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






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






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






5. 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)






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






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






8. CobiT






9. Midterm goals






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






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






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






13. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






16. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






20. CSO






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






22. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






25. IT governance at the operational level






26. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






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






31. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






35. OCTAVE






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






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






38. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






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






43. CISO






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






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






46. 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






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






48. COSO






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






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






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