. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






20. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






21. CobiT






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






23. CSO






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






25. FMEA






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






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






37. ISM Standard






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






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






40. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external






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






42. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






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






47. IT governance at the operational level






48. Mitigates a potential risk






49. Derived from the COSO framework






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