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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. ISM Standard






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






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






4. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






6. Potential danger to information or systems






7. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






11. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






28. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






29. Corporate governance at the strategic level






30. 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






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






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






33. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






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






37. FRAP






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






39. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






41. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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






45. FMEA






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






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






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






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






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