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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






2. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






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






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






8. NIST risk management methodology






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






10. COSO






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






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






13. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






16. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






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






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






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






22. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






25. 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






26. FMEA






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






28. ISM Standard






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






30. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






32. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






35. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






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






40. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Information security managment measurements






49. CISO






50. 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)