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






2. 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






3. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






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






8. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






9. IRM






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






11. IT governance at the operational level






12. Information security managment measurements






13. FMEA






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






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






16. Midterm goals






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






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






19. CISO






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






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






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






23. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






24. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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






28. CobiT






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






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






31. CSO






32. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






33. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






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






38. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






40. Derived from the COSO framework






41. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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 network resources - systems and software are used appropriately






45. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






48. 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






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






50. ISM Standard