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






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






3. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






6. FRAP






7. NIST risk management methodology






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






9. OCTAVE






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






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






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






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






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






15. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control






16. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






18. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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






22. IRM






23. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






26. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






27. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






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






32. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






35. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration






36. COSO






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






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






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






40. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






41. Corporate governance at the strategic level






42. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






43. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






44. 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






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






46. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






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