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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. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities






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






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






4. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






5. IRM






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






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






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






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






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






11. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. ISM Standard






19. OCTAVE






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






21. IT governance at the operational level






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






28. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






30. FMEA






31. NIST risk management methodology






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






33. Responsible for information classification and protection






34. COSO






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






36. CISO






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






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






39. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Information security managment measurements






48. CSO






49. 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)






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