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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. CISO






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






9. CSO






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






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






12. COSO






13. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






15. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






18. FRAP






19. OCTAVE






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






21. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






24. Derived from the COSO framework






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






26. IRM






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






28. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






29. NIST risk management methodology






30. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. CobiT






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






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






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






44. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






45. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






47. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






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