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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






10. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Information security managment measurements






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






20. Responsible for information classification and protection






21. A tool that monitors network traffic - shows data and protocols in use - also known as a packet sniffer (i.e wireshark - TCPDump - Microsoft Network Monitor - Carnivore)






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






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






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






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






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






27. Midterm goals






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






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






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






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






32. IRM






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






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






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






36. CISO






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






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






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






40. COSO






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






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






43. 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






44. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






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






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






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