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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






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






4. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






5. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. IRM






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






14. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






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






19. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems






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






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






22. Midterm goals






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






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






25. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. ISM Standard






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






34. Corporate governance at the strategic level






35. CISO






36. COSO






37. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






38. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






41. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






45. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






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






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






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







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