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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. IRM






2. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






5. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






7. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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






18. Mitigates a potential risk






19. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components






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






21. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






25. CobiT






26. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






27. 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






28. FMEA






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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)






35. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






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






40. CSO






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






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






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






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






45. IT governance at the operational level






46. Midterm goals






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






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






49. FRAP






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