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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. OCTAVE






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






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






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






6. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






9. IRM






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






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






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






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






14. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






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






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






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






20. FRAP






21. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






23. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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






27. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






28. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






32. NIST risk management methodology






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






34. Potential danger to information or systems






35. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. CISO






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






45. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate






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






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






48. 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






49. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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