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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. FRAP






2. Potential danger to information or systems






3. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






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






15. COSO






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






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






18. Information security managment measurements






19. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Midterm goals






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






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






29. FMEA






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






40. IRM






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






42. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






43. CobiT






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






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






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






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






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






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