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






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






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






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






5. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






8. 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)






9. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






10. OCTAVE






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






12. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






14. CISO






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners






23. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






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






27. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Midterm goals






40. IRM






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






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






43. Derived from the COSO framework






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






45. Mitigates a potential risk






46. Information security managment measurements






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






48. NIST risk management methodology






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






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