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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. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. FMEA






11. Responsible for information classification and protection






12. CISO






13. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






14. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






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






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






19. CobiT






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






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






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






23. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






33. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






35. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






36. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Derived from the COSO framework






44. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






47. 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






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






49. COSO






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