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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. CISO






2. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






4. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






6. FRAP






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






8. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






9. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






10. 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)






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






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






13. Corporate governance at the strategic level






14. FMEA






15. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






18. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






21. ISM Standard






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






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






24. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






25. IRM






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






35. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






36. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






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






42. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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