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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






2. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






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






7. NIST risk management methodology






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






9. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






12. Corporate governance at the strategic level






13. CSO






14. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






15. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






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






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






20. CobiT






21. FMEA






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






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






24. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






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






28. FRAP






29. 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






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






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






32. Information security managment measurements






33. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






34. ISM Standard






35. Midterm goals






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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







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