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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






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






4. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






5. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






6. FRAP






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






8. CobiT






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






10. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






11. COSO






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






21. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






22. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






23. Responsible for information classification and protection






24. FMEA






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






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






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






28. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






29. IT governance at the operational level






30. CISO






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






32. Midterm goals






33. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






34. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt






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






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






37. Information security managment measurements






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






39. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond






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






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






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






43. Derived from the COSO framework






44. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






47. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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